Why do my phone charge cords die?

I cycle through them pretty quickly also.    My brother says it is because I am rough with everything.  😄

The little wimpy one that came with my 1st iPad didn’t even last a year.  Then I went to the rope type because they said they were tougher.  I am on my third one. 

ETA - it is the charging cord itself that always has an issue for me.

I have always had my original cords for the life of my device since my first iPod in 2003. DH and DS not only kill cords but kill devices quickly. Don't know why.

My original Apple cords have lasted fine, but good lord, the after-market ones are all junk, as far as I can tell.

My son says I’m out of my mind, for whatever that’s worth.

Anker brand. Haven’t had one die on us yet. I use my devices while they are charging. Especially my iPad. My husband is super rough on them and I was having to buy new ones constantly. All my lightning ones are red so they are easily identifiable. We have tons of these upstairs, downstairs, in our cars, and in a travel bag. Love them, well worth the cost.

Anker 6ft lightning braided charger.

My devices die or get replaced before the chargers do. I usually end up with a drawer full of chargers that I have no clue what they went to. Are you constantly plugging and unplugging them? I never unplug mine unless I need to charge my phone/device when I'm on vacation or if I forgot to charge my phone and need to recharge it at work.

Most of my original cords (except maybe 1?) are still going strong. It’s the long after market cords that are well crap. I need really long cords to reach my bedside and my end table in the family room has a built in USB port on the back side, so another long cord.

I’ve purchased multiple cords that have died but recently purchased 2 Anker Powerline Lightning (10ft) Apple MFi Certified Lightning Cables. They are not the braided but seem to be very sturdy and work great.

Amazon Basics brand has been great for me. I buy the 10 foot cord so it isn’t bent too much if I do decide to use my phone while it charges, but I try to leave it alone. I have an iPad as well so I can swap devices while one charges.

Maybe they are assisting in the deaths so they can get new devices more frequently?


OP I always use the original cords for the life of my device also.  I also have a cheapie one I bought on AMZ and that one is still going strong. 

I'm no help--we tend to keep our phones a long time--4-5 yrs before replacing, and have never had any issues with the charging cords.

Knock on wood but I’ve never had a cord or charger die. I have a couple of non-apple cords that are just fine too. But I often hear about people having to buy new cords all the time. I don’t know why I am lucky.

I have owned one iPod touch, two iPads and I’m on my third iPhone in roughly ten years. DH has an iPad, two iPad minis and three iPhones. DD has an iPad and still uses my ancient iPod. We’ve had exactly one cord casualty over all those devices in all that time. This is in spite of being plugged in pretty much daily, taking the chargers and cords back and forth to the cabin on weekends half the year, and a kid who’s rough on them. We do have a few additional cords that we bought so we could leave one in each vehicle, leave an emergency cord at the lake cabin, one in my purse and have a couple in convenient places around the house. I do sometimes use the device while it’s charging too, so that can’t be a reason they go bad unless it’s something a person routinely does.

Now my BFF on the other hand probably needs to buy a new cord every couple months because she’s constantly killing them. She has a Samsung phone, FTR. She thinks they go bad from her phone falling on the floor while it’s plugged in.