That may have been the culprit on my end as well. I use an external battery pack, that’s somewhat large, and when I’m getting ready to carry it somewhere, I rap the cable around the pack itself, which is square-shaped, and put it into my bag, and when the cable messed up, it almost looked on each end, like someone chewed on it, or nicked it. > On May 14, 2016, at 3:28 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > I’ve had a iPhone 5s, 6 and now the 6sPlus, > Approx. 4 different iPad minis 2 of the mini 3 and now on my mini 4 which is > my second, plus 3 iPod touchs of different storage capacity and all the > cables I’ve had seem to be fine thus far. > > Ive sold the 2 iPad mini 3s and gave away my mini 4 16 gig all with cables > and power adaptors but as far as I’m aware the cables are all still fine. > > I do however have a couple of USB micro cables that I use with a lightening > adaptor as a secondary charging cable for my phone that I’m going to have to > throw away as they are breaking in that same spot, > > I think it’s just ware and tear as well as how I wind them up toput away. > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark > Gilland > Sent: Saturday, 14 May 2016 11:23 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Consistently degrading lightning cables > > OK, I wonder if anyone else is having, or has had this problem. > > Over the years, I've bought quite a few devices that use lightning cables. > Anything from my old IPhone 5, 5S, 6Plus, 6S, a few Apple TV 4's, etc. > > Point is, after about 2 or 3, if I'm lucky, months roughly, it seems like the > end of the insolation right where the lightning connector is that goes into > the device, that area seems to keep getting cut/torn. Usually it's not so > bad that the cable stops working, but it's bad enough that it definitely has > the potential that at any moment, it could get worse. I have one cable now > which is almost 98% sebbered all the way through both the insolation and the > actual wire itself. It's pretty pathetic. It seems like most all my cables > eventually are getting to this point, and I swear, I'm not misusing them. > I'm just plugging them in, and unplugging them as normal. > > Apparently, I'm by far not the first person who's had this issue. If you > just Google online, you'll find lots of forums and blogs, etc. of people > who've had the same issue quite regularly. So apparently, it must not be > just me. > > Is it just these things are really badly designed? I'm on hold right now > waiting for Apple to pick up to see if maybe they can replace a few of these > chords, but I'm not very hopeful. They might, but I'm not counting on it. > > I'm just wonderring if any of you guys have also found your cables tearing, > getting cut, or worse on a consistent basis right at the tip of the cord like > I am. If so, what are you all doing to get around this, so you don't have to > keep buying cord after cord after cord every few months. This alone is > starting to make me reconsider iOS devices. At least, ones with lightning > connecters. > > Lightning's great, but the cords appear to be crap in my opinion based soly > on what I so far have observed. Again, that's stated as an opinion, not a > fact. 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