I wish I had a count of all of the lighting cables I went through over the years. Especially in the early years, the cable was fragile; then Apple started doing the certified cable thing, and the cable wouldn't work or only charged. it was bad in the days before Apple had wireless updates for the iPod Touch and the iPhone. It seemed like with each PhoneOS/iOS update, the cable stopped working. It was not until Anker came out with their certified lighting cables that we started to get a cable that worked reliably and lasted at a fair price. I have been a loyal Anker customer ever since. I now use Anker USB4 cables. Not so much for the speed but the built-in hardware firewall they have. All of the Intel-certified cables have this feature but I am firm Anker customer.