Which you can. You don’t even need a Lightning cable, only a Lightning-to-MicroUSB adapter. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD820ZM/A/lightning-to-micro-usb-

Which you can. You don’t even need a Lightning cable, only a Lightning-to-MicroUSB adapter. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD820ZM/A/lightning-to-micro-usb-adapter http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD820ZM/A/lightning-to-mic... Anecdotal: my Lightning cables are holding up a lot better than my Dock connector cables ever did. As for chargers, I’ve never had an iPod or iDevice charger break on me.