Iphones: How do you charge an iphone using a car's cigarette lighter, or can you?

Iphones: How do you charge an iphone using a car's cigarette lighter, or can you? - 1

Use a cigarette lighter USB charger, found in any store that sells phone accessories.

You buy a adapter from WILCO or similar high street shop for a few quid. You may then need a usb cable with the right connections on it.

Bbdh

You don't. You use the socket that the lighter plugs into.Http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-iphone-car-chargers/

There are USB/Cigarette Lighter adapters that you could plug in an iPhone charger cable into. Sure there are also many other alternatives to that that have the same end result.

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