Lightning charger port not charging

Hi,
I have an iphone 5 64gb which has gotten progressively worse at charging up. It seems to need charging several times a day (top up) and when I do plug it in to a genuine apple charger it won't charge. It will only do so if I apply a little pressure to the collar of the charger itself leading into the phone. This means either standing there like an idiot whilst waiting for some charge of trying to set up some kind of method with a pen and a weight to keep the angle right. I have several chargers and all of tem do this so I am confident it it my phone rather than the charger. My phone is over 1 year old and will no long er be covered on warranty. I was considering taking it to apple and hope they might offer me a new i[phone 5 in exchange for the old one plus a bit of cash (as they have done before). It's annoying as the phone is not even two years old and the battery seems defunctand the charger itself is also on it's way out. Any ideas from anyone? Obviously I've blown into the charging void to remove any foreign objects and given it a cursory clean etc. Have i missed anything?
Thanks guys

Hi mattpuss,
If you are having an issue with charging your iPhone, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
iPhone and iPod touch: Charging the battery
In particular -
Inspect the connector at the bottom of the phone:
Make sure that there are no bent pins in the connector.
Make sure that the connector is free from debris.
If there are bent pins or debris, please contact Apple Support.
Otherwise, continue troubleshooting.
Make sure that the outlet you're using works.
Make sure that the Apple USB cable and Apple USB power adapter work.
Plug the device in to power and let it charge until your device turns on. This could take between 10 and 30 minutes. If you don't have an Apple USB power adapter, try connecting to a computer's high-power USB 2.0 port (not a keyboard). The computer must be on.
If the device still exhibits an issue, try turning your device off and then on again while connected to power.
If the issue persists, please contact Apple Support.
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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