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Sorry but you have absolutely no credibility here.
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Apple is NOT Replacing Bent iPhone 6's, Regardless of Visual Inspection
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98 posts since joining 9.27.14. No prior MR account or posts. Screenname synonymous with your website that you are promoting.
Sorry but you have absolutely no credibility here.
With out starting an argument surf monkey, because I respect you as a poster I will try to explain what I mean.
We all know about my thread about my phone, and the fact that no one believed me when I said I had done nothing to my phone.
When I say the shape. It looks like it has warped. Not a straight bend like some one has bent it with their hands. It's almost as if it looks twisted and the case could come away.
It's strange as even though it's not severe, it looks to be getting worse each day I have the phone in my possession. And I'm doing everything I can not to make it worse.
I'm still in agreement with your original theory of a factory defect.
It would be great for apple to share their finding when they get my phone. That will never happen though unfortunately
We all know about my thread about my phone, and the fact that no one believed me when I said I had done nothing to my phone.
When I say the shape. It looks like it has warped. Not a straight bend like some one has bent it with their hands. It's almost as if it looks twisted and the case could come away.
It's strange as even though it's not severe, it looks to be getting worse each day I have the phone in my possession. And I'm doing everything I can not to make it worse.
I'm still in agreement with your original theory of a factory defect.
It would be great for apple to share their finding when they get my phone. That will never happen though unfortunately
of course, signed up to discuss the issue due to running a site about it.
Why would I need credibility here? I am collecting other people's complaints that apple refuse to deal with, they are not my opinion.
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I don't need to check out forums. Live videos on YouTube show that sir. Forums do nothing. People post WORDS saying "My phone is bent from being in my pocket". Well according to you that's all that needs to be said and we should believe it. How funny that would prefer me to read forums when I can see it plain and simple in a video.
And maybe you should take another look. In the samsung note 4 bending video he didn't use much more force than he did the iPhone 6 Plus.
It's really not that difficult to understand.
But thanks for your post....Sept 2014 registration. Hmm.
So you are running this site and doing this in an advocacy role for consumers as an altruistic public service?
I have never seen such a level of fanboyism as people saying that it's "good" that Apple aren't replacing bent iPhones. This place is something else sometimes.
I don't need to check out forums. Live videos on YouTube show that sir. Forums do nothing. People post WORDS saying "My phone is bent from being in my pocket". Well according to you that's all that needs to be said and we should believe it. How funny that would prefer me to read forums when I can see it plain and simple in a video.
And maybe you should take another look. In the samsung note 4 bending video he didn't use much more force than he did the iPhone 6 Plus.
It's really not that difficult to understand.
But thanks for your post....Sept 2014 registration. Hmm.
You say this isn't a real issue yet I have not seen a video of you doing the wobble test with your phone yet to show it's not bent.
Live videos on YouTube show that sir. Forums posts do nothing. You post WORDS saying "iphone 6+ doesn't bend from being in my pocket". Well according to you that's all that needs to be said and we should believe it. How funny that would prefer me to read forums when I can see it plain and simple in a video.
Loss of structural integrity along one side I would suggest due to a minor bend in the soft metal.
Just a guess.
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Yeah, because THAT argument is going somewhere
argument is perfectly reversible
You're really not comprehending basic words here, are you?
HOW is that supposed to happen? HOW? Not why. HOW?
Yeah, because THAT argument is going somewhere
LOL, check out post #130. Take notice how ONEOFTHENINE shifted all my words to help his non-argument. The only reason I saw his post is because you replied to him. He's on my ignore. Thank you for replying him. Now I know what he's doing and I'll be reporting him to the moderator.
My 6 Plus is in my pocket every day. I can test it for wobble and there is none. If I put it in my back pocket I don't sit on it. I can see how sitting on your phone might bend it, regardless of whether it is an iPhone 5, 5S, 6 or 6 Plus but I can also see how a larger 6 Plus would bend more easily than an iPhone 5 when sat on. I choose not to sit on my phone. There may be other ways to bend an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus besides sitting on it. But mine isn't bent. If at some point in the future it becomes bent, then I will have a bent iPhone 6 Plus.
However, until then I won't get bent about it.
And I don't need to post any pics or videos to show anyone that it isn't bent. You don't want to take my word for it, then don't. Fact is I could take a surface that isn't true, put my straight iPhone 6 Plus on it, and video the phone wobbling and then you would have video "evidence" of my 6 Plus as bent, when it really isn't.
I was pointing out your ridiculous argument by turning it round. But you won't see this anyway ...
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Carrying it in your pocket by most accounts so far.
I would like someone to give me an argument against this claim:
There is a defect in a small number of devices that is causing the phone to bend under a lesser amount of pressure than is found to be standard for iPhone 6 and 6+.
I think people who are making claims like "All phones will bend. This is a defect in ALL phones. It WILL happen eventually" are causing just as many problems as the people saying "you knew the risk. Metal bends. It didn't happen with normal use."
There is no reason we can't agree that there MAY BE a defect in a certain number of phones (so what if it turns out to be .01% of the devices) causing the phones to bend under less pressure than normal (let's even define normal as the 90 lbs of pressure or whatever it was that Consumer Reports found).
If that is the case, then Apple does need to replace the device.
It doesn't have to be extreme one side or the other.
There is a defect in a small number of devices that is causing the phone to bend under a lesser amount of pressure than is found to be standard for iPhone 6 and 6+.
I think people who are making claims like "All phones will bend. This is a defect in ALL phones. It WILL happen eventually" are causing just as many problems as the people saying "you knew the risk. Metal bends. It didn't happen with normal use."
There is no reason we can't agree that there MAY BE a defect in a certain number of phones (so what if it turns out to be .01% of the devices) causing the phones to bend under less pressure than normal (let's even define normal as the 90 lbs of pressure or whatever it was that Consumer Reports found).
If that is the case, then Apple does need to replace the device.
It doesn't have to be extreme one side or the other.
If we are asking how a phone would twist like that I'd assume in a pocket.
I carry around a notepad at work because I can't take my phone everywhere (no camera phones) and it twist similarly.
These are the first time I've seen pictures of it though. Thinking about it I'm surprised it's not more common.
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There maybe, however if that was the case Apple would replace it right? The point of this thread is they won't recognize the problem as a defect but from abuse.
I carry around a notepad at work because I can't take my phone everywhere (no camera phones) and it twist similarly.
These are the first time I've seen pictures of it though. Thinking about it I'm surprised it's not more common.
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There maybe, however if that was the case Apple would replace it right? The point of this thread is they won't recognize the problem as a defect but from abuse.
Again people going on about "normal usage" and expecting a new phone of a totally different design to behave in the same way as their old phone and missing the fact that it is a completely different design.
I used to ride a BMX, I could throw that thing around in the dirt and bash it up and down kerbs with no worries of buckling a wheel. I then moved onto an MTB which again I could throw about in the dirt and bash up and down kerbs with no worries. Today I'm riding a road bike, only an idiot would throw that about in the dirt and bash it up and down kerbs and expect it to stand up to the same abuse as my other bikes.
I used to ride a BMX, I could throw that thing around in the dirt and bash it up and down kerbs with no worries of buckling a wheel. I then moved onto an MTB which again I could throw about in the dirt and bash up and down kerbs with no worries. Today I'm riding a road bike, only an idiot would throw that about in the dirt and bash it up and down kerbs and expect it to stand up to the same abuse as my other bikes.
I was thinking of asking people to post factory details to see if there is any commonality and whether it is just a bad batch.
But we are seeing bends on units from different countries, bought at different times on different models and different colours. So unsure if the same factory produces so many varieties.
I can't tell from your comment which side of the fence you sit on...
The problem is, people come here to report bending - in case there is an issue.
The extreme Apple fanboys want to blame them completely instead of coming to terms with the fact that there MIGHT be a problem... no matter how SMALL of a number of devices it affects... claiming they are all here to slander Apple. And are paid by Samsung.
It's ludicrous.
And it's not helpful or kind. It provides no good contribution to the discussion.
If I had to sit on a side of the fence I would say I feel there is a problem, phones bending en masse has not occurred before. However I am absolutely open to the idea that it could just be a small number with the problem, I just want apple to address that and not tell people it is their own fault and deny a replacement.