Of course you can have multiple Apple chargers, as long as you're willing to mortgage your house to pay for them. I'm talking about chargers so cheap that you can buy a dozen and leave them around various places so they're available IF you might need them.
A classic example is our console stereo. It has an Apple iPhone docking station. It's quite handy, you can charge the phone, and play iTunes through the stereo. Except.....my wife switched to an Apple iPhone 5. The wizards of Cupertino decided to totally change the hardware format of the dock and the console stereo is now useless for her. And it cost more than the iPhone.
Have your wife switch to iPhone 4s. She gets the upgrades she needs but the same charger she has had. It also has Siri.
I have an iPod with the old charger and an iPhone 5 with the new. It I had to choose between chargers I would go with the new but I have no money invested in other devices.
Since you have already invested in other equipment I can understand your frustration, but the iPhone 4s is still available.
Hoo, boy. You REALLY don't know what you are talking about, do you??? Who told you you have to buy Apple chragers? I have at least three lightning chargers sitting within twenty feet of me right now that cost less than $10. . . all by third parties, all Apple certified. USB to Apple Lightning Cables are available from multiple suppliers. I saw four at Walmart last week as well as five six Lightning chargers from companies such as Belkin. My iPad Air that I am replying to you right now is currently plugged into a wall mounted Duplex outlet/USB charger via a third party 10 foot USB to Lightning cable. The outlet has both 1 amp and a 2.2 amp USB jacks so it can provide power to both iPads and iPhones. I saw 2.1 amp Lightning Car chargers from 3rd parties for $5.99 to $19.99 at Walmart too.
A week ago, I bought a 44 ounce diet Pepsi at an AM/PM and there was a cardboard display at the checkout of both car and home lightning iPhone chargers for $7.99 each. . . in bright neon colors plus white and black! How cheap do you want them???
A classic example is our console stereo. It has an Apple iPhone docking station. It's quite handy, you can charge the phone, and play iTunes through the stereo. Except.....my wife switched to an Apple iPhone 5. The wizards of Cupertino decided to totally change the hardware format of the dock and the console stereo is now useless for her. And it cost more than the iPhone.
REALLY???? You didn't bother to buy the Apple $19.99 thirty pin to Lightning adapter for that problem? I saw a bin of third party Apple certified ones for sale in Bed, Bath, and Beyond for $6.95 two days ago. Apparently, YOU'D rather complain than use the easily found adapter. Good Grief, NorwayPineSavage.
REally? Then I should freak out... as I have a non-Apple wall charge, two non-Apple auto chargers, and a handful of non-Apple cables to connect them that work just fine with my iPhone 5S...
Should I be disappointed? I guess not, since the first set of iPhone charge cables I ordered off eBay for like 99 cents + free shipping direct from China did not work...