>It's definitely user related. My Apple cables last indefinitely—unless my wife gets ahold of them. Then? Look out. I had a Belkin lightning nylon charge cable

>It's definitely user related. My Apple cables last indefinitely—unless my wife gets ahold of them. Then? Look out. I had a Belkin lightning nylon charge cable I used for years and it worked great, then my gf borrowed it for 2 days and "gorilla'd" the end. Since she had a habit of chewing through the regular cables in only a few months, I was curious to watch and see what she does different. It was two things: 1. She uses the phone while charging frequently and has the cable kept taut, this strains the connector. But more importantly 2. She yanks the phone off the charger by grabbing the cord and pulling the phone at an angle, this can destroy a worn cable in a matter of days.