In car charger

[mxfun]

Have the Samsung s4 now, was wondering which in car charger to get or does it not matter . Only asking because where I bought the phone from advised that I only use Samsungs own

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Have the Samsung s4 now, was wondering which in car charger to get or does it not matter . Only asking because where I bought the phone from advised that I only use Samsungs own

As most phones use micro usb any quality oem in car charger will do. I have tried the dirt cheap tesco/asda types and found them poor and unreliable.

The fact is this - the retail value of an S4 is around £500. The power and data port is in use pretty much all the time and if damaged can cost £££ to get it fixed. A bit more for the charger is money well spent. In my opinion naturally.

Steve

 

[Russ77]

I bought a ciggy lighter USB adaptor and mini USB lead from Asda, total cost about £7 and it works like a charm on my S3

 

[4wd]

You have to watch the outputs, some of the cheapies do not have enough amps to run the phone and charge the battery, particularly if you are running e.g. satnav.
A lot of cars are getting USB sockets as part of the radio, even my pickup has a USB socket (but it's in the glove box so I have on for the lighter thing too).

 

[mxfun]

You have to watch the outputs, some of the cheapies do not have enough amps to run the phone and charge the battery, particularly if you are running e.g. satnav.
A lot of cars are getting USB sockets as part of the radio, even my pickup has a USB socket (but it's in the glove box so I have on for the lighter thing too).

It's the output I'm concerned about so I guess spending a bit more would be worth it .

 

[srichards]

I wouldn't use anything other than the manufacturer's specified lead or one from a quality third party manufacturer eg Belkin. You know you have some kind of back up.

 

[nilagin]

I have a Belkin USB adapter that plugs into the cigarette lighter. I just plug in any one of the following, tablet, phones, mp3 player and video camera battery charger, with their respective leads and all charge just fine.

 

[tdodd]

After wasting probably £20 on cheap car chargers and cables for my Samsung Galaxy Note, none of which would maintain charge whilst using Satnav I finally paid up £10 for the original Samsung charger from Amazon and everything has been fine ever since.