iPhone 3g included USB cable coming apart

[dizzy13]

Well me and another friend both have the same issue with the USB cable that was included with iPhone 3g (see attached image).

Apple said they would not return it b/c it looks like user damage...but the fact that none of my other 3 or 4 USB iCables have this issue and 2 different iPhone 3g cables have the same exact issue I would disagree with apple on this.

Has anyone else experienced this issue on the iPhone 3g cable?

 

[rotobadger]

I have not had this issue but I think it's BS that Apple will not give you a replacement. I might press the issue with them as this is not your fault and you deserve a functioning cable.

 

[dizzy13]

I have not had this issue but I think it's BS that Apple will not give you a replacement. I might press the issue with them as this is not your fault and you deserve a functioning cable.

Yeah, I'm thinking of going back there with my friend and showing them both cables with the same problem and see what they say then. I mean I do move the cable around and stuff, but never had a problem with any my other cables so just seems strange to me that this would happen now.

Luckily for now it still works, but who knows for how long

 

[Chef-Jer]

I had this happen with the cords for both my 3g's - Went to the apple store and they replaced them both.

 

[MissingToof]

Take it to your local Apple store..

I had the same problem, and they replaced it, no questions asked.

 

[sahnert]

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I have the same problem but don't live close enough to an apple store to have them look at it.

 

[halofan0005]

i have this issue as well with my cable for my 3g iphone...and now that i think about it i havent ever had this issue with another..the cable is literally ripping apart..i dont get it

 

[eplchamps0304]

mine as well. they went cheap on the cable too.

 

[dizzy13]

mine as well. they went cheap on the cable too.

Yeah, wonder if we will see a recall on this in the future as we did with the plug part that came with the 3g. I think I'll go back to the apple store and bring this forum up on the browser and maybe that will help convince them to replace it for me.

 

[JoeDRC]

as far as i know the iphone cables are no different to the ones shipped with ipods.

could just be a bad batch? Mine is fine and I got my iphone on the release date

 

[Jeremy W]

My friend's cable is coming apart on the other end, the end that attaches to the iPhone. Mine hasn't come apart, but it's just been connected to the dock since like day 3, so it hasn't been subject to any kind of stress.

 

[mattpreston11]

My friend's cable is coming apart on the other end, the end that attaches to the iPhone. Mine hasn't come apart, but it's just been connected to the dock since like day 3, so it hasn't been subject to any kind of stress.

ditto..

when it breaks fully (and it will) then il go into apple store and ask for a new one, if that fails then il just buy one anyway.

 

[Vegan TJ]

yeah mine is doing the exact thing

 

[daisuke07]

What is with these Apple iPhone products?

First people's iPhones had to get them replaced like 10 times, the plug where you can get electrocuted, and now this.

 

[9822679]

yeah mine was busted like 3 weeks after owning it ... hmmm


i just used some white electrical tape and it solved the problem though ( can't really tell anything has been changed either)

 

[reliantj]

another step apple decided not to cover, just to cover some of their spending.