So my barely 3 month old lightning cable that was in my iPhone box crapped out tonight. Yesterday it was giving me an "Accessory not Supported" message, then earlier tonight cycled between charging and not charging while plugged into my laptop to charge. Went to plug it into my wall charger overnight and it cycled once and stopped working. Unplugged it and plugged it back in and nothing. Plugged it back into my computer, nothing.
I've got an appointment with the "genius" bar tomorrow to have it swapped out under warranty as it seems it's covered. I saw online that the lifespan of these can be short, but just curious if 3 months is status quo for others using the cable? I'm surprised as I had an older iPod with the 30 pin cable and my kid ran over it with a table and cracked the plastic around the plug and looks pretty beat up and it still works. The lightning cable has been babied and doesn't even show any signs of wear and it's dead.
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