USB C cable damage

[anon(8627824)]

I've now had my second USB C cable end bend on my 5X. The first one, I thought it was a fluke. Now that I am on the second one, I am wondering if it is a design problem? These are the cords I used in my car... so, they are getting pushed, pulled and bumped around in the car quite a bit.
I've never had the old MicroUSB end bend on my old phones. I am wondering if that larger sized C end is the problem.

 

[eaccentsac]

I've now had my second USB C cable end bend on my 5X. The first one, I thought it was a fluke. Now that I am on the second one, I am wondering if it is a design problem? These are the cords I used in my car... so, they are getting pushed, pulled and bumped around in the car quite a bit.
I've never had the old MicroUSB end bend on my old phones. I am wondering if that larger sized C end is the problem.

None of my cables are showing any signs of wear. I am, however, careful to make sure that there is a good 2" of straight cable before any bends.

 

[Rukbat]

I've had 2 Samsung USB 3.0 cables ends start to wear. Take a ballpoint pen spring (or anything just a tiny bit smaller than the cable) and thread it around the cable at the end. That'll provide strain relief. USB cables aren't the only ones with this kind of problem - all cables that use molded connector shells and no spring suffer from it. We used to get that with DIN cables, PS2 cables, serial cables - molded connectors are just a bad idea, but they're a lot cheaper, so that's what the industry uses.

 

[Grabber5.0]

... Take a ballpoint pen spring (or anything just a tiny bit smaller than the cable) and thread it around the cable at the end..

Slightly off topic but thanks for explaining how to get the spring on. I've been having a blonde moment for a while now thinking about that but hadn't wondered enough to actually look for the answer.