Regretfully, "connector" is used generically in the USB standard to refer to both the plug and receptacle. Type-A "standard durability" connectors, plug and rec

Regretfully, "connector" is used generically in the USB standard to refer to both the plug and receptacle. Type-A "standard durability" connectors, plug and receptacle, are specced for 1,500 cycles minimum. 5,000 for "high durability". The only type specced for more is the Micro connector, at 10,000 cycles. See section "5.7.1.3 Durability or Insertion/Extraction Cycles (EIA 364-09)" of the USB 3.0 standard. I'm sure it's in 2.0, too, but the section number may be different. http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/