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I made fun of all the hoopla surrounding Bendgate. Then my iPhone 6 Plus bent :/

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saab9573 said:
yeah with 9 cases of vandalized phones in Apple stores.

with one phone bent by Lewis from Unbox Therapy.

with one phone bent during a fall from a MTB ride.

that site is a farce to say the least.

go on the internet and find how many people that say they're 007 and take that as a fact.....
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ok so 11 of them were intentional, 50 of them so far are interpreted as real. Thats a farce? i guess we didn't land on the moon and according to POTUS approval rating of 38% everybody just can't get enough of him currently. i would call it a farce if the ratio of intentional to unintentional reaches at least 38%. BUT you've seen my other posts, so you know I'm already starting to realize that its not a "defect" but it in fact just plain sucks that i have to be more careful with my new device, and i am unable to use it like all my previous ones.

like somebody just said

"or just don't understand consumers' rights in the 21st century. People have a reasonable expectation for the products they pay for to work as intended. It is not normal for either an iPhone 6 or an HTC One (M8) to bend under normal usage conditions.
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SonicSoundVW said:
ok so 11 of them were intentional, 50 of them so far are interpreted as real. Thats a farce? i guess we didn't land on the moon and according to POTUS approval rating of 38% everybody just can't get enough of him currently. i would call it a farce if the ratio of intentional to unintentional reaches at least 38%. BUT you've seen my other posts, so you know I'm already starting to realize that its not a "defect" but it in fact just plain sucks that i have to be more careful with my new device, and i am unable to use it like all my previous ones.

like somebody just said
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what are 50 cases in millions sold and in use...

a bit of perspective needed here!
 
Even if you were rich enough to by a new iPhone every week, most people would have enough common sense to take an iPhone back under warranty. Why waste money, because that is really dumb. Most rich people I've met are tight fisted gits and wouldn't waste money no matter how cheap something is.

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saab9573 said:
yeah with 9 cases of vandalized phones in Apple stores.

with one phone bent by Lewis from Unbox Therapy.

with one phone bent during a fall from a MTB ride.

that site is a farce to say the least.

go on the internet and find how many people that say they're 007 and take that as a fact.....
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That Lewis bent at least two iphones. He did another video on location with witnesses to prove how easy it was to bend the iPhone 6.
 
boltjames said:
I've been participating in discussion forums since 1994, I know a troll when I see one, friend.

How much money do you need? If I want to buy your userid and password,

BJ
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$749 should do. :)

That is pocket change to a man of your stature.
 
oneofthenine said:
lol, been reading your posts. You can't be genuine. Some sort of parody character of all that is wrong in this world. If you are for real someone should give you a train wreck TV show, I think it would be popular.
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Yeah, just been looking back through his past posts. He's funny. Love the bit about the trophy wife and the beach house in his sig. He's really fleshed his character out.
 
saab9573 said:
yeah with 9 cases of vandalized phones in Apple stores.

with one phone bent by Lewis from Unbox Therapy.

with one phone bent during a fall from a MTB ride.

that site is a farce to say the least.

go on the internet and find how many people that say they're 007 and take that as a fact.....
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Blatantly disregarding the facts... some of the store ones were carrier stores :p

Please place your evidence that any of those were bent deliberately below:
 
oneofthenine said:
lol, been reading your posts. You can't be genuine. Some sort of parody character of all that is wrong in this world. If you are for real someone should give you a train wreck TV show, I think it would be popular.
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Says the guy spending his time collecting photos of bent phones in order to bash Apple...
 
oneofthenine said:
Blatantly disregarding the facts... some of the store ones were carrier stores :p



Please place your evidence that any of those were bent deliberately below:
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LOL

throw the same question to you:

Prove that all those photos you put on your website are not photoshopped by people clickbaiting and trolling on the forums you go to collect them.

Prove that the bent phones in stores are from normal usage.

See works both ways. Problem is I don't have a website where I put stuff there as facts in order to bash a company. Together with little snippet of "news" and jokes about Apple.

in fact you could possibly be sued for libel..
 
saab9573 said:
LOL

throw the same question to you:

Prove that all those photos you put on your website are not photoshopped by people clickbaiting and trolling on the forums you go to collect them.

Prove that the bent phones in stores are from normal usage.

See works both ways. Problem is I don't have a website where I put stuff there as facts in order to bash a company. Together with little snippet of "news" and jokes about Apple.

in fact you could possibly be sued for libel..
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Glad you are still an avid reader of the site.
 
boltjames said:
I've been participating in discussion forums since 1994, I know a troll when I see one, friend.
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You seem to be under the mistaken impression that "Trolls" can only be people spewing negativity. But the reality of discussion forums is that worst offenders of "Trolling" often comes from the product defenders and their false positivity. Rather than participating in a topic, they instead are constantly trying to disprove other peoples personal incidents or attack the user rather than the issue.

Your reputation out here precedes you. You like to defend, attack and accuse. But the thing that you seem to have missed (since 1994) isnt that you are stopping discussions with "truth" you are stopping discussions because you annoy people with such irrational thinking that they dont bother trying to reason with an unreasonable person. If you consider that a personal win or ego stroke then thats great for you, but for the larger community it defeats the point of discussion.

boltjames said:
How much money do you need? If I want to buy your userid and password, how much?
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Two decades on message boards and this is still what you consider to be "internet funny"?
 
wxman2003 said:
Unfortunately, the weak point on most of the cases out there are near the volume rockers. The easiest spot to bend on the Apple leather case is also the weakest point of the phone. The case is poorly designed. The iphone 5 leather case is much stronger near the volume rocker. I also had the Spigen Thin fit and Incipio Dual Pro, and both have their weakest spot near the volume rockers. Quite easy to bend. Sent those back. Finally got my Spigen thin armor today, and appears to be much tougher to bend near those volume rockers, so am keeping that case for my 6 Plus.
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Do you mean the Spigen Slim Armor? How is the stand?


ABC5S said:
Belt clip or haven't you heard of one before. Goodness. :rolleyes:
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Which belt clip/holster are you using?


macfoxpro said:
So far so good on my 6 Plus. I have had mine since 8:01 am on launch day, so that is about as long as anyone has had one. If mine ever bends..ever...I will surely go see Apple. I take excellent care of my devices (everything I own, really). I wonder how many phones have bent by just usage like having in pockets or taking the phone in/out of cases? I think the number is going to be a significant one before the quarter ends, and Apple gets a good number on it. I wonder what they will do? Surely the'll have to do something. If it's this bad, that could be a deal breaker for 10's if not 100's of thousands of people. Quite possibly millions. We will see. I would hate to have to buy a iPhone 5s to get me through until they came out with a new hardware replacement for the 6 Plus.

I just can't, for the life of me, imagine Apple's R&D would not have known of a possible flaw like this. With all the testing? They surely seen it happening. I just don't see why they would allow this to roll out of production and be sold to the masses. That's not Apple...well, didn't used to be. I love all my Apple products, but the iPhone 6 Plus is a deal breaker if it is going to bend like that...and that easy.
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Yeah, mine is still on order but I am seriously debating whether to cancel it.


mastercheif91 said:
They did not replace my phone.

Talked to a genius. "Apple has not indicated to us at this time that this is a manufacturing issue. You can use an AppleCare+ replacement if you want". Talked with a manager for an hour after I explained I had a reddit thread about this. "Apple has told us that it is not a problem with the phones. We need to make sure we are being consistent, especially with you're going to tell a thousand people about this. We are not replacing bent phones at this time. If something changes, I will let you know".

This was at the Walden Galleria Mall in Buffalo, NY. The manager I spoke to is A. Gregg Curtin III.
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You may want to try the Apple Store in Rochester, NY. The Walden Store has been hit or miss (mostly miss) for me when I have had issues.
 
bhags8 said:
I cant believe how many people still believe that there is only 9 bent iPhones out there. lmao. Ever see the movie Idiocracy? I swear, earth is gonna be exactly like that in 10 years.
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I don't believe that for a second...serious underreporting. apple should replace it if happens
 
lyceumHQ said:
Oh sorry. I missed the bit where phones were the same as clothes. I've missed the labels in shops stating 'do not keep in pockets' in the same way clothes say 'do not tumble dry etc etc'. IE clearly stating they're to be handled differently because they're different products. And have always seen clothes as different to phones. I have also always seen wallets as being different to phones too. If you want to carry in comparing cakes to spoons or another completely irrelevant comparison. Feel free. I'll stick to comparing phones with, erm, phones.
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It would seem as though we might need labels on phones stating the obvious.....I suppose we have on numerous other items telling people "don't be stupid". Did you know there's a warning on your hair dryer telling users to not use it in the shower?

Shirts aren't phones. But in the same way as there are different TYPES of shirts. There are different TYPES of phones. And not all can be treated equally. You don't treat them equally in use, you shouldn't expect to treat them equally in storage either.

No way the phone is bending? I say again. Read the forums.

The difference here is I believe what the users of the phone are saying. The people who post on the forums daily. Those people have problems. The people who use the phone out in the real world on a daily basis. Not those who used it in a test environment for a few days. I don't believe the marketing department of a billion dollar corporation who got to be a billion dollar corporation by selling. Because they're hardly likely to say 'yes. It's a fault' now are they.

So we'll agree to disagree.
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Oh I've read the forums. What you seem to want to do is take these people at their word, yet completely dismiss mine. I guarantee if you looked at the people who are making these claims their collective average join date on these forums is probably a few months ago.

I've been here for years and post daily on a variety of topics.

So you can take your own advice and understand that there are plenty of us "daily forum goers" who are stating this is overblown nonsense. Or you can keep your fingers in your ears and believe what you want to believe.

Agree to disagree indeed.

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Robert1-1 said:
This has got to be one of the all time dumbest, inapt analogies ever



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Another very lame strawman.
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Anytime someone makes an analogy on here which someone else doesn't agree with, this is the go-to response.

Different TYPES of shirts - same basic use case. Doesn't mean you treat them ALL EXACTLY the same.

Different TYPES of phones - same basic use case. Doesn't mean you treat them ALL EXACTLY the same.

I don't see how the analogy is "inapt".
 
jrswizzle said:
Different TYPES of phones - same basic use case. Doesn't mean you treat them ALL EXACTLY the same.
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Never before though has the way someone treats their smartphone had to change because a phone is too fragile. Sure some are bigger than others and are comfortable in bigger pockets or bags, but that is to do with the choice of the user and not dictated by the fact it's going to break.

What is the difference in the type of phone that the iPhone 6 and 6+ are?

- They are no bigger than other phones on the market
- They are made of similar materials to other phones on the market
- They do nothing different to what the 5s did
 
oneofthenine said:
Never before though has the way someone treats their smartphone had to change because a phone is too fragile. Sure some are bigger than others and are comfortable in bigger pockets or bags, but that is to do with the choice of the user and not dictated by the fact it's going to break.

What is the difference in the type of phone that the iPhone 6 and 6+ are?

- They are no bigger than other phones on the market
- They are made of similar materials to other phones on the market
- They do nothing different to what the 5s did
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Wrong - too big.

In my mind, the way I carry and use my phone is dictated by the size. I would carry and use a Note 4 in the same way I do my 6+. It has nothing to do with being "fragile" (because it's not). The "types" I'm referring to mirror what we (as consumers) have come to decide as key sizes for a smartphone:

-'Mini' (4" - 4.5")
-'Normal' (4.5" - 5.2")
-'Phablet' (5.5"+)

Simply sitting and squatting are less comfortable with a large metal (or plastic) electronic slab in your pocket. It's pretty basic and extremely common sense.

Now I know why manufacturers are required to dummy proof everything. People just don't think.

Me? I'm going to take my 6+ out of my pocket more than I did my 5S. Because its far larger and far more uncomfortable in many situations. That's pretty much all there is to it. At least from my perspective.

I use my 6+ differently, therefore I carry/store my 6+ differently (another example, I usually put my phone in my cupholder - the 6+ doesn't fit so I decided to buy a mount off my windshield. I really like it.)

See? Different. That's all. It's not rocket science....hell, it's not even 6th grade science.....this is like figuring out that square pegs don't go into round holes....
 
oneofthenine said:
Never before though has the way someone treats their smartphone had to change because a phone is too fragile. Sure some are bigger than others and are comfortable in bigger pockets or bags, but that is to do with the choice of the user and not dictated by the fact it's going to break.

What is the difference in the type of phone that the iPhone 6 and 6+ are?

- They are no bigger than other phones on the market
- They are made of similar materials to other phones on the market
- They do nothing different to what the 5s did
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Unmitigated nonsense of the highest order. Evidently you're under 30? You don't remember fragile and tiny flip phones that could get crushed and broken under all kinds of circumstances if not treated correctly?

Your whole presence on this board is a farce. How anyone takes your site seriously is beyond me. The level of bias and flat out deceit going on there is so blatant that a reasonably bright 7 year old could spot it.

Short version: you're not clever. You're not fooling anyone.
 
urkel said:
You seem to be under the mistaken impression that "Trolls" can only be people spewing negativity. But the reality of discussion forums is that worst offenders of "Trolling" often comes from the product defenders and their false positivity. Rather than participating in a topic, they instead are constantly trying to disprove other peoples personal incidents or attack the user rather than the issue.

Your reputation out here precedes you. You like to defend, attack and accuse. But the thing that you seem to have missed (since 1994) isnt that you are stopping discussions with "truth" you are stopping discussions because you annoy people with such irrational thinking that they dont bother trying to reason with an unreasonable person. If you consider that a personal win or ego stroke then thats great for you, but for the larger community it defeats the point of discussion.
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There is no "false positivity" on this issue. Just "real positivity". The iPhone 6 is arguably the greatest consumer electronics product ever created both in terms of sales and quality.

9 out of 17,000,000 people is statistically insignificant.

BJ
 
Surf Monkey said:
Unmitigated nonsense of the highest order. Evidently you're under 30? You don't remember fragile and tiny flip phones that could get crushed and broken under all kinds of circumstances if not treated correctly?

Your whole presence on this board is a farce. How anyone takes your site seriously is beyond me. The level of bias and flat out deceit going on there is so blatant that a reasonably bright 7 year old could spot it.

Short version: you're not clever. You're not fooling anyone.
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Just like shirts then, you can keep that one :p

My first phone was a Nokia 5110, long before flip phones.
 
Surf Monkey said:
Then there's no excuse for the disingenuous nonsense you've been spreading.
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My Nokia was always in my pocket and it neither broke nor bent.

Saying that neither has my:

Nokia 3210
Nokia 8210
Nokia 8890
SE T68
SE T68i
Motorola M220
Motorla RAZR
Orange SPV
Orange SPV M1000
Orange SPV C500
Nokia 7600
LG U8120
SE M100
HTC touch
iPhone
HTC Diamond
iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
iPhone 4s
Samsung Galaxy S2
Samsung Galaxy Note
Galaxy Nexus
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
HTC One X
HTC One X+
HTC One M7
Nexus 5
iPhone 5c
Xperia Z Ultra
HTC One M8
Xperia Z2
LG G3
Xperia Z3 Compact

But of course my experience is not to be taken as the same experience every user will have, isn't that right?
 
boltjames said:
If my iPhone 6 bends it will be my fault, I will go to the Apple store and buy a new iPhone 6.
BJ
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We'll see about that. What if it bends while you're taking extremely good care of it? Are we not supposed to use these things or are we supposed to leave them at home so they don't get bent during LIFE.

This past weekend, I climbed a mountain with my fiancé, and I actually thought about leaving my iPhone in my car, but I was like "No! I'm not going to miss out on the opportunity to take photos and videos. I shouldn't have to be afraid that it's going to get damaged by carrying it in my pocket."

My point is, phones are meant to be portable, and they shouldn't get damaged from simply having them in a pocket (with nothing else in there but the phone).

If you sat on a pair of sunglasses, then yes, YOU damaged them, but I'm not SITTING on my iPhone. It's just IN MY POCKET where MOBILE PHONES GO.

I have the iPhone 6 by the way, so it's not too big.
 
jrswizzle said:
It would seem as though we might need labels on phones stating the obvious.....I suppose we have on numerous other items telling people "don't be stupid". Did you know there's a warning on your hair dryer telling users to not use it in the shower?

Shirts aren't phones. But in the same way as there are different TYPES of shirts. There are different TYPES of phones. And not all can be treated equally. You don't treat them equally in use, you shouldn't expect to treat them equally in storage either.



Oh I've read the forums. What you seem to want to do is take these people at their word, yet completely dismiss mine. I guarantee if you looked at the people who are making these claims their collective average join date on these forums is probably a few months ago.

I've been here for years and post daily on a variety of topics.

So you can take your own advice and understand that there are plenty of us "daily forum goers" who are stating this is overblown nonsense. Or you can keep your fingers in your ears and believe what you want to believe.

Agree to disagree indeed.

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Anytime someone makes an analogy on here which someone else doesn't agree with, this is the go-to response.

Different TYPES of shirts - same basic use case. Doesn't mean you treat them ALL EXACTLY the same.

Different TYPES of phones - same basic use case. Doesn't mean you treat them ALL EXACTLY the same.

I don't see how the analogy is "inapt".
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In the same way you're dismissing the opinion who have bent phones based on nothing but normal usage?

I'm sorry. It's a phone. I'm not going to treat it in any special manner. I'll treat it as a have treated all the phones I've gotten. I'm not going to suddenly change the way I treat my phone simply because you think I should. As I've said. It's a phone. It's not a tablet. It's a phone. A portable device. And it seems some people are having issues treating this portable device as.....a portable device.

As I've already said. Agree to disagree. You carry on babying your phone and treating it like it's some special object. I'll keep on treating my phone as if it were a phone. So you do as you suggested, believe what you want to believe. And I'll do the same.
 
McDaddio said:
What is more pathetic is that people would believe an anonymous person who claims that their phone bends just by removing it from a case.

I say that since as a top tier fashion model, I never had my phone bend even when removing it from its case after walking the catwalk in my exceptionally tight jeans.

It is on the internet.
It must be true.
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You have never removed a phone from a Speck Candyshell then.

:rolleyes:
 
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