Its like comparing a Ferrari to a Volkswagen Golf car. Likely quality control issues as an alternative brand cable worked first try. Somewhat finicky controls. The color and logo is the same as shown in the picture. First I?d like to say that I love the FitFlop brand and I own a lot of them. they cancel the noise so well. I have always bought a Apple charger from the Apple store. It?s very classy looking but very light. Hadn?t realized how far gone my old Dearfoam slippers were until my husband slipped into these. The seller delivered what I purchased.