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Duncanwii
07/04/18 12:40:36 AM
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I bought one of those flexible metal phone chargers and it served me faithfully for a good 3 or 4 months. Over time though the wiring flayed and now it will only charge if the cord is facing a certain direction. I paid 20 bucks for this it shouldn't break after only 3 months?!
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SpiralDrift
07/04/18 12:42:44 AM
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You paid 20 bucks for a USB cable?
You bought a flexible USB cable?

I'm sorry but you have no one to blame but yourself.
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Duncanwii
07/04/18 12:44:45 AM
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SpiralDrift posted...
You paid 20 bucks for a USB cable?
You bought a flexible USB cable?

I'm sorry but you have no one to blame but yourself.

It was one of those metal high durability chargers, I thought it would last longer then it did.
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SpiralDrift
07/04/18 1:16:09 AM
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There's not really a difference between the cheap cables and the expensive ones aside from appearance. The only thing that really matters is the charger base, which in most cases is just a 5v 1-2A adapter with a USB port. As long as that's a close match to your device's power needs then you can use any cheap USB cable with it. In practice even if the charger base is a little under-powered it will still usually charge your device just fine.
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Squall28
07/04/18 1:17:56 AM
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I haven't broken a phone charger ever.
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thronedfire2
07/04/18 1:17:59 AM
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idk I never get anything but official iphone ones so they never break, I end up losing them or giving them away
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Muffinz0rz
07/04/18 1:18:25 AM
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Because how else do they get you to buy more if they don't break
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Questionmarktarius
07/04/18 1:20:15 AM
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Better to break the plug than the port.
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