It is a charging cord plain and simple. Not sure why they were charging so much for a cord that you can get anywhere for much less money. If I wasn't getting this for a very reduced rate (got for a penny), I sure would not be shelling out that kind of money for a cord. I don't care how fast it can charge my devices, no cord is worth that. Okay...off the price now and onto the cord. It does charge my phone and my Kindle fine but not any faster than some of my other cords. The cord would have gotten higher ratings if it wasn't for the strange pricing they have on it. It seems like they were trying to make it more high end than it was. Either that, or they had no clue on how much that is in American dollars and meand $7.99 instead of the $79.00 they were charging.