One thing that I do like about Apple is that they release these new iOS updates for free to owners of the older models to take advantage of. I have a 4s (Soon to upgrade to a 5.... I rarely get the brand new phones when they release) so it's kind of nice to get access to some of these new features. I know other companies do the same thing, but it's surprising coming from Apple in my opinion haha.
I remember my first run in with purchasing a new charger for my Macbook. My cat ended up chewing the smaller cord up so it was useless. (Later I found though that they are EASY as pie to fix though) My issue was when I found out the price of thing, if I remember correctly it was $80!! I was pretty surprised that Apple was charging this amount of cash for a replacement charger, oh well though!
There are very simple fixes for these charging wires though, so if anybody runs into the same issue just let me know or do some research and save your $80!!