Good fine Lou from unboxed therapy which is one of the coolest text reviewers looks like a real clown.these guys are just getting silly by shooting arrows through phonesi'm starting not to take these guys seriously anymore
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Apple: Bending in iPhone 6 Plus From Normal Use 'Extremely Rare', Only 9 Customers Have Complained
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Very good!
Very good points, and I agree 100%!
I said it already on here, people find any flaw and exploit it when it comes to Apple.
Maybe they will strengthen up the sides in the next design, but that does not make the existing design bad. That's how we improve products, that's why we keep moving forward!
Real world testing is what makes our products better. Now it's clearly been pointed out that iPhone 6 Plus can bend under what, I consider pressure most people don't have in there pants.
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Do we really need to go on, and on and on and on, for the small percentage of people that bend their 6 Plus???
Apple survived "Antennagate" and changed the antenna, notice I did not say improved, I think the original antenna was fine for most people!
Every product has week spots, and if you really want to exploit it, just exaggerate it on the internet.
Very good points, and I agree 100%!
I said it already on here, people find any flaw and exploit it when it comes to Apple.
Maybe they will strengthen up the sides in the next design, but that does not make the existing design bad. That's how we improve products, that's why we keep moving forward!
Real world testing is what makes our products better. Now it's clearly been pointed out that iPhone 6 Plus can bend under what, I consider pressure most people don't have in there pants.
:Do we really need to go on, and on and on and on, for the small percentage of people that bend their 6 Plus???
Apple survived "Antennagate" and changed the antenna, notice I did not say improved, I think the original antenna was fine for most people!
Every product has week spots, and if you really want to exploit it, just exaggerate it on the internet.
True. you do need to receive confirmation you have a new device with a new serial etc.
With my imac which ware repaired I got a detailed list.
With my iphone i had replaced in the first 2 weeks, I don't believe it was very detailed. Though that was back with the 4, so to be honest my memory does not go that far back
If you truly believe that only 9 people have bent their iphones, youre eating up apple's PR coolaid.
Also, iPhone 6S and iPhone 7 are already in development.
so yes, anything substantial hey learn even now will most likely be incorporated into the new iphones. how/why do you think the 4S got the new antenna?
1) don't know of anyone who complained specifically that the back glass could shatter. if dropped, the front glass would shatter too...
2) they complained about the 5 b/c the anodized aluminum coating was a joke. everyone knows that
http://recode.net/2014/09/25/inside-apples-secret-testing-labs-where-phones-are-bent-all-day-long/
To those who think Apple didn't test! I'm pretty sure we are not going to see a lot of real world iPhone's bent in pants, and just normal use in general!
What Apple needs is my wife to test products, she's very hard on equipment and always finds a way to damage something! If she can't find the week spot nobody can!
To those who think Apple didn't test! I'm pretty sure we are not going to see a lot of real world iPhone's bent in pants, and just normal use in general!
What Apple needs is my wife to test products, she's very hard on equipment and always finds a way to damage something! If she can't find the week spot nobody can!
yes, it was from 2 months ago, but bloggers and news sites barely covered the story. And nobody paid any attention. Sad sammy
As stated before hand, not product is perfect, they all have "something" that is wrong.
Difference here, Samsung Galaxy Tab S V iPhone -The biggest selling mobile device.
I know which story would make the media.
And to be honest, its the Apple fans that are far more vocal when something goes wrong. There is a culture that it has to be perfect, and if its not, apple owes them something.
I doubt Samsung fans expect their devices to be perfect
There is some serious OCD when it comes to Apple products.
As always anything Apple the media (traditional and social) has a field day with, be it good or bad. Really 9 reported complaints out of the millions now sold. I'm sure there are more but still it's a tiny number of people having a bendy problems and probably most forgetting the 5.5" screen really should not go in tight pockets or be sat on!
Apple made a good product but some customers need to take responsibility for their own stupid actions!
Please someone tell me another $1000 piece of technology they would sit on that was not designed for that?
Apple made a good product but some customers need to take responsibility for their own stupid actions!
Please someone tell me another $1000 piece of technology they would sit on that was not designed for that?
http://recode.net/2014/09/25/inside-apples-secret-testing-labs-where-phones-are-bent-all-day-long/
To those who think Apple didn't test! I'm pretty sure we are not going to see a lot of real world iPhone's bent in pants, and just normal use in general!
What Apple needs is my wife to test products, she's very hard on equipment and always finds a way to damage something! If she can't find the week spot nobody can!
Lovely machines, though they could save themselves alot of time by rounding up some regulars from McDonalds, KFC etc, and if the phones survive in their daily routine, ready for production!
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Human behaviour. If you have always put your phone in your pocket and its your daily routine, you going to do the same with the new phone.
Dont forget, there is a generation of people who grew up with old Nokia's which you could sit on, while in the back pocket and no problems at all. Look up nokia 3310
So we have about 20 years of people taking for granted phones were part of our daily routine and very durable.
Enter the smartphone era, and there are still people who are getting smartphones for the first time, do you think we can cut these people some slack from expecting that a phone should still be durable?
No I don't believe its obvious to all people that they cannot put a $1000 phone in thier back pocket, where they have kept every other phone for 20 years.
To people who never had an old nokia/phone of that era and grew up with smartphones, yup, its obvious to you.
I have Astell & Kern AK240 , just like a phone, designed for pockets. Way more expansive than an iphone, and i can sit on it all day.
I pride myself to be very careful with my stuff but I managed to bend my 5s. Just a very small bend but it made the display come loose at the middle left screen area. The only explanation I have: I use my iPhone in bed, sometimes falling asleep with earpods plugged in. Maybe got tangled up and leant on it with my elbow while waking up or something.
Did I blame Apple for that? Of course not. I paid the (in my opinion very moderate) renewal fee and got a new one.
My point: If you buy a very sleek, very thin, very light supercomputer you should know your responsibility. If you choose to sit or dance or (for that matter) sleep on it then so be it. But please don't complain.
BTW: For a week now my new 6 Plus had its place where every other cell had its place in the last twenty+ years (starting with the Motorola StarTec): in my right jeans front pocket. Before I get into my car or sit at a desk, I usually take it out, just like I did with every other phone before. Is it bent? Of course not.
I have issues with it (all software related). But bendgate?
Bendgate is bull####gate.
Did I blame Apple for that? Of course not. I paid the (in my opinion very moderate) renewal fee and got a new one.
My point: If you buy a very sleek, very thin, very light supercomputer you should know your responsibility. If you choose to sit or dance or (for that matter) sleep on it then so be it. But please don't complain.
BTW: For a week now my new 6 Plus had its place where every other cell had its place in the last twenty+ years (starting with the Motorola StarTec): in my right jeans front pocket. Before I get into my car or sit at a desk, I usually take it out, just like I did with every other phone before. Is it bent? Of course not.
I have issues with it (all software related). But bendgate?
Bendgate is bull####gate.
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It's great to know our news sources are reporting based on facts and not conjecture or sensationalism for the sake of generating more traffic. /s
Whatever.... it'll blow over by next week and Apple will continue to break sales records.
Whatever.... it'll blow over by next week and Apple will continue to break sales records.
Well said.
And respect on the Motorola StarTec. Loved that phone. I think I still have it somewhere at home.
No one was paid to make a video about those.
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Lovely machines, though they could save themselves alot of time by rounding up some regulars from McDonalds, KFC etc, and if the phones survive in their daily routine, ready for production!
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Human behaviour. If you have always put your phone in your pocket and its your daily routine, you going to do the same with the new phone.
Dont forget, there is a generation of people who grew up with old Nokia's which you could sit on, while in the back pocket and no problems at all. Look up nokia 3310
So we have about 20 years of people taking for granted phones were part of our daily routine and very durable.
Enter the smartphone era, and there are still people who are getting smartphones for the first time, do you think we can cut these people some slack from expecting that a phone should still be durable?
No I don't believe its obvious to all people that they cannot put a $1000 phone in thier back pocket, where they have kept every other phone for 20 years.
To people who never had an old nokia/phone of that era and grew up with smartphones, yup, its obvious to you.
I have Astell & Kern AK240 , just like a phone, designed for pockets. Way more expansive than an iphone, and i can sit on it all day.
I have no numbers, but the percentage of people carrying phones in their back pocket is incredibly small. No phone was ever designed for that.
Uhh.. I think you missed the point of my post. The operative part was: " why does any of this matter in the least? This thread is filled with the ramblings of a mob "
That is: I don't care if it's slander or not.
Could there be more incidents that weren't reported to Apple? Sure. But I see no reason not to believe them because the consequences would be tremendous if Apple faked the number. Just imagine the PR nightmare, not to mention the legal troubles that would invite.
Besides, whether it was 9 or 99, considering the number of units they sold, it's still a non issue that was blown way out of proportion by the media for selfish reasons.
Quality Control for the phones, iOS and OS software and all Mac products really. There will be a few lemons in every launch (I've gotten a few.) I do not discount that, but I'm talking about over all, not just phones.
However, I'll give you an iP6 example, not bendy phone but uncomfortable hot phone: My iPhone 6 ran so hot with nothing on in the background, low brightness and a single download. It was uncomfortable to hold that's how warm it was. It would not cool down, so back it went.
I'm glad that the bends are rare. It's unfortunate they happen, but Apple is doing good by the customers as they should.
I am not pissed at Apple about my negative iP6 experience: I am a little disappointed, but in the grand scheme of things, so what?
Sadly, this isn't a SamSCUM case.
They have just had to sit out, & watch Apple squirm in their own *****.
Did they need bigger phones? Nope.
Did they have to be thinner? Nope.
Does the iPhone 6 bring anything new to the table? No, aside poor software updates and a free bend in half function.
Mine bent a little by just taking it out of the silicone case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjQ2ys8wE1g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjQ2ys8wE1g
Except the number is wrong.and with that you win the internet for the whole of 2014
So in your opinion, the phone that finished the exercise less deformed (actually, not deformed) is more robust than the phone that finished the exercise more deformed. Is that right?
It's good to see Apple get involved now instead of waiting. It's also good reporting. Now we won't have problems with ours bending since we've been exposed to others misfortune. I would have used mine without a case since I'm careful, but no sense of risking it. The case makers are sure to profit from the extra sales this will create. Once my case arrives I'll enjoy mine knowing it's protected.
