A lot of people -- you included -- are misunderstanding this.
Yes, that seems to be the iPhone 6+'s weakest point.
But the question isn't whether it has a weakest point -- it's whether the weakest point is too weak. The evidence suggests not.
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6 Plus Users, Are You Still Worried About Bending?
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A lot of people -- you included -- are misunderstanding this.
Yes, that seems to be the iPhone 6+'s weakest point.
But the question isn't whether it has a weakest point -- it's whether the weakest point is too weak. The evidence suggests not.
6 Plus Users, Are You Still Worried About Bending?
What is considered "normal" use? Keeping it in the front/back pocket of your skinny jeans? I personally use a belt holster as I find it uncomfortable to keep a phone in my pocket. I also plan on using a fairly slim case (by Spigen) when my phone arrives on Thursday.
I don't anticipate any problems regarding bending.
What is considered "normal" use? Keeping it in the front/back pocket of your skinny jeans? I personally use a belt holster as I find it uncomfortable to keep a phone in my pocket. I also plan on using a fairly slim case (by Spigen) when my phone arrives on Thursday.
I don't anticipate any problems regarding bending.
Not worried at all. Not sure why anyone is. The "Apple community" is already known for treating their iPhones like newborn babies. Even if the phone were marginally more fragile than previous models what consumer group would be BETTER prepared to deal with that slight inconvenience than us?
Like your thinking
Sure as hell i'm taking care of it like a newborn baby People should take life less seriously!
Smile, people will wonder what you're up to
Nope, but some people clearly want to convince you that they do. Now, there wouldn't be other multi-billion dollar companies around with a vested interest in delivering that message and enough savvy to know that spreading the impression on Web sites and message boards would be to their advantage would there? Naah. No one would believe that.
Meh...
That's so unApple fan like. Guess you're gonna miss out on the biggest iPhone upgrade since iPhone 1.
That's so unApple fan like. Guess you're gonna miss out on the biggest iPhone upgrade since iPhone 1.
If it bent apple already said they would replace it. Not to mention consumer reports did a test on the bending issue and found that it bends at I believe, 90 lbs. hopefully your pockets aren't that strong because I know some people aren't even that strong...
I picked up my 6plus on launch day and I have yet to use it because it is a birthday present (will get my hands on it this Saturday). Several folks here at work know that i have it and that I am waiting until Saturday to start using it.
I had a coworker ask me yesterday what I was going to do, if i thought there would be a recall because they are "all" bending.
I was able to give her some actual facts about what is going on, but it does seem that to the casual observer they think these phones are just bending on their own.
Seriously....those videos all over YouTube, especially from unbox therapy is blown WAY out of proportion and people are making such a big fuss out of it! give it a freakin rest! If you are worried about it, then return it or add a case to give it some rigidity and take good care of it. ding dong done... i need a chocolate.
Sorry to do this to all of the folks who joined in September but I am going to have to lump all of you in the same basket.
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I won't say I'm not worried at all, but I'm careful [ as with all things ] and having used larger phones for a while now [ Note 2.. Note 3 etc ] I'm quite used to the 6+ already, without any handling issues.
Though I don't give much credence to all these videos, I'm still ' Slightly Worried '.
Though I don't give much credence to all these videos, I'm still ' Slightly Worried '.
Hmm, yes. A co-worker just asked me if I've tried bending my 6 Plus. With a compression tester no less (similar to the one used by Consumer Reports). :facepalm:
I've been keeping mine in the front pocket of my jeans. Just regular Levi's jeans, not skinny, not baggy. The top of the phone just peeks out of my pocket. No bending yet and I can't see how pressure could be applied in any way that could bend it, but I guess time will tell.
According to Apple their have been 9 reported cases as of last week. Most of the videos and images we have seen recently have been people intentionally bending them with their hands.
Yes applying pressure to the spot the phone doesn't even bend at in people's pockets and still concluding that it's weak. Oh so very scientific.
So your saying Apple reported 9 cases. What about the 50-100 cases that are around in the internet, instagram, youtube and even on THIS very forum? Are every single one of them fake? Do you really believe there are only 9 cases?
And Im not worried about people who bent their phones intentionally, no one buys a phone to bend or break.
Im worried about the people who's phone has bent in their pocket through normal use. My iphone 6 plus will be in my pocket for at least one year, and if people have bent their phones in their pocket after days, I feel a bit apprehensive for the long term. Bearing in mind some people use their phones for 2-4 years.
The consumer reports video is absolutely irrelevant stupid and a con.
So far approximately 100% of the bent cases have been near the volume buttons, which makes sense because the rest of the phone is pretty dam solid. So why on earth would they test the middle of the phone? We know iphones are strong, they have ALWAYS had the best build quality, we know it is a strong. We are concerned about the structural rigidity of the phone near the volume buttons, the ifixit internals have revealed there is solid reason why the structural integrity of the phone fails SPECIFICALLY at that point.
The consumer reports video was a waste of time, until they retest with the force near the volume buttons, it will not matter.
Some people still cant admit it, even though as every day passes the number of bent iphone 6 plus's increase, if this was a non issue, then it would have decreased.
The fix is quite easy though, Apple just need come out and say sorry and just add a tiny change near the volume buttons for extra strength, the rest of the phone, even the iphone 6, is pretty dam solid. They should also announce their sales figures to show with a few hiccups, the iphone is still the success it was meant to be.
lol. So how much are they paying you?
PLEASE! make my day by saying you ordered the Note 4 instead. Go on...
Oh boy. The three point test puts the entire length of the phone under strain. It's going to buckle at the weakest point. That doesn't have to be the center.
The question is whether the weakest point is too weak or not. So far, it looks like, no, it's not too weak.
It's not the entire length of the phone, it's just the small part on the side right below the volume buttons.
Here's a good video explaining it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XaQsXJ5NtnA
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I have no idea how many are being reported bent and neither do you. Anecdotal data of a few people making posts about bent phones is not scientific. I would encourage those people to report those phones to Apple, so we can get real data to work with. I do know that even given your number of 100 (which I highly doubt) the statistics work out like this:
(100/10 million) x 100 = 0.001 %
A percentage that small doesn't as of yet indicate a design flaw. If fact, if they were easily bending in the front pockets like a few people have stated, I would estimate that number would be significantly larger.
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