I've had exactly one device connector actually die. It was a Nokia phone where there was a design flaw. The backplate had an indentation where the charging port was that was just a little too deep, allowing the cable to wiggle a bit in the port, damaging it more than usual and eventually killing it.

The flaw was acknowledged by Nokia. It was handed down by a phone upgrade addict though so I couldn't be arsed to try and make a claim for free repairs or something.

I've had a lot of cables die though, but mostly because I bought them at a gas station in "need to charge asap" type situations.