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Bend Gate has already been debunked! Please stop spreading the cancer!

My goodness it doesn't take much for people to get all "bent out of shape" does it? lol

These are probably the same OCD-types that blew the 1GB of RAM issue all out of proportion. Now, you don't hear a thing about it, once they tuckered out.

Don't we have better things to focus our energy on, rather than a few people not being responsible with their devices?
 
erzhik said:
You know what doesn't bend? Quality products like my Lumia 1520.
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Yeah it's pretty sturdy, but I have had some issues with mine, I suspect there is an issue with one corner of mine, sometimes the touch in that corner is wonky and I suspect due to flexing of the screen in that corner
 
matty1551 said:
It will when you throw it against a wall out of anger after you finally realize it's a windows phone.
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Been using Windows phone for 3 years now. Never had a problem.

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Kariya said:
Apple to oranges. Lumia is thicker and built from polycarbonate.
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It's half an inch thicker at most, that wouldn't make a difference. The difference comes when you compare a company who's been making phones for 6-7 years and a company making them for 20+ years. A polycarbonate is still plastic.

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eoblaed said:
Betcha a new phone I could bend it.

Just because some people out there don't know how to treat a large, thin device doesn't mean anything on the larger scale. People will bend their Lumias, too. It's just not as sexy to talk about in the news.
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Show me one Lumia that was bent in a pocket and I will personally send you a new phone.
 
iososx said:
Whatever the deniers want to call it doesn't fool intelligent people who don't promote Apple products as though they get Apples profits.

If it was Androids people here would pounce like crazed lions.

Common sense is what Apple is supposed to apply via skilled engineers. We are the paying customer... Oh wait! Apples perfect and operates consequence free. Yeah that's it.

Stupid customers :)
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No.. if it were "Androids" people likely wouldn't care. Us Apple "fans" don't care as much about the competition as the others do. Personally I could care less whether your phone bends, or has antenna problems, or crashes or whatever. I care about my phone.

And as for me being a "Stupid Customer"... I purchased an iPhone 6. And guess what, I know its a delicate piece of equipment so I know I need to be more careful with it. Just like ANY expensive piece of equipment. And no, it's not invincible. A $400 pair Italian leather shoes are far more delicate than $30 Vinyl loafers from walmart. A cotton t-shirt is going to hold up MUCH better in the wash than a silk blouse. To me, NOT being a stupid consumer means not treating my $700 phone like a $40 goPhone.

Just care of it and you'll be fine. And if you are accident prone, or a little careless... maybe a more "rugged" phone is more for you.
 
If you can bend an iphone 4S then any phone will bend

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If you see the bend video of the iphone 6 plus you could see that that iphone was already bend, then it is easier to bend it with your hands. The best is too try to bend a new iphone without any bend to see how much force you need
 
Q-Dog said:
Really? How about 1) Cost, 2) weight, 3) recycleability, 4) chemical toxicity to name a few.

Apple could make their devices out of a stronger, more expensive material. Add another hundred or so $$$s to the cost of the device. No one would complain about that, right?

And can you imagine the whining if the "iphone giant" was not only supersized, but was also heavier than other phones? People would call it the "iphone brick."

Apple makes millions of these things and they know they eventually get replaced. They are constantly figuring out ways to make their devices out of easier to recycle materials that use less toxic chemicals in their manufacture. It is a design philosophy they took on a few years ago and one of those things they usually mention in EVERY keynote presentation.

Every device is a compromise between costs, weight, available materials, ease of manufacture, recycleability, etc. Not apologising, just stating why Apple makes some of it's design decisions.
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Indeed. It’s also worth noting that the thinness of the iPhones 6 might have also had to do with making it far more comfortable given the size—so it had to be thinner and more rounded if they wanted to have it be as handy as possible, instead of something uncomfortable.

Every design is compromise. Just look at the old and new Mac Pros, and you see a difference in where they ultimately came down on those compromises. The camera bump on the iPhone 6 also tells us that they might want or need to go thinner but they’re not willing to sacrifice camera quality to do it. I personally would have probably taken a 4” 6 that was no larger than the previous ones or thicker and been happy—but that design idea is not in sync with I suspect the majority of users, not the vocal people here on forums like ours.

Can we turn this from “Bendgate” to “Bendghazi”? The former is overused to the point of ridicule and the latter more closely jives with the reality—something that’s real, but blown entirely out of proportion.
 
eoblaed said:
Betcha a new phone I could bend it.

Just because some people out there don't know how to treat a large, thin device doesn't mean anything on the larger scale. People will bend their Lumias, too. It's just not as sexy to talk about in the news.
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I suggest you hold a Lumia Icon or 1520 then rethink your macho statement.;)

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Kariya said:
Apple to oranges. Lumia is thicker and built from polycarbonate.
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We are talking phones, right?

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Newtons Apple said:
I bet you could bend it if you wanted.
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Sure with the right equipment, but not with anyones hands, or pockets, these things are tanks.

If they only ran another OS
 
The-Real-Deal82 said:
Fair enough.
It at least shows the problem existed pre iPhone 5 now.
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Exactly, the point of the previous examples and how the they tie in now is making the point that we were always expected not to put undue pressure on our phones in the past.

And what that means to the people who are "worrying" out there is that you have already been careful and not sitting on your phone, now. They too would bend.

As far as to what degree; that is what is being blown out of proportions because like I said before, the masses are getting their Plus today and on thursday so there hasn't been enough time for anyone to get a feel for the phone.

Once people use it for a while all the drama will deflate. But Ive used the phone in the store, its not super flimsy by any means. I don't reckon ill have any trouble not putting undue pressure on it same with how I have been treating my previous phones.
 
Bobby Corwen said:
Exactly, the point of the previous examples and how the they tie in now is making the point that we were always expected not to put undue pressure on our phones in the past.

And what that means to the people who are "worrying" out there is that you have already been careful and not sitting on your phone, now. They too would bend.

As far as to what degree; that is what is being blown out of proportions because like I said before, the masses are getting their Plus today and on thursday so there hasn't been enough time for anyone to get a feel for the phone.

Once people use it for a while all the drama will deflate. But Ive used the phone in the store, its not super flimsy by any means. I don't reckon ill have any trouble not putting undue pressure on it same with how I have been treating my previous phones.
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Well said. We had this level of coverage when instances of the iPhone 5 bending was all over the media. When people stopped sitting on them it all died down and we realised it was a great phone. The same will happen here no doubt :)
 
Bobby Corwen said:
Article that explains it: http://www.cultofmac.com/297404/get-bent-shocking-history-bent-smartphones/

As you can see its blown out of proportions and your own Plus will be fine day to day with how you've been using phones.

Just be slightly more careful with the new size.

YES you can keep it in your pockets if they are normal sized, the phone will not bend within reason. (Aka don't bend it)
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that proves nothing. the bending flaw is real.

the previous bent phones were FAR FAR fewer in number so much so that most people never heard about it. This one has already caught the attention of everyone.

The phone is MUCH thinner so it is logical that its potential for bending is higher, read a book.
 
s4 was one forum user and it just showed the screen not even a bend.

Blackberry, one forum user, not widespread.

All of them were like this. This is cult of Mac damage control, how does this disprove the 6+ bending? It doesn't. It's just trying to pass of blame. What a pathetic article, not that I would expect anything more from a site that prides itself in literally worshipping apple.
 
maflynn said:
I don't think its blown out of proportions (Yet), and I think its a real issue. Its not cancer, its a phone that people spent a lot of money on and are now finding that normal usage habits are causing it to bend.

Thinner phone, made of a malleable metal - it being bent is not surprising, though it is disappointing

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Let me just this: Will I buy an IP6+? Probably, will I have to change how I carry it, no doubt. As for now, inventory has been constrained so I've not had to fully make the decision to spend the money but so far I'm planning on buying one.
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I would say the normal usage habits for a lets say iPhone 5C are different than the usage habits of a 6 Plus though.

A few of these people in the examples of bent phones overlooked that.

But that doesn't mean now we, the people who would treat our phones carefully should feel like they are softer than they really are because we have yet to establish to what degree this is even an issue.

In the next few days we will see if a significant pattern emerges or not. But I am willing to bet this is all more a product of other forces for now and a whole bunch of doomsday vultures hoping to see Apple fail and seeing a really "sellable" angle to bash Apple with this year that sinks deep in to the masses and peoples' very basic inner notions of physics. They are warping that notion in a way that is hard quantify and challenge, but easy to manipulate into a viral thesis for criticism.
 
shaunmed said:
the bending flaw is real.
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It will bend. It's the easiest bending smartphone to date. Think 6061 non-tempered aluminum, large surface area and small material cross section at volume switches, sim port and mute switch all contribute.
 
Rocko1 said:
It will bend. It's the easiest bending smartphone to date. Think 6061 non-tempered aluminum, large surface area and small material cross section at volume switches, sim port and mute switch all contribute.
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Are you saying its essentially moldable?
 
Smartass said:
so you're saying that if somebody buys the new iphone, they also have to buy new pair of jeans just so the phone wont bend since its badly designed? Are you serious or just playing stupid?
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I'm not the one expecting a 400 dollar phone with contract to be built like a tank. So the later question is back to you.
 
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