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Apple: Bending in iPhone 6 Plus From Normal Use 'Extremely Rare', Only 9 Customers Have Complained
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This was all blown up by a few people who were IMO "stupid" enough to put it under extreme pressures. Based not the videos testing the bending you would need a lot of force to bend it. Honesty where are you putting your phone? and if its your back pocket and your sitting on it well then thats your own fault!
This whole matter is hysteria, and we have all contributed to this hysteria with inane posts about:
* How smartphone manufacturers (and their fans) are trying to slander Apple
* How people are incompetent for putting a big phone in their back/fron/side pocket
* How people should be able to put the phone in whatever pocket they want
* How "I put my phone in my front/side/back pocket and I don't have s problem "
* How silly the Internet and news media is for spreading such a story
* How that's how the Internet works and if you don't like it, then you can stop looking
* How Apple is just playing it cool and underselling the importance of this issue
* How Apple is a great company that make great products
* How Apple is a terrible company that makes terrible products (but for some reason, they're on a forum called "Macrumors," posting about those products)
* How anyone who says anything in support of anything whatsoever is a "shill" or a "fanboy"/"fangirl"
* How small this issue really is
* How big this issue really is
* "Bend|Bent|Bendygate" / "Bendgazi"
* "Gategate" "Everything is a gate!"
But why does any of this matter in the least? This thread is filled with the ramblings of a moba mob that gets its kicks from contributing to mass hysteria. Is this really how we want to conduct ourselves? I think we need to all go somewhere and spend some time in quiet contemplation and reflect on our role in civic life.
* How smartphone manufacturers (and their fans) are trying to slander Apple
* How people are incompetent for putting a big phone in their back/fron/side pocket
* How people should be able to put the phone in whatever pocket they want
* How "I put my phone in my front/side/back pocket and I don't have s problem "
* How silly the Internet and news media is for spreading such a story
* How that's how the Internet works and if you don't like it, then you can stop looking
* How Apple is just playing it cool and underselling the importance of this issue
* How Apple is a great company that make great products
* How Apple is a terrible company that makes terrible products (but for some reason, they're on a forum called "Macrumors," posting about those products)
* How anyone who says anything in support of anything whatsoever is a "shill" or a "fanboy"/"fangirl"
* How small this issue really is
* How big this issue really is
* "Bend|Bent|Bendygate" / "Bendgazi"
* "Gategate" "Everything is a gate!"
But why does any of this matter in the least? This thread is filled with the ramblings of a moba mob that gets its kicks from contributing to mass hysteria. Is this really how we want to conduct ourselves? I think we need to all go somewhere and spend some time in quiet contemplation and reflect on our role in civic life.
One face I wouldn't care if I never saw again, with his ridiculous "teenager" look:
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^ Amen, and I whole heartedly agree with this common sense reply.
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^ Amen, and I whole heartedly agree with this common sense reply.
What indication have I given that I'm upset or personally offended? I am, however, disappointed that I can't simply discuss this issue like an adult--and that this is honestly what anonymity does to people. I don't really care whether or not people on this forum believe me, hence reason number one I haven't posted any pictures here. Not to mention, a response of "Oh, that sucks! Any chance you could post some pictures so we can check it out?" would get you a lot further than "YOU WORK FOR SAMSUNG PICS OR GET OUT," and then there's the instant classic, "You put your phone in your pocket? What did you expect?"
On top of that, the only other camera I own is the front-facing camera on my MacBook, which is far from ideal for taking detailed pictures of a subtle warping in a glossy black device. I was considering using my girlfriend's iPad later and seeing how it took, but I'm probably not going to bother. As I've stated a few times, it's not even a hugely noticeable bend, and certainly nothing like most of the pictures going around right now. If you lie it flat on the screen side without a case, the top right corner (top left looking at the front of the phone) is raised just a touch, so that it wobbles when you tap that corner. If you hold it up and look along the side profile, you can still see a very small bit of the screen on that corner where it's bending down just a bit.
Like I said, nothing worth freaking out over. My only personal concern is whether it's indicative of future issues, which is why I'm looking for other people with the same issue and trying to offer my experience so far with this one.
does apple mention that in their new tips app?
since whenever there are issues with the iphones the customer is always doing something wrong perhaps it should be pointed out quite clearly beforehand (preferably before purchase)
while i may perhaps not understand those willing to put such a big, thin and expensive device in jean pockets but could it and should it have been made sturdier?
'Only 9' - during the first few days the device has been available.
What if the phone bends slightly every time it is exposed to a certain amount of pressure - like having it in your front pocket. And unlike a lot of other large phones it does not bounce back because of the metal construction.
0.1mm is of course not noticable, but multiply that by 30 times over say a month, and you will surely notice that something is going on.
What if the phone bends slightly every time it is exposed to a certain amount of pressure - like having it in your front pocket. And unlike a lot of other large phones it does not bounce back because of the metal construction.
0.1mm is of course not noticable, but multiply that by 30 times over say a month, and you will surely notice that something is going on.
I'm not surprise. Apple at the top of its game. One thing people love to do with someone or something on top is to take them down a peg or two. It's human nature so they can feel more superior and laugh haha Apple fumbled or "Bend Gate." That makes a way better headline then Apple Triumphant again. I mean truth is people would much more rather read something like "Bend Gate" then something amazing boring story like Apple did it again.
People have been screaming for a scientific test. Here it is, and it confirms the YouTube video.
http://bgr.com/2014/09/25/iphone-6-plus-bend-test-video/
http://bgr.com/2014/09/25/iphone-6-plus-bend-test-video/
There was an old man of Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in the night
With a terrible fright
And found it was perfectly true
Just couldn't refrain
This sounds like the Tesla Model S fires.
1-2 Model S fires = millions of news articles while 400,000 normal car fires a year = 10 news articles.
1-2 Model S fires = millions of news articles while 400,000 normal car fires a year = 10 news articles.
That's fine, but you still made something up to spin your point. Again, Apple never said the problem didn't exist. They acknowledged the problem and provided a solution in the form of free cases. Their spin was to downplay it's significance by equating it to signal attenuation in other devices even though the problem with the iPhone's antenna was different.
You're comparing a few people who sat on their phones and bent them to the Malaysia air catastrophe? And what is this random reply nonsense you're on about?
I am told by Apple apologists that putting the phone in your pocket (front pocket/back pocket/any pocket) does not constitute normal use. I am also told that if I want to keep my phone in my pocket (as opposed to a man purse, I suppose), I need to get a smaller phone. Of course, there is that other choice of choosing a phablet from another vendor. You know, the ones that can be kept in pockets.
The solution is obvious. Instead of this primitive "custom grade of 6000 series anodized aluminum," they need to use transparent aluminum. My friend from Scotland can give them the formula.
i think there's a silent minority that have no issues at all.
Yes, the phone can bend. so can my current samsung, if i wanted. thats not hard.
but it bending from being in a pocket and not moving much... thats a problem. but it could be from some manufactoring error or something. back when another iphone was released, cant remember which one) there were other issues, with yellow spots on the screens and the signal disappearing when holding it differently and so on. there's always SOME issue.
the majority has NO issues at all. but just 2-3 people posting on reddit or elsewhere, and suddenly it blows up like its 80% of the owners...
its the same with car manufacturers and their recalls. they recall hundreds of thousands of cars, but its only 1% of the cars who has that actual problem (in some cases) because there are multiple suppliers for the same car-part. it could be the issue with the iphone 6 plus as well?
Yes, the phone can bend. so can my current samsung, if i wanted. thats not hard.
but it bending from being in a pocket and not moving much... thats a problem. but it could be from some manufactoring error or something. back when another iphone was released, cant remember which one) there were other issues, with yellow spots on the screens and the signal disappearing when holding it differently and so on. there's always SOME issue.
the majority has NO issues at all. but just 2-3 people posting on reddit or elsewhere, and suddenly it blows up like its 80% of the owners...
its the same with car manufacturers and their recalls. they recall hundreds of thousands of cars, but its only 1% of the cars who has that actual problem (in some cases) because there are multiple suppliers for the same car-part. it could be the issue with the iphone 6 plus as well?
The fact is Apple stands behind their phones, they have tested them to work, even in the back pocket.
And if it bends through normal use, you can get it replaced.
My iPhone 6 Plus is going to be used like a regular phone now - no case.
if it bends, I'll take it to Apple.
Its quite unlikely to bend in normal use.
I'll remember not to sit at a table and purposely try to destroy it.
And if it bends through normal use, you can get it replaced.
My iPhone 6 Plus is going to be used like a regular phone now - no case.
if it bends, I'll take it to Apple.
Its quite unlikely to bend in normal use.
I'll remember not to sit at a table and purposely try to destroy it.
This has been blown so far out of proportion. So far I've only seen about 4 different pictures of bent phones, and a video of a guy breaking his thumbs to get some movement. In a normal situation, your phone isn't going to be put under the same pressure as a grown man using both arms and all of his strength as in your pocket
