We had the charger for 6 months before it broke. The charger was plugged into our phone on the counter, when my daughter accidentaly caught the wire and the phone fell to a thickly padded rug. One of the prongs broke off, luckily not in the phone, but it was useless none the less. We got quite a bit of use out of the charger before it broke so it's not necessarily a poorly made product. I would blame it more on the fact the phone and, hence, accessories, are small and therefore break more easily and that accidents do happen. We were happy with it before and will buy another one.