Apple News And Update: Counterfeit Chargers Bought Online Are 99% Unsafe; Complains 90% Chargers Sold Online Fake

Charging your Apple device may not be as safe as you think it is. A recent study has revealed that 99 percent of Apple chargers bought online are fake, and could be a threat to your safety.

According to CNET, based on a study conducted by a United Kingdom watchdog claims that 99 percent fake Apple charges that are available and can be bought online have failed their basic safety test.  Investigators from  theTrading Standards conducted the test by purchasing 400 Apple chargers from different online retailers over the world. These chargers needed to pass their test, for them to be allowed to be sold in the United Kingdom.

Surprisingly, 397 out of the 400 Apple chargers did not pass the safety test Trading Standards has conducted. This has made the UK watchdog to conclude that fake electrical products sold online are "unknown entity," as reported by BBC.

High electric voltages were applied to the chargers mostly bough from the United States, China, and Australia. The report revealed that the three Apple charges which passed the test were said to have enough insulation and protection against electric shock, thus safe for Apple consumers to use.

In line with this, Apple product users are encouraged to buy Apple charges only from reliable and trusted suppliers, much better if they get their chargers directly from Apple. According to Daily Mail, fake versions of iPhone chargers are around $7.50, while MacBook chargers cost $34. On the other hand, original chargers will cost consumers around $24 for iPhone and $100 for MacBook, but these will ensure consumer safety.

The test conducted on these fake chargers came in after Apple's complaint last month on many fake Apple chargers being sold in Amazon. Apple has found out that 90 percent of chargers they bought on Amazon, which were labeled 'genuine' were proven fake.

Meanwhile, there is a way for Apple device users to identify if their chargers are fake by going to Apple.com's site. Apple may click here for the guidelines.