They said that early on when the first couple of reports came out. I can easily believe it was true at that time, just as I can believe that most 6 owners did not bend their phones over the last year, and in fact the 6 is no more bendable than most of its contemporaries, as numerous other tests have shown.Apple claimed only few people in the world reported bendgate problem last year, do you believe that too?![]()
As for "chip gate" I know first hand that's a nonsense since I have a 6s with a Samsung chip and have experienced nothing less than stellar battery life and performance over the past month. To stretch your analogy I have tried my hardest to "bend" this phone through hard usage, looking for overheating or unsatisfactory battery life and found it exemplary - I can't fault it.
So in short, you can take all your weirdly obsessive and continuing attempts to make this a thing (especially odd since as I understand it you have no intention of ever owning an iPhone) and take a running jump.