Yeah, sure. It just bent.
September 2012.
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No! Bendgate is real!
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Yeah, sure. It just bent.
September 2012.
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It's already your fault.
Yeah, it's my fault. Must have been all that typing on the screen and gripping it with my hands.
That story has no credibility. You broke your phone. Be honest and quit playing silly games. "it just bent". yeah sure.
Why don't you quit playing silly games. It bent through three weeks of normal use.
Just installed my "Best Skins Ever" and plan on using my Incipio "dual pro" case on an as-needed basis (i.e. when I think I may be in a situation where I'll need a case -- concert, tailgating, etc). Hopefully it doesn't bend in my pocket without a case!!
But you haven't defined normal use. Everyone's idea of normal use is different. Are there any possibilities you could have hit it or done anything accidental to it?
Not sure, but looking at other pictures on the web of bent iPhone 5's, it looks like all the bends are at the same spot (lower volume button) and in the same direction (back). You have to look hard to see it on mine, but once seen its impossible to un-see
Guess what! I was making fun of Bendgate.
Then it occurred to me just now that I never checked to see if my iPhone 5 is bent. I have been doing the exact thing that that many people here claimed would bend the phone: carrying it in my pocket.
I have a desk with a perfectly flat glass top, and guess what happened when I put my iPhone 5 on it?
It's NOT bent!
But wait, that's premature. Perhaps I should check again in say 2 or 10 years.
Then it occurred to me just now that I never checked to see if my iPhone 5 is bent. I have been doing the exact thing that that many people here claimed would bend the phone: carrying it in my pocket.
I have a desk with a perfectly flat glass top, and guess what happened when I put my iPhone 5 on it?
It's NOT bent!
But wait, that's premature. Perhaps I should check again in say 2 or 10 years.
LOL I checked mine on my work desk and it wobbled. Then I realized that the edge of my work desk was raised ever-so-slightly and gradually (can't really even see it with the naked eye)... I'm sure it's like that to prevent pens/pencils from rolling off. In fact that's how I figured out it was the desk, not the phone. I rolled a pen from the back to the front and right at the edge, it stopped. I moved the phone back on the desk and sure enough it didn't wobble when laying flat.
scared me for a minute though lol.
I don't believe you. That is not a credible story. It doesn't pass any sort of test.
Oh NO!!! future iPad problems
I just read this in another thread:
iPad 5 Rumours
Said to feature an all new design based around that of the iPad mini and iPhone 5, it is expected that the new iPad 5 will launch with a heavily revised form factor that boasts a flat-backed brushed aluminium finish and will be available in both black and white colour forms.
NO!!! Please someone get Ive or someone to look into the weak aluminum. If Ive ends up using the same weak aluminum in iPad as well then this will be ANOTHER Gate. SOMEONE must be able to tell him what to do, right? I mean what if all iDevices ends up being weak and all future iPhones only as wide as a thumb? Tell me the press is not right. That no one can tell him what to do.
I just read this in another thread:
iPad 5 Rumours
Said to feature an all new design based around that of the iPad mini and iPhone 5, it is expected that the new iPad 5 will launch with a heavily revised form factor that boasts a flat-backed brushed aluminium finish and will be available in both black and white colour forms.
NO!!! Please someone get Ive or someone to look into the weak aluminum. If Ive ends up using the same weak aluminum in iPad as well then this will be ANOTHER Gate. SOMEONE must be able to tell him what to do, right? I mean what if all iDevices ends up being weak and all future iPhones only as wide as a thumb? Tell me the press is not right. That no one can tell him what to do.
Why don't you just wait to see if the iPad mini is having any problems. It's basically made the same way as the iPhone
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Do you weigh 850 pounds?
Would you blame it on "weak aluminum" if you did and it bent?
Of course you would, because everything is someone else's fault and everything you damage couldn't possibly be because you mistreated it, it has to be defective...
"I swear I didn't damage it! It just broke on it's own! Prove it??? Nah, just take my word on it and give me free stuff!!! Because I say so!"
There IS NO BENDGATE! STUFF BENDS IF YOU APPLY ENOUGH PRESSURE!
This isn't a scandal. This isn't new. This is COMMON SENSE...
My phone is starting to bend too. I usually don't post on stuff like this but its affecting me. I take care of my iPhone like crazy (front and back shield plus a case). I noticed my case (PowerSupport) was coming off on the left side where the volume buttons are. Then I took off the case completely and noticed that my iPhone wasn't straight. If you out it on the table the button side is bend. This sucks. Now it's gonna waste one trade in of my Apple Care Plus. I hope they don't use one cause this wasn't my fault.
Has everyone who has a bent phone had a case on it? Maybe they were meant to go caseless, and its not Apple's fault since you put a case on it.
Also, what about all the early drop test videos? Why is it that they didn't bend at the volume buttons when dropped and dented, cracked screen, etc.?
What!? The case I have is ok for protection against drops but it doesn't put any pressure against the iPhone at all. I didn't drop or sit on my iPhone. I never put it in my back pocket at all. Still I'll speak to an Apple genius this week to exchange it since I have Apple Care Plus. First time I have ever has a damage phone and I have had every iPhone since iPhone 3G.
I didn't want to write this... But here is the bummer news...
Do you know why an iPhone 5 with a case ALSO bends? The sad news is that in order for a case to be tight and snuggly with no air gaps, it must wrap the phone and apply pressure on it from all sides. Unfortunately, you can't cover the front glass (because you wouldn't be able to use the touch screen). So all cases usually cover the back and the sides of the iPhone 5 tightly. It needs to be tight because if not, the case will fall off (especially the rubber types).
Now, think about that a moment. Why does the phone bend backwards (the corner and sides) away from the glass side and the bent part is the aluminum near the volume button hole? Why doesn't it bend away (the corner and sides) towards the glass? Because the glass is rigid and will push back, and can withstand bends better. But the thin aluminum back is weak and will bend at the lightest pressure (near volume button). So if you have pressure, the bending away (corners and sides) will go towards the side that is weakest... the aluminum back side. It also doesn't help that all cases pull the iPhone 5's sides towards the back (there is no case cover on the front of the glass applying pressure). The part that will give to the bend first is the volume button hole. The best analogy is if you were to hold the iPad mini sized cardboard with one hand and then you squeeze hard. The cardboard middle will bend away from your hand (just like the iPhone 5 side and corners will bend away from the glass front). Your hand is the iPhone 5 case, the weak cardboard is the iPhone 5.
So everyone that thought you could buy a case to make your iPhone 5 more rigid is actually weakening it by bending it. Of course if you sit on it, doesn't matter what side, it will bend that side first because the glass will return to original shape, but not the aluminum. So it is a tradeoff not getting a case (dropped/scratched iPhone 5) or gettings a case (bent iPhone 5).
I don't know how this can be fixed, besides tempered aluminum of a higher grade.
Do you know why an iPhone 5 with a case ALSO bends? The sad news is that in order for a case to be tight and snuggly with no air gaps, it must wrap the phone and apply pressure on it from all sides. Unfortunately, you can't cover the front glass (because you wouldn't be able to use the touch screen). So all cases usually cover the back and the sides of the iPhone 5 tightly. It needs to be tight because if not, the case will fall off (especially the rubber types).
Now, think about that a moment. Why does the phone bend backwards (the corner and sides) away from the glass side and the bent part is the aluminum near the volume button hole? Why doesn't it bend away (the corner and sides) towards the glass? Because the glass is rigid and will push back, and can withstand bends better. But the thin aluminum back is weak and will bend at the lightest pressure (near volume button). So if you have pressure, the bending away (corners and sides) will go towards the side that is weakest... the aluminum back side. It also doesn't help that all cases pull the iPhone 5's sides towards the back (there is no case cover on the front of the glass applying pressure). The part that will give to the bend first is the volume button hole. The best analogy is if you were to hold the iPad mini sized cardboard with one hand and then you squeeze hard. The cardboard middle will bend away from your hand (just like the iPhone 5 side and corners will bend away from the glass front). Your hand is the iPhone 5 case, the weak cardboard is the iPhone 5.
So everyone that thought you could buy a case to make your iPhone 5 more rigid is actually weakening it by bending it. Of course if you sit on it, doesn't matter what side, it will bend that side first because the glass will return to original shape, but not the aluminum. So it is a tradeoff not getting a case (dropped/scratched iPhone 5) or gettings a case (bent iPhone 5).
I don't know how this can be fixed, besides tempered aluminum of a higher grade.
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Yawn. I am very rough on my phone. I work construction and have dropped my phone about 5 times so far. Has not bent at all.
Sorry no sale. I"ve had 19.95 TracFones that never bent, this is $750 phone AFTER THREE WEEKS. It's a design flaw folks, unless we"re expected to carry the phone around on a pillow.