iPhone 5 charger cable breakage ?

I'm sick of buying iPhone leads from apple and getting told sorry u have a chap lead off eBay or go buy off the internet cos our lead are crap that we won't cover them under wear and tear what can I do about it ?????

It's obvious the Apple lightning cable can't take a lot of abuse and the reason there haven't been and decent 3rd party cables is because Apple was charging an outrageous $20 a piece for licensing. So a good one was either way over priced or not built to Apple's specs and junk.

Fortunately Apple has severely reduced the licensing cost and we are starting to see some high quality 3rd party cables for much less than Apple's own. Just be sure to look for something Apple certified like the EZOpower Lightning Cables and you will be as pleased as I am!

Just heard from a colleague his daughter went through 4 cables. I've had mine for 18 months and haven't heard of such problems nor encountered them. Suggest that the ones people are buying off other sites are inferior quality or down to human error and not handling them properly. I means seriously, you plug it in and out. You could be winding the cable up too tightly or putting too much pressure on the connector!

wrap each ends in electrical tape to keep it from bending...Works great for me!

mine after 1.5 years looking like a dog chew it. totally garbage. i dont know what i will buy in replace but im sure it wont be original apple made. i wont give money for this crap.

This is my 7th charger that has broken with the APPLE.... When its time for my upgrade I will no longer be apart of APPLE.... Iphone 5 Chargers are too much and then it breaks in 2 or 3 weeks

Still on my original 4 cables (I like having extras). They are covered under warranty why did you keep paying for them?

If you had this much trouble you are probably going to experience the same thing with miniUSB.

All a sudden, my iPhone 5's lightning cable started warping. Now it's all exposed at the connector area. Oddly, the top part of the cable keeps compressing together, making the situation worse. It's like out of nowhere the sheath came apart and now it only works by touching and moving it. I haven't had this cable 2 years yet (Nov 2012). Meanwhile, I have several 30pin cables that are anywhere from 4 to 8 yrs old and never had a problem with any of them.

Apple must redesign their lightning cables because they should to last for years, like their older cables, and not months.

I tried using electrical tape after the cable tore and guess what, it made the situation worse. Now I'm getting messages I've never gotten before that say "this accesory may not be supported" Huh? It's an original lightning cable that was bundle with the iPhone 5. If I wiggle the cable, it starts charging again. Now the messages appear all the time so I'm done with it.

Bottom line is, I made the matter worse. I should have just let the cable remain exposed because at least it charged and never gave me that warning message.

The Apple charge cable is absolute garbage I have had to replace my cable every three months. If your in Canada do yourself a favour and buy a cable from thesource.ca. With a purchase of any lightning cable there apparently is a lifetime warranty as long as you have the original bill.