[TazeTSchnitzel]

Apple's engineering is good too, it enables them to actually deliver on those designs.

[JoeAltmaier]

...except for the OP's whole point - they break easy.

For instance, cords. There's never been a load coil on their cords, because they look clunky. So they are noisy as heck. Their cords have no strain relief - again because it looks clunky. So their cords are the #1 replacement item due to breaking all the time right at the connector.

[DigitalJack]

All the cords I've ever seen have stress relief. It's not nearly adequate in my opinion, but they do have it.

[iN7h33nD]

or they do it like this because they can sell new charge cords at a premium so they engineer them to fail

[srtjstjsj]

Perhaps. Intentionally bad engineering is still bad engineering for the user.