I believe you exist, but for all I know you're the same guy that posted on here before with the bent phone...
You're just recycling it....capice?
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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I believe you exist, but for all I know you're the same guy that posted on here before with the bent phone...
You're just recycling it....capice?
Exactly , look don't get me wrong I love my new Apple iPhone 6 ( not the plus ) but the weak spot is not in the middle of the phone and perhaps that's why it was not detected by apples testing either !
I would love to see a repeat test but this time applying force to the area near the volume controls !
HackDaBox !
Not Alluminium Alloy
Apple tell us the cases are tempered alluminium with titanium and steel reinforcement. Pure alluminium has a very low elastic limit, I'm guessing it is higher if tempered, so have they compromised on cost by not using an alloy which will have a high elastic limit and is unlikely to suffer plastic bending. What material was used in the 5S and earlier iPhones as they seem very very sturdy.
I cancelled my 6+ order to see how this pans and to handle it an Apple Store which I can't do until next week as I live 100 miles from the nearest store in Glasgow. Apple are known to obfuscate and delay until there is a real problem or it goes away. Response this time has been faster than normal which is more Cook than Jobs style/denial.
Apple tell us the cases are tempered alluminium with titanium and steel reinforcement. Pure alluminium has a very low elastic limit, I'm guessing it is higher if tempered, so have they compromised on cost by not using an alloy which will have a high elastic limit and is unlikely to suffer plastic bending. What material was used in the 5S and earlier iPhones as they seem very very sturdy.
I cancelled my 6+ order to see how this pans and to handle it an Apple Store which I can't do until next week as I live 100 miles from the nearest store in Glasgow. Apple are known to obfuscate and delay until there is a real problem or it goes away. Response this time has been faster than normal which is more Cook than Jobs style/denial.
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Just cut it out already. fmcarv: you're supporting with your comments and observations bendgate... that there is a weaker spot on the new iPhones by the bottom volume button and these bends may follow a pattern. Regardless, they take WAY LESS force to bend and not even when bending them at their weakest point compared to an iPhone 5 and Note 3.
Totally get the prove credibility to the masses thing. At the end of the day take my bent phone as an isolated incident - was just blown away last night when I found it was bent as I am a massive fan of the big A. Even got referred to in a speech at my wedding about being an Apple help desk!
We'll see how it evolves, for the moment I'll be getting a new phone on Monday hopefully!
So, truth hurts? C'mon don't be so butt hurt. The fact is there...it only took 70-90 pound to bend iPhone 6, whereas iPhone 5 required 130 pound. That should give you enough cue. These phone do bend easily compared to the previous generation ones (hence quality drop). I've been waiting for iPhone 6 Plus for ages and happy that it is finally here and love Apple for making it happen but fact is fact...they are more fragile and higher chance of getting bent than other phones as well..now get over yourself.
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To me that CR video is alarming. I mean, the iPhone 5 doesn't deform until 130, and the 6 Plus at just 90, with the regular 6 at a paltry 70 pounds! That's just shy of half the force of an iPhone 5 to bend it.
Unless you plan on running your leg into the side of a steel columns sharp edge you'll have nothing to worry about.
If you do in fact ram your leg into that column with a force greater than 40lbs then your phone and leg will be seriously damaged.
Apple tell us the cases are tempered alluminium with titanium and steel reinforcement. Pure alluminium has a very low elastic limit, I'm guessing it is higher if tempered, so have they compromised on cost by not using an alloy which will have a high elastic limit and is unlikely to suffer plastic bending. What material was used in the 5S and earlier iPhones as they seem very very sturdy.
I think the 4, 4S, 5 and 5S all feel sturdier than the 6. I don't say this as a bash, just a personal observation, it is obvious that the 4's and 5's were made of metal. To me, the 6 doesn't seem to be as obvious that it is metal, it looks or feels like it could be plastic of some sort, if that makes any sense.
Ya, the phones are not bending because you're all over this site and know everything there is to know about the iPhone bending? So you're taking extra special care not to bend it and are treating it beyond good...
Look, let's get into science. There's something called variables in research. And one variable here is delusional fanboys. Another variable is people who know all about the bending iPhones, weak point of the phone and all, and are consciously/subconsciously treating it with extra special care.
Well, for what it's worth, I hope you get a new one too. If it bends under normal use you absolutely should.
I'll be curious if I or any of the people I know with iPhone 6's will have any issues. Believe me, we are looking. Nothing yet. My nephew is usually pretty rough on his phone, that one I'll watch for sure.
Not alarming at all.
We all know the iPhone 6 is much thinner than the 5.
What's alarming is the HTC M8 performed even worse than the 6
And we had the Unboxing Therapy guy telling us it didn't bend in his video...
Drop it doelcm82 and everyone grow up and stop attacking people. This is getting stupid fast. Focus on the problem: the iPhone 6 Plus deforms at just 90 pounds of force, 40 pounds less than the iPhone 5 and 60 pounds less than the Note 3. That's what you should be focusing on: the shxt sandwich all of us are eating right now regarding its durability.
And the kicker is this: the pattern of the bends in the wild seems to follow somewhat along the lines that the bend is happening at a weak point: under the bottom volume button. The CR video did not put the pressure primarily there. So, if they did, the pounds of pressure may have been substantially less to deform it, which is even more alarming to think about.
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No these people are not joking xmichaelp. That's what this place has degraded into. It's insane.
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Exactly, which is what I've been saying. But even still, the amount of force to deform an iPhone 6 is almost just half of what it takes to deform an iPhone 5! This is alarming.
Again. 90lbs of force is NEVER going to come near you and is a lot of force. It's not "just 90lbs" that's a lot of force.
Dude, I'm not blind. I have the opinion that I have because I actually own the device and I have nothing to gain. Nor have the others that I know.
That means more to me than random people who haven't even touched an iPhone 6, but just live to Bash Apple. It means more to me than some random joker looking for YouTube hits, he absolutely has something to gain.
IF this is a legitimate problem as 77CAR suggests (and it could very well be), then we are going to know without a doubt very, very soon. I'm watching, so we'll see what happens. IF this proves to be a problem and iPhones cannot withstand normal wear and tear, then I'll be all over Apple too. Right now, I'm not convinced.
It is "just" 90 lbs. That's because it's in the context of being compared to other phones that take much more force to deform.
Why would those manufacturers like Samsung not just make a phone that would deform at 90 lbs.? Because they know things we don't: how to produce consumer electronics including testing the strength of smartphones.
Why did Apple make a phone that needs 130 pounds of force to bend and not 70 like the iPhone 6?
There's no easy answers here but reality is reality. And we cannot and will not discount this problem because people like you just want it to go away.
Ya, been thinking about this as the M8 is (like the M7) quite bombproof.
They used a point load which because of the curved back placed a massive load on the shell hence the case Deformed. In real life, that just doesn't happen. It's interesting to see that at the end, despite the pinch load, the case deformed evenly and it still worked. The M8 (bizarrely) would look to me to be quite good in real life. The rest should have had a better load applicator.
Generally, the results are a bit unscientific. I keep saying that its not the point that the iPhone breaks when pushed because that's to be expected. The point I'd that under certain conditions it deforms relatively easily.
The test should have been a stepped load/ response test, measuring the response at load intervals giving a stress-strain graph for it to be of proper use. As it is, its no better than hat boy and his thumbs.
You don't have to be convinced of anything, and I'm pretty sure nobody cares what you're convinced of. We get it.
I think we all get you're a fandroid or being paid to be challenging everything positive people say of apple
So when did you know what kind of person I was?
What has that to do with this conversation?
And when does a normal person expect to be hit with 100lbs of force or more on their leg or butt?
I'd say that if you took an M8 in hand and tried to bend it, you'd have a tough time.
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