This charging cable I ordered because "100% original Apple cables" was the description. That the article comes from China, I had not seen. No wonder I had to wait three-four weeks. The item has been sent by the way as indicated on the envelope from Malaysia. But even apart from that. It is 100 thousand% strength not original from Apple !!! As far as I can tell it before. Processed so cheap, lightweight hard plastic. Seams, cheap hard cable. Quite different from my original Apple cables and adapters. Such a thing would never produce Apple - if only as it was packed stuck together .... cheap plastic, dog-eared. On both parts. The adapter has been warm after just 30 seconds in the socket. And the upper Pops is the construction of the piece that plugs into the iPad. Is assembled from two plastic parts. That's all very annoying when it would not only be about 4 euros, which I have now gathered. Nevertheless. One should have expected what you ordered according to data !!