iPhone 12 Bend gate incoming. Mark my words.

[kre62]

So it’s been revealed that the iPhone 12 US has an extra antenna “window” on the right hand side, to allow for mmwave tech.

I am calling it right now - this will cause structural issues leading to a new bend gate. This little window looks exactly like the ones used on the iPad for the magnetic connector. Jerryrigeverything, the YouTube guy, has bent multiple iPads with that same little window over the past few years. It hasn’t been solved to this point and I doubt it will in the 12.
Granted the window is not right in the middle, which may help.

not that it really matters. Plenty of people will be able to rock these without bending them, just figured I’d call it now before the madness arrives.

 

[QueenTyrone]

Doubt it. Jerry is only able to bend iPads because the body is full aluminum. The back on the iPhone is glass. It’ll flex but nothing crazy

 

[johnyyz]

Nah

 

[Pipper99]

Marked

 

[Rob198612]

iPhone 12 pro? the sides are stainless steel! nothing in this phone is aluminum the regular 12 in the other hand might be but unlikely

 

[Apple_Robert]

Since when does an iPad equal an iPhone?

 

[kre62]

Updated to regular iPhone 12

 

[eyoungren]

not that it really matters. Plenty of people will be able to rock these without bending them, just figured I’d call it now before the madness arrives.

Bendgate 2 (if you're right).

We've already done this before with the iPhone 6/6+, Bendgate 1.

 

[thadoggfather]

Stainless steel... bendgate?

I dont think the aluminum models are THAT thin either

 

[GDF]

Doubt it. That is so overblown. Family and I have had about every years iPhone and have never seen that.

 

[NewYorkRanger]

Who to trust - the most talented group of engineers on the planet or kre62. Hmmm....tough one. Maybe I will wait to see what kre63 has to say.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

Creating "gates" on a phone not yet released, macrumors moves fast these days.

 

[Shadowbech]

Doubt it.

 

[ozziegn]

That whole bendgate was/is such a stupid topic in the first place. I'm sure it all started by some 350lb overweight slob that sat on a wooden bar stool and forgot he/she their iPhone in their back pocket. Of course it bent and somehow or another that was Apple's fault.

 

[rKunda]

So you’re a structural engineer?

You should prob contact Apple directly. Ask to speak to a senior director or higher. Alert them to this issue.

 

[LonestarOne]

Bendgate? Isn’t there enough whining going on with chargergate. refreshgate, notchgate, etc.?

 

[alisalem]

How do you bend glass?

 

[Royksöpp]

Not going to happen. The entire body is a metal frame reinforced by front and back glass. The iPhone 6 and iPad are only made out of one thin layer of aluminum.

 

[iamthedudeman]

Who to trust - the most talented group of engineers on the planet or kre62. Hmmm....tough one. Maybe I will wait to see what kre63 has to say.

😂👍

 

[kre62]

That whole bendgate was/is such a stupid topic in the first place. I'm sure it all started by some 350lb overweight slob that sat on a wooden bar stool and forgot he/she their iPhone in their back pocket. Of course it bent and somehow or another that was Apple's fault.

Don’t disagree. Just saying dumb people will make it an issue. Like i said from the start, i dont think its a real issue.

 

[DaPhox]

Glass bending? Ok...

 

[sniffies]

Macs are more prone to bendgate...


at the hinge

 

[shadow puppet]

Oh look it’s another gate thread. 🙃

 

[mmomega]

AntennaGate The Redux
You're Not Holding it Right Part 2

 

[Sam in SoCal]

I think the new phones will be fine structurally. it’s interesting though that they’re returning to a thinner form factor. Seems like a U turn in design. The 11 pro had a depth of 8.1 mm. This new 12 pro will be 7.4 mm. That’s .1 mm thinner than the 8 plus and .1 mm thicker than a 7 plus. The regular 11 last year was a pig 🐷 at 8.3 mm