I wasn't worried about it either, as I have used Monoprice before, and have been a satisfied customer. I just ordered a bunch of USBs, some audio cables and the HDMI cable, they are all high quality cables, and work great, except for the micro-HDMI being loose. But one of the above posts that said the Verizon cable was loose as well, leads me to believe that it may be a problem with the phone's connector being out of spec. I wish I had another device that I could try the cable on. Not too worried about the $5 for the cable, just hope the phone isn't "defective".