Charging iPhone 3Gs with original iphone charger

A coworker told me today that I shouldn't charge my iphone 3gs with my old cable because it doesn't regulate the charge the same and you could over charge the battery and ruin it over time. Any truth to this? I don't want to have to go out and buy new cables.

New phone uses the same cables as any of their other current products. There is no worry.
Now some of the original iPOD cables are different as back then they used 10W I believe, while the newer generations and current for both iPods and iPhones use 5W.
So if not using a VERY OLD cable from early iPODS (original iPhone used newer one), you should be fine.
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