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ProfessorF

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Why Apple phone chargers are so pricey.

There's a lot going on:
http://www.arcfn.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-quality.html

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Re: Why Apple phone chargers are so pricey.

That's actually really interesting.

I knew it changed AC into DC but that's just bizarre.

Change 240V AC into 240V DC and then split it out into 5V AC and then reconvert it back to 5V DC.

LOL!

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Re: Why Apple phone chargers are so pricey.

the answer is simple..
because they can and people will pay for it.

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	Fogmeister wrote: That's actually really interesting. I knew it changed AC into DC but that's just bizarre. Change 240V AC into 240V DC and then split it out into 5V AC and then reconvert it back to 5V DC. LOL!

The vast majority of recent PSUs do the same thing.

Why? Because it's cheaper and more efficient than using a transformer that works at 50Hz. By increasing the frequency by a factor of a thousand, you only need a transformer a fraction of the size.

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Re: Why Apple phone chargers are so pricey.

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	bobbdobbs wrote: the answer is simple.. because they can and people will pay for it.

Sounds about right.

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