[londgine]

I've had issues with my past 2 usb c phones. the female connector has a hidden male part in the phone. when you insert the cable incorrectly, it can damage that internal male part. it is much harder to replace that part then just getting a new cable. the lighting cable was a classic male connector to a classic female part

[65a]

How do you "insert it incorrectly"? It's symmetrical and works in both possible orientations.

[londgine]

The correct orientation perpendicularly to the edge of the phone. No one gets exactly 90 deg. The more you are off, the more likely you are to break or wear down something. That something that breaks is in the phone, not in the cable.

[solarkraft]

The connector is designed with this in mind. When it was announced I was also worried about the middle part, but practically it has turned out to be no problem.

[mensetmanusman]

One bit of sand?

[deodar]

This is exactly right. Lightning is more resilient to damage. Lightning also puts the fragile part on the charger side and not in the device. Two of my USB-C devices developed loose connections after a year or so that replacing the charger wouldn't solve, a camera and a Windows laptop.

[pkulak]

Wait, do you have those reversed? Lightning cables have zero moving parts. The clips and other bits and bobs are in the phone. USBC is reversed, so that, with USBC, most failures mean replacing the cable, not the phone.

[londgine]

Look inside the USB c port. Do you see a little bar sticking out, that is the breakable part

[pkulak]

Every part is breakable. But USB-C puts the little roller-ball grabby bit (technical term) in the cable, not the port. That's the real wear item. Not that I've actually ever had it fail on me, in either standard, but on a pure theoretical basis it is.

[DANmode]

Why haven't I ever had one break (since my first and last Samsung piece of junk in 2010)?

[londgine]

USB C was designed in 2014. How did you have it on your Samsung device in 2010?

[DANmode]

Good point, that further proves mine!

I've never even had a USB C port stop working!

It was a micro USB.