In the sequel of today's article about the Lightning cable that dynamically rearranges its pins, I will tell you that any other cables sold by third-party manufacturers they won't load iPhone 5 terminals. This is due to the fact that in the Lightning cable there is an authentication chip that supplies current to the pins and implicitly to the terminal iPhone 5, and Apple is the only company that buys these chips, which of course have been specially modified. Of course the accessory makers will unwrap the cables to see what's inside them and at some point they'll either sell unofficial versions of it that might work, or they'll get a license from Apple to make them, but until then no buy cables of this kind.
"There is basically no way [third-party adapters] have functional cables," Peter told Apple Insider. "You can't just build a Lightning cable by making something with the same shape and connectivity." That means that all those third-party connectors out there will fit the ports on your devices, sure, but they probably aren't going to actually work. What looks like a $10, $20, or $30 savings could very well wind up being a waste, so if you're in a hurry, official adapters are probably the best bet.
At the moment, only Apple sells Lightning cables that work with the iPhone 5, and don't risk buying others from various auction websites because it seems that they will only be "decorative". It was speculated that Apple will be the only supplier of these cables and it seems that the rumors were true, but I think that in a few months the company will offer others the opportunity to officially reproduce and sell this type of cables.
