Iphone charging cable keeps breaking

The charging cable for my Iphone 5 keeps breaking, I have purchased 3 in the last few months. My phone is plugged in to charge on a small table, the cable is not stretched or pulled in anyway. I have just been on to the apple store to order a new one and have seen the reviews on these cables, they are shocking with everyone complaining about them breaking constantly. These cables are not cheap at £15 a time. I would like to know if apple are actually addressing this serious flaw in their product, if you get a warranty with these cables or if anybody knows of another company that sell knock offs of these that are actually better quality than what apple offer its customers? I am seriously doubting apples customer care regarding the amount of bad reviews on this product.

You are really confused Peter Gillespie.
I replied to you that
"I took mine to the Apple store and they refused to replace it saying I had not been careful keeping it straight when charging whilst it was still under warranty.
The product I have mentioned protects the cable whilst still retaining its flexibility.
Anyway, it has worked for 4 members of my family so far and we have had them over 6 months and one of the chargers in question does have a split and stll works after using the product"
This reply was in response to your comment below:
"If less than 12 months old then it is under warranty ,unless Apple bellieve it is user abuse rather than a manufacuring issue that caused the "failure""
My reply was not, as you incorrectly imply, to your earlier post where you stated:
"The strange thing is that as stated hundreds of millions of users have no issues with the cables
Yet clearly some users do have an issue ,time and time again ......................now what does that tell you ?"
I never replied "strangely", it appears you have a serious misunderstanding of the flow of this thread and it is clear you are making a lame attempt to be the hero.
I simply highlighted a product which has served it purpose and that is all. I am not into lying about who said what to whom because it is very clear to see for those who understand.

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