Mwahahaha. Don't believe it then. I see plenty of issues popping up for you where visual proof may be absent.
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You won't be buying it, only picked up and dropped off each day.
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Mwahahaha. Don't believe it then. I see plenty of issues popping up for you where visual proof may be absent.
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You won't be buying it, only picked up and dropped off each day.
Mwahahaha. Don't believe it then. I see plenty of issues popping up for you where visual proof may be absent.
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You won't be buying it, only picked up and dropped off each day.
Well then please share it with the rest of us. Again, I'm not denying the phones bend. It's just how people are saying they bend that I don't believe, especially since I've been going caseless since launch day and doing the exact things that people claim has bent their phones. I won't believe until I see proof that a phone magically bends by itself inside a case.
A weak metal structure will bend far easier than a rigid, purpose-built plastic polymer case.
I discredit anyone who says they bend while untouched. What I did say was that people with bent phones who have not put them in a vice, dropped them, etc. who use them normally, may end up with a bent phone simply by having it in their pocket, backpack, etc. It takes very little force to bend these phones given the material Apple used. Non-tempered 6061 aluminum at that thickness is very pliable in comparison to the 4 and 4S. Inadvertent bent phones are going to happen with this model even without the user being aware.
Well put. It's still hard for me to think its that easy given the few claims we have seen out of the millions of phones out there. I will definitely agree that it is easier to bend than the older models. But I do not believe it is a flawed design. Just my personal opinion. Either way. I'm spending too much time arguing on the Internet so I'm going to step out for a bit and just observe.
I'm going to punch myself if my phone gets bent tomorrow.
I would say this is a situation where the design is only flawed if it happens to you. I personally agree with you, but at the same time if my phone bends I'll be calling it a flawed design like everyone else.
I think people just don't realize how much pressure can be put on the phone when they sit down in jeans. Unless they are seriously loose and baggy, they are conforming to your body and where the front and back pockets are, your body curves. (shocker, I know )
An Otterbox is strong enough to resist many impacts, but it's just plastic and rubber, right? It can still bend and if it bends, the phone can bend. Obviously where the holes are on the side there is less metal and it is weaker there. Bam, it fails.
I am pretty careful to take my phone out if my pocket when I sit down pretty much all the time now after reading these threads.
) An Otterbox is strong enough to resist many impacts, but it's just plastic and rubber, right? It can still bend and if it bends, the phone can bend. Obviously where the holes are on the side there is less metal and it is weaker there. Bam, it fails.
I am pretty careful to take my phone out if my pocket when I sit down pretty much all the time now after reading these threads.
I dropped my phone from a height of no more than 4 inches onto a bed of fluffy pillows and it bent at a 90 degree angle!!!!
You have to believe me! This is the internet! (I'm also a French model ladies... call me).
Thus is the problem with these unbelieveable claims of damage. Be it "defective anodized coating" wiping off with a cloth, short drops onto soft surfaces causing catastrophic damage, or something as silly as spontaneous bending, it's just not very likely and therefore requires some PROOF.
Aluminum is easier to bend. Does it bend easy? Not really, just easi-ER than something like stainless steel. If you apply a lot of pressure you can break almost anything.
Thread solved. You broke your phone. AC+ or pay $229. It's no one's fault that it isn't indestructible. They don't even advertise it as highly durable for that matter. It's 100% on you.
You have to believe me! This is the internet! (I'm also a French model ladies... call me).
Thus is the problem with these unbelieveable claims of damage. Be it "defective anodized coating" wiping off with a cloth, short drops onto soft surfaces causing catastrophic damage, or something as silly as spontaneous bending, it's just not very likely and therefore requires some PROOF.
Aluminum is easier to bend. Does it bend easy? Not really, just easi-ER than something like stainless steel. If you apply a lot of pressure you can break almost anything.
Thread solved. You broke your phone. AC+ or pay $229. It's no one's fault that it isn't indestructible. They don't even advertise it as highly durable for that matter. It's 100% on you.
I don't need to prove anything here. My friend uses her iPhone in the back pocket, and never sat on it and the iPhone is slightly bended, not a lot, but I could notice it.
Sweet.
On an unrelated note, aliens abducted my phone... and when it came back it prints real $100 bills! (no proof sorry, I don't need to prove nuthin!)
Ahhh the internets...
Apple CS sent the pics to engineering. They said don't sit on it and to put it in an Otter Box. CS told them it was in an Otter Box. CS agreed that it is everyday practice that people put their phones in their pockets and replaced the phone. Although I belive it was bent slightly during production and only got worse. Its like an aluminum antena on the old radios that gets slightly bent they are never the same after.
No problem. Just turn it around the other way and sit on it. Should straighten it right out.....
Maybe it's happening in the process of putting on and taking off cases. I had a hardshell case that fit my iPad really tight. The protection was great, but I noticed after I took the case off (which was a challenge) that the iPad was bent slightly at the bottom, where the most pressure had to be applied for removal.
I haven't used an Otterbox case, but maybe this is a possibility?
I haven't used an Otterbox case, but maybe this is a possibility?
Alright, before I upgrade, I will use one of AppleCare + replacements to see how much force is required to bend it.
No problem. Just turn it around the other way and sit on it. Should straighten it right out.....
These guy is a hero !
amazing how nobody have suggested these fix, not even apple.The phone is great, but structurally flawed. I will be returning it and getting a different phone.
I actually too have bent my new iphone 5. No I don't have pictures, but I returned it to a Verizon wireless store. I have had it in an otterbox defender series case from day one. Never left it. To be honest, I think the case is the reason it bent. My brother was joking around, punched my leg, nicked the corner of my iphone, and when I turned my phone on coming out of the movie theater, I noticed (inside my case) that light was shining excessively from the top left corner backlight. I know that that usually means there is pressure on the glass. I took my phone out, thinking it was the case, but I soon found out my phone was bent on the left at the right of the volume down button and across the back left. I was sure pissed at my brother because I just had purchased it a couple weeks prior. Anyway, yes It did bend, while in a case. If you have an otter box, take your phone out and bend the case (without phone) from corner to diagnol corner and you may notice a twisting motion. My iphone 4 otterbox never bent like this. So I think because the phone case is longer (physics) that the bending is much larger. Because the phone is so tight in the case, the bending motion flows right through to the phone... Oh we'll, I complained to the Verizon store (hate their customer service btw) and they exchanged it. 300$ and a bent phone within 30 days of having it for two years, you bet your @ss I'm getting a free replacement...