Why do lightning cables break so easily?

I've literally gone through about 5 cables from various brands, from apple to off brands and I'm getting sick of it. I've wasted so much money on replacement cables. I don't think my old Apple cables ever broke, but these lightning ones are garbage. If anyone has a suggestion on one that lasts for than 3 or 4 months please let me know.

I agree the cables suck. We are a household of about 6 devices using the lightning connecter and they just stop working after a few months. None show any wear and tear. We have legacy itouches and ipads and the older cables work forever. The fanboys hear need to get over themselves and acknowledge that apple doesnt poop rainbows and might need to do something with how sensitive their devices are with the cables.

peterdebraux wrote:

BECAUSE APPLE CABLE DESIGN IS TOTALLY PATHETIC

BECAUSE THE COULDBT CARE LESS

Please stop typing in all caps. It's considered shouting and it's rude. Also, combined with the complete lack of punctuation, it will make your posts even less comprehensible.

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I've literally had 8 Lightning cables since the first phone to use them, and I literally have and use all of them to this day. None of them has literally ever broken or ceased to work. I guess I literally take good care of my high tech products.

I am not hard on my cords at all. A couple got frayed and stopped working. They shouldn't have gotten frayed the way they did, as I do not misuse them. A couple I had for like a month and just stopped working. I really can't believe all these people who say they have no problems. Makes me wonder how many of you are for real or work for Apple trying to refute the claims that their cords suck. And why would you ever need 8 cords? I've had probably 5 or 6 in the past 2-3 years and only one still works (I wish i could remember what brand this one was).

RobBurnsIV wrote:

I really can't believe all these people who say they have no problems. Makes me wonder how many of you are for real or work for Apple trying to refute the claims that their cords suck. And why would you ever need 8 cords?

I haven't had no problems. I've had one. The cable that was on my desk kept getting slammed in the desk drawer. After about a year, it stopped working. I have a bunch of cables because, I've owned every iPhone with a lightning cable up to the iPhone 6 and I've owned a number iPads. As each one comes with a cable and I never get rid of them, they accumulate.

If a cable, after a couple of months just stops working and shows no damage, get it replaced under warranty.

RobBurnsIV wrote:

I am not hard on my cords at all. A couple got frayed and stopped working. They shouldn't have gotten frayed the way they did, as I do not misuse them. A couple I had for like a month and just stopped working. I really can't believe all these people who say they have no problems. Makes me wonder how many of you are for real or work for Apple trying to refute the claims that their cords suck. And why would you ever need 8 cords? I've had probably 5 or 6 in the past 2-3 years and only one still works (I wish i could remember what brand this one was).

If an Apple employee ever posts anywhere in these forums, they will be clearly identified as such. Making accusations about people you don't know is a pretty rude way to introduce yourself to the forums.

Nobody is saying that others may not have had issues with their cables. But to say everyone has is clearly false, as many of us have not had any problems. I suppose you won't believe me when I say I've never once had to have an iPhone or iPad repaired, for anything, over the last 8 years and that I even still have and use my original iPhone 3G power adapter. Nor have I ever once, in many decades, ever "lost" a password to any account, and never once lost any data on any electronic device I've ever owned and regardless of any errors or malfunctions, going back to my Zenith Easy PC in 1984?

Not everyone experiences the same problems or issues as someone else.

Why would anyone need 8 cables (or 6 or 5 or 25? Why does anyone need more than one of anything? Why should anyone have to rationalize or justify their property choices to you? Many people have multiple cars, homes, boats, laptops, TVs, extension cables, toothbrushes, etc, etc. How many of anything anyone owns is their choice, for whatever reasons they wish to have them. Many of us use our devices in many places (multiple rooms in our homes, our places of work, our car(s), when traveling, and simply don't want to have to keep displacing one or a few cables. Why not buy a bunch and leave them where they're needed? I have four 12W iPad chargers too, for much the same reasons - is that too many by your standards?

Exactly! And I agree, the Amazon cables do seem to last. Fortunately for Apple, their products are better than the competition in enough respects to get away with it. God help them if they slip and lose that advantage, or if hackers figure out how to breach their defenses ... many of their customers will flee.

I've been using this one for a long while with no issues. Works pretty great.

Foxnovo Updated LED Lightning Cable 2-in-1 Flowing EL Light USB Charging Cable 3.3ft/1M Apple MFi Certified for iPhone and Android Phones Tablets - Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L1U3HL6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_xvDnzbZS2F7G9

Because Apple. I've had an iPhone cable last literally less than 36 hours, but I still have a iPad Air cable that works better than all others even though it's falling apart. Seeing as how they manufacture in China for as cheap as possible, it's all based on luck.

n3wf10 wrote:

I agree the cables suck.

And I totally disagree, none (as in not any) of mine have ever failed, 30 pin or Lightning makes no difference, they have not broken (9 cables in total, over 6 years)

So anyone who disagrees with you or anyone else, or who's experience is opposite of your own is merely a ranting "fan boy" and should be ignored and discounted? What a hypocrite.

Why is it when anyone posts a negative experience or personal opinion here and gets a response of an alternative positive opinion or experience to their own, the latter are a merely "fan boys" and should be dismissed, while the former must be the universally correct and accepted world-view of all things Apple?

So anyone who disagrees with you or anyone else, or who's [SIC] experience is opposite of your own is merely a ranting "fan boy" and should be ignored and discounted? What a hypocrite.

When you have lost the argument the most common strategy is to attack the person rather than the idea being discussed (called "argumentum ad hominem"). So doing so just proves that one has lost.

Michael Black wrote:

Why is it when anyone posts a negative experience or personal opinion here and gets a response of an alternative positive opinion or experience to their own, the latter are a merely "fan boys"

Or they get labeled "bullies". It's all mind boggling. When did disagreement, in and of itself, become impolite?

And when did being a fan of something become inherently derogatory? I am quite a fan of Planters roasted & lightly salted peanuts, but I don't deride someone who prefers another brand of peanut or another type of nut altogether (although, clearly they need to re-think their choices! 😀).

And why always the sexist usage "fan boy" 😕