Iphone 5 -  The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.

Hi.. I recently brought myself a new iphone 5 and the problem I have is that when I plug the phone into my macbook air, system.log shows the following entry and the phone does not show up on my mac.
Oct 13 15:32:27 Chimera kernel[0]: USBF:
130779.173
[0xffffff800f0aec00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000)
Oct 13 15:32:30 Chimera kernel[0]: USBF:
130782.174
[0xffffff800f0aec00] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
Oct 13 15:32:31 Chimera kernel[0]: USBF:
130783. 15
[0xffffff800f0aec00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000)
Oct 13 15:32:34 Chimera kernel[0]: USBF:
130786.414
[0xffffff800f0aec00] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
Oct 13 15:32:35 Chimera kernel[0]: USBF:
130787.239
[0xffffff800f0aec00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000)
Oct 13 15:32:36 Chimera kernel[0]: USBF:
130788. 71
[0xffffff800f0aec00] The IOUSBFamily gave up enumerating a USB device after 10 retries.  (Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000)
Oct 13 15:32:36 Chimera kernel[0]: USBF:
130788. 71
[0xffffff800f0aec00] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
My mac model identifier is MacBookAir4,2 on 10.8.2 Mid 2011 and itunes 10.7 is installed.
Note: I then tried on a windows laptop and it failed there as well, stating that it could not find the right drivers and wouldnt work as well. I did try the standard Apple page for troubleshooting such issues, but no luck.
What I was hoping for was advise as to if I am looking at a cable issue (but the cable charges the phone well from the wall sockets) or am I looking a hardware issue (would hate to have to reset the whole phone agian the way i want it) or simply a OS, driver issue that I then should be shouting for an update?
Regards - Vikas.

Now I know why I didnt get enough detail on this issue on the net... because i dont think anyone knew.
I took the phone to the store, and the issue was the "new improved" lightning cable.. changed it and am now able to connect. Cost me 25$ which vodafone has agreed to reimburse for the faulty product.
Thank fully, it wasnt the hardware. Hope this information comes in handy to some people.

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