Verizon charges close to $30. for theirs, so if you get an immediate short in the cord with theirs, then this is a acceptable product for the price- It works- not quite as well, but you can afford to have it break. It has already lasted longer than the "orginial" equipt., and at the rate it's going, may well outlast the phone bought as a Christmas present- which is now defunct after 5 months.... Everythings' relative!