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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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Thats flawed logic. If the force that one is likely to apply in a pocket happened to be 40lbs then none of those phones in the test would bend in a pocket so neither would be twice as likely to bend in your pocket
I am still not convinced. As an average 165 lb guy, if I keep iPhone in my rear pocket of slim fit jeans while driving, how much pressure in pounds will my ass exert on the phone?
I am interested to know that because I have done it many times with my LG G2. It never bent. But with iPhone 6 and 6+, I want to be completely sure if pressure exerted is definitely lower than 60 lbs to be on safer side.
I am interested to know that because I have done it many times with my LG G2. It never bent. But with iPhone 6 and 6+, I want to be completely sure if pressure exerted is definitely lower than 60 lbs to be on safer side.
OK.... 400 comments later... surely someone must have an answer to this:
Are there any cases yet that would help prevent bending?
I'm not looking to stop a street-magician from ripping the phone in half... I just want a case that would aid in normal pocket use.
Are there any cases yet that would help prevent bending?
I'm not looking to stop a street-magician from ripping the phone in half... I just want a case that would aid in normal pocket use.
Sample set of 12; 0 issues after one week. Hardly the kind of time you need to confirm conclusively that the "iPhone 6 will prove to be every bit as durable as any other device in real world use."
My sample set is much, much less convincing: two. My wife's phone and mine - a 6 and 6+. My 6+ bent in normal use in 4 days. I have owned iPhones since the 3G religiously. I would post a photo of the problem but got accused earlier by the conspiracists of being a Samsung rep (which was offensive ha - I have queued for every phone since 3G). Check my prior posts for descriptions of usage and photos of the damage.
IMHO this is going to turn in to a problem for Apple - I have never had a launch unit product from Apple that has had such a significant issue yet.
I don't understand why there is such blind need to defend Apple in this thread. The upside is that because it is Apple you get to go get a new phone if it happens to you. Easy. Their customer service is second to none.
However I predict that I will get a new phone, then get another one, and possibly one more before there is a quiet engineering fix applied to new units that fix the real issue.
I have. Genius appointment first thing Monday to request a replacement.
I don't think you'd put that much pressure on a phone in your pocket either without feeling it digging into your waist or leg. I would imagine it would be pretty uncomfortable.
But IMO, if the phone will bend under normal use, it's going to take some time for it to show up. I flexed both phones at the Apple store and they didn't bend. Of course I could bend them if I really tried, but that wouldn't be normal use. I think we'll have a good picture of this in a couple of months when the phones have been in use for a while. If there is no widespread bending, the frenzy will go away. Time will tell, but it's not like walking around with eggs in your pocket like some are trying to make it out to be. I know I can snap a wooden pencil in half quite easily, but they don't break when I'm writing.
What I find incredible is the level of Apple fanboyism prevalent today. Look at all of you. It's disgusting.
You look at this Consumer Reports video and think that the iPhone bendable issue is fixed and the case is closed. Then you see the second video done by the original guy who bent the iPhone 6 Plus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3Ds6uf0Yg) and ramble on about conspiracies and other stuff.
Do I actually have to call myself human? Is there another planet I can hop to?
Here's reality:
A second video posted shows how easy it is to bend an iPhone 6 Plus where the Moto X is just a rock. And the Consumer Reports video shows how POOR Apple's iPhones really are when it comes to the amount of force required to deform them: the Note 3 blows them away at 150 pounds of force where the 6 Plus deforms at just 90 pounds. This latter is 40 pounds less force than the pervious iPhone! Of note: the stress in the Consumer Reports video was NOT applied to the new iPhone's weakest point: right below the bottom volume button.
Wake up.
Disclosure: I own an iPhone 6 Plus Space Grey with a white Apple silicon case.
You look at this Consumer Reports video and think that the iPhone bendable issue is fixed and the case is closed. Then you see the second video done by the original guy who bent the iPhone 6 Plus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3Ds6uf0Yg) and ramble on about conspiracies and other stuff.
Do I actually have to call myself human? Is there another planet I can hop to?
Here's reality:
A second video posted shows how easy it is to bend an iPhone 6 Plus where the Moto X is just a rock. And the Consumer Reports video shows how POOR Apple's iPhones really are when it comes to the amount of force required to deform them: the Note 3 blows them away at 150 pounds of force where the 6 Plus deforms at just 90 pounds. This latter is 40 pounds less force than the pervious iPhone! Of note: the stress in the Consumer Reports video was NOT applied to the new iPhone's weakest point: right below the bottom volume button.
Wake up.
Disclosure: I own an iPhone 6 Plus Space Grey with a white Apple silicon case.
I will clarify that the 6 - not 6+ - may well be every bit as durable as other devices. My issues are with the 6+ only.
Neither of these tests is scientifically correct.
First in normal use ie phone in pocket the two simply supported points don't exist.
The phone is supported in its entire length by your leg.
Second neither Lewis two point load nor the CR one point load exist unless you r being stabbed by someone in the leg
First in normal use ie phone in pocket the two simply supported points don't exist.
The phone is supported in its entire length by your leg.
Second neither Lewis two point load nor the CR one point load exist unless you r being stabbed by someone in the leg
I have read Macrumors religiously since 2005. Does this mean I am not entitled to my opinion as I choose to actively participate?
Just my opinions after a bent iPhone this week.
Photo of the bent phone with a piece of paper on the side with you username.
Or
It never happened!!
All of that is def what I am talking about.
At ten pounds of force you'd start to worry about your leg let alone your phone. It won't hurt but you would want it to stop. I take my phone out of my pocket when I get into the car because it's just uncomfortable. I've done it with everything from my tiny LG phone from 2000 to the Palm Pre to the HTC and Note and now the 6+
It's hilarious none of these videos actually show the iphone 6/6+ actually getting bent in a pant pocket but rather with other excessive means.
You don't have to be a fanboy to call foul.
CR gave real evidence that disputes anecdotal. Nothing more to say.
They even showed how the Note 3 faired better as everyone's anecdotal evidence proved.
They also proved that the Note 3 stopped working almost immediately after it started to bend, while every other phone worked fine long after.
Not bashing Samsung there. I was former Note 2 owner that still thinks it's thte best phone on the market.
How do we know you're not the same user that posted the original bent phone post a few days ago and you're just recycling it?
Phone and bend look identical to me....
Thanking you for calling out Consumer Report's FUD.
The plus bends with 40 lbs of less force compared to 5S proves that the bendgate problem is very much alive and kicking.
People need to use their own heads to interpret results correctly and not blindly accept conclusion of certain websites.
I'm not blindly defending Apple. I HAVE the device in question and it's not bending. That is hardly blind. If you want to talk about blind, look at all of the bashers here that do not own the device but feel qualified to trash it. THAT is blind!
Again, I'll take you at your word that your phone bent. Surely you understand how many of us remain skeptical - especially in light of all the FUD that has gone on in the past.
Many of us have these iPhones and ours are NOT bending and that's why we feel the way we do you probably would too if you were in our shoes. I'll be on your side in a heartbeat if my phone bends because I take very good care of my stuff especially expensive stuff.
I think it would be obvious and uncomfortable if you put that much pressure on a phone. It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks and months. I think it will either go away or become a significant problem.
You're entitled to post your opinion. But this is the internet, and for all we know, you're a dog. With no posting history, you have no credibility.
If you're for real, keep posting, on various topics, and about the things you love about Apple, not just the things you don't love. After a few months, people may begin to trust you. Right now we see you as an Android operative, whether you are one or not. It's not personal. It's just that you sound like an Android operative, and we don't have a way to verify that you aren't.
Would you like a picture of my wife or dog? Or maybe proof of the country I am posting from?
Seriously? Really?
I am watching the AFL Grand Final at the moment. Does that prove my existence as a discrete entity?
I agree. I'll be on that sode of my phone bends in my pocket with little to no force applied.
If it's just in the pocket and the bend elfs come and magically warp my phone then I will be upset.
If aliens come to disrupt communications by bending only iPhones while they just sit in our pockets and I don't feel a thing then I will believe in bendgate.
Jesus 77Car: that bend is right at the weak spot. Brutal. I have 8 days to take my phone back. No idea what to do.
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