1 Using a Third-Party Charger

You might think that you scored a good deal when you nabbed a $10 charger off of Amazon, but you could actually be putting your $1,000 device at risk. Put simply, you should not use third-party or counterfeit Lightning chargers.

Sure, Apple’s own Lightning chargers don’t exactly come cheap. But they’re worth the extra cost. According to a study by UK-based Chartered Trading Standards Institute, 99 percent of counterfeit chargers fail basic safety tests. While sometimes this just means your charger will die quickly, you always run the risk of irreparably damaging your iPhone. Save yourself some grief and get a charger directly from Apple or one that’s MFI-certified for use with Apple devices.