Using the Wrong USB-C Charger? That Cheap Cable Can Fry Your Phone

Toasted Apples might sound tasty, but they are a real problem in Jessa Jones’s repair shop.

Jones has seen plenty of scorched devices in her 14 years running iPad Rehab Microsoldering repair service. But she says she has never handled so many iPhones with fried motherboards and malfunctioning touch screens. Charging mishaps are to blame.