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Why do lightning cables break so easily? Very flaud design!

I have been using Macs since my Quadra 700 and always used the iPhone since the first year available but the old larger connecters to the early iPhones lasted for ever but these new lighting cables are a joke. Actually not a funny joke since I lost count after 12 replacement cords. The problem is not just the accual cord fraying but the male conector bending too easy or just lossing it’s ability to work. I have kids and a dog and I admit they can get abused some times but even when I have kept the cords safe they break. Way to fragile! I ordered a wrong type of cord from amazon and see it is for another type of smart phone. This cord is a much smarter design and has a female like connector simmulor to the type of cord attachment for a external battery. So Apple has the reputation of not making changes and usually because they are too cocky about there products. Don’t get me wrong I love apple products but Apple could come back down to🌏once in awhile.

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Posted on Aug 16, 2018 8:42 PM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2018 4:24 AM

You have damage at the base of the strain relief. That usually indicates you have been unplugging the cable by pulling on the cable rather than on the body of the connector itself.


I will admit I have also seen that damage due to severe UV exposure over time, like a cable that spends all day in direct sunlight in a car every day for a few years.

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