What on earth are you talking about? The number of lightning cables for sale has nothing to do with how reliable they are. Ignoring the fact that neither one of us know how many lightning cables are for sale vs. how many micro USB cables are for sale. Maybe it’s the exact same amount? People might be buying these…

...it does

Some advice for the future...

Yeah so you’re buying the phone on their Next plan (full $650 price divided by 30 months) and they’re giving you a bill credit for the monthly payment amount. And this only applies to people porting new lines from a different carrier and carrying DirectTV service for the following two and a half years.

Verizon may be offering $99 on contract but there may be some misunderstanding on what At&t is offering. They do not offer phones on contract anymore, and haven’t for about a year.

The iPhone contract price comment. T-mobile killed contracts 4 years ago. Att no longers offer contract pricing, Verizon and sprint are winding down. Most people are paying full retail for their phones now. Though with lowered phone service bills.

Not for the past couple years...

Eh... I still use the lightning cable that came with my iPhone 5 I bought in 2012. And I’ve purchased 3rd party ones at Best Buy on sale for $5 that work perfectly.

Wait, what are you talking about? Apple has had two different connectors on iPhones over the past decade. Not really a big deal.