Dear Apple: Form follows function, not the other way around.
Dearest Stevie,
You should really look into this newfangled concept known as “strain releif” for the cables in your future products. It’s an idea where you put graduated thicknesses of material around a cable at the point where it enters a device or plug. It reduces the strain on the outer jacket and the conductors inside so that they don’t break and create problems, such as open circuits and short circuits. Go take a look at the cord on a vaccuum cleaner or something for inspiration. For an example of how this is not done right, LOOK AT ANY APPLE PRODUCT EVER MADE.
Seriously though, the cable with my iPhone should have lasted longer than a month before the cable started fraying. Strain releif on cables may not be pretty, but neither are broken, frayed, non-working or melted cables. Go google “apple MagSafe short strain releif” if you don’t know what I’m talking about.
February 1st, 2010 at 5:19 pm
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA591G/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY
It’s $19. I bet they would ship it with slow burn feature if they could. Go to wal-mart and get the cheap Belkin replacement. The housing is a bit thicker and it’s about 2 feet longer.