I think you may be an outlier in owning only one lightning cable. I just looked in my desk drawer and counted 5, and I can think of 3 more in other areas of my house and car.
My kids fidget absentmindedly with the charger cords while they use their phones, so at this point we buy them in packs of ten off Amazon.
Re:A Guy Walks into an Apple Store
by alistairSH on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @06:19PM
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I own more than 1, but they all get used regularly. There's one on my nightstand, one in my car, and one in the office. I can swap them around, but that doesn't solve the problem - at the time I'm ready to buy a new phone, one of them is worn out.
Re:A Guy Walks into an Apple Store
by Schiendelman on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:01AM
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Have you considered wireless charging? It seems like you’d save money over buying more cables, in the long run.
Re:A Guy Walks into an Apple Store
by alistairSH on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @08:34AM
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Maybe, but wireless is new (my iPhone 7 doesn't have it), so it hasn't come up before now.
But, that just means I have to buy 2 new wall warts (need the high power one, IIRC), still need 1 new cable (unless it's included with he wireless pad), and 2 wireless pads.
And it's not an option in the car, because CarPlay requires a cable (in 90% of cars, AFAIK only BMW has implemented wireless CarPlay).
If I bought an iPhone 12 tomorrow, I would, at minimum, also have to buy another cable, because the one Apple included doesn't work with my existing charger. Not the end of the world, but still annoying.