Why Didn’t Anyone Think of a Right-Angled iPhone Cable Sooner?

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You know the white Apple cord that came with your iPhone? The one that’s frayed and on its way to a junk drawer somewhere? It doesn’t have to be that way. The problem with most lightning cables is that inevitably the part of the cable that meets the connector gets destroyed from bending, which is pretty much bound to happen unless you’re charging your phone from some power source directly below or behind you (and when is that the case?). While different cables try to solve the problem by protecting the bendy point, what would really do the trick is a lightning cable that’s already bent at a right angle, like the Aukey lightning cable.

Measuring just over three feet, the Aukey, too, has a braided nylon exterior, which means that the cables have been rated to last more than 10,000 bends. That would allow you to bend your cable ten times a day (though I can’t imagine why you would need to) every day for nearly three years. I can’t imagine why you’d need to because Aukey has incorporated one exquisite design detail that eliminates bending period.