There literally are millions of people without any problem using the iPhone 4/4S, because the issue was related to signal strength and network coupled with the antenna design. But you can be sure, haters will speak about the "bad antenna" even ten years from now. That was their "victory", even if the phone sold millions, and I mean millions, off units all over the world, with a very high level of customer satisfaction.
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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There literally are millions of people without any problem using the iPhone 4/4S, because the issue was related to signal strength and network coupled with the antenna design. But you can be sure, haters will speak about the "bad antenna" even ten years from now. That was their "victory", even if the phone sold millions, and I mean millions, off units all over the world, with a very high level of customer satisfaction.
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... And you can be sure, most of them will tell you they are very loyal Apple customers since 1926, owning almost every Apple products released in the last century or so...
Please don't offend my intelligence. Thank you.
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/ipho...-vs-unbox-therapy-j_Bz6G7cRHCOztI0YHjQWQ.html (at 2:28)Consumer Reports said:
It was just for the people here who argue the CR test shows the phone can withstand 70/90lbs of force, case closed. But thats sadly not so simple. Time will tell.
Yeah but it's no news that they didn't test the weakest spots on all phones. We all knew this all along.
It's not as simple as you make it out to be either, exactly because they never tested the other phones in their weakest spots either. The comment is part of an interview, but this was hardly the main point, far from it. You just cherry picked the part that supported your own belief.
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Yeah it was a mass epidemic of bending phones. You're definitely lucky lol
....or it wasn't.
So why its not so "easy" as I said? I never talked about weak spots of other phones, because it's not the question here. The question is - because that is the issue/accusation - if the iPhone 6 Plus is vulnerable of bending in a front pocket or not. And for that the CR test is not the answer (because it did not test that scenario) but time will tell if this is a bigger issue or not...
He admits it appears to be the weak spot, I'm just saying they never tested for that, and didn't try to find weak spots and measure them. The reason the other phones are relevant is because it tells a story of what is normal. The test they conducted discounts for weak spots and treat all phones equal in that part, you can be sure all of them have weaker and stronger spots. You haven't proven a point here, this has been beaten to death throughout the thread.
And sure, time will tell. But how come you're then so eager to prove a point now, before that time has arrived.
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The 6 will bend in your pocket. Two ppl in this thread posted pictures and several people have been forcibly destroying them in apple stores.
This is clear proof of a design flaw.
Of course all phones have weaker and stronger spots (did I deny that?), but as I said that is not the question here... The question is if the iPhone 6 Plus bends in a front pocket or not. If there are other phones bending in a front pocket (are there? - this is not a rhetorical question mark, to make sure for you), then of course this would be an issue too... Because up to now carrying a phone in a front pocket was considered as "normal use", wasn't it?
And I'm not eager to prove anything here. I would be more than glad (because I'm an Apple user myself and I like Apple to build high quality products which I don't have to worry about) if it would be not vulnerable to bending in a front pocket. But I cannot just say it's not because this CR test (which didn't test that) says so.
As I said the posting was just for the people here who argue the CR test shows the phone can withstand 70/90lbs of force, case closed. But thats sadly not so simple. Time will tell.
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But there are people who claim that. Users of this forum, who posted a video and pictures. Did you even read what I said? I said that time will tell if this is really a big issue or not.
Of course there are, but don't you know? They are lying, and being paid by the competition to harm Apple!
Going on 13 days with my iPhone 6... NO case, in my front pocket every day and still straight as an arrow.
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I work with a guy who has an S4 and it JUST bent in his pocket!! I witnessed it with my own eyes.
I said it here on this forum so it MUST be true!
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I work with a guy who has an S4 and it JUST bent in his pocket!! I witnessed it with my own eyes.
I said it here on this forum so it MUST be true!
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There's a difference between claiming something and proof of it. All I'm saying is there is no proof. And yes I read what you said. Time will tell, and believe me if this is a huge deal apple won't be able to keep it under wraps.
Of course there are, but don't you know? They are lying, and being paid by the competition to harm Apple!
Whoever is paying them needs to hire more ppl. Two people with bent phones does not a design flaw make.
I know you will defend your Apple to the death, but let's get real here, it's happening and it's more than you refuse to accept.
http://imgur.com/a/CSSfH
And we all here know, no matter what anyone says, you will flat out refuse to believe it.
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I bet you must feel special....oh wait....
I do... I DO feel special. no... I AM special! and I have a straight magical device that makes me feel even MORE special.
How do YOU feel?
Oh wonderful. Then all this is nonsense then.
I don't think anyone is going to be using their phone as a surf board so the entire argument about forcibly bending it from the back forward with two thumbs pressing on the back and two gorilla grip fingers pulling from the edges is entirely and utterly moot.
Your question is just as silly, plenty of people have holsters, purses etc!
Personally, I do carry my 6 Plus in my front pocket and have not had any issue of bending, and I'm confident I won't.
This thread is funny, I've read the same thing page after page! Time is the only way to truly silence either side of this debate.
We just have to wait and see, I'm very happy with my iPhone 6 Plus! If it bends during my normal activity (it hasn't yet), I will take to Apple and they will take care of me like they always do!
For the people that have gone to Apple Stores and purposely bent phones, you're nothing less then a vandal, thief and THUG! What goes around comes around, Kharma!
I feel like.......chicken tonight.
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I wouldn't count on Apple doing anything except charging you....Your question is just as silly, plenty of people have holsters, purses etc!
Personally, I do carry my 6 Plus in my front pocket and have not had any issue of bending, and I'm confident I won't.
This thread is funny, I've read the same thing page after page! Time is the only way to truly silence either side of this debate.
We just have to wait and see, I'm very happy with my iPhone 6 Plus! If it bends during my normal activity (it hasn't yet), I will take to Apple and they will take care of me like they always do!
For the people that have gone to Apple Stores and purposely bent phones, you're nothing less then a vandal, thief and THUG! What goes around comes around, Kharma!
http://imgur.com/a/CSSfH
Your question is just as silly, plenty of people have holsters, purses etc!
Personally, I do carry my 6 Plus in my front pocket and have not had any issue of bending, and I'm confident I won't.
This thread is funny, I've read the same thing page after page! Time is the only way to truly silence either side of this debate.
We just have to wait and see, I'm very happy with my iPhone 6 Plus! If it bends during my normal activity (it hasn't yet), I will take to Apple and they will take care of me like they always do!
For the people that have gone to Apple Stores and purposely bent phones, you're nothing less then a vandal, thief and THUG! What goes around comes around, Kharma!
There you have it. You and I are two posters who have done REAL WORLD tests to prove that the phone holds up during every day "Normal" use.
Mine is also a very scientific tests. I put it in right front pocket, I get up, I sit down. I get up, I sit down. I get up, I sit down... nothing, no bend.
I even took it a step further and did a few lunges... here in my office with my dress slacks and my iPhone in my LEFT pocket ( to test alternative stress points).
Later I will be walking to the break room, not sure which pocket I'll use this time, and I may even pass by a female co worker, make a "click, click" sound with my tongue and my fingers in a pistol formation, and even give a little wink.
I'll report my results later today.
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