So what? Dont be an idiot.
There are lots of things that are smaller/thinner but more efficient/stronger than they previously were in life.
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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So what? Dont be an idiot.
There are lots of things that are smaller/thinner but more efficient/stronger than they previously were in life.
I believe Apple does mimic a sitting test. It is in a video one of the news stations made while visiting Apple.
Not everyone knows that, many people here were shrugging off the fact the iPhone was aluminum and consequently it'll be easier to bend and that such reality should be accepted and pocket usage should be changed or diminished.
Of course we want aesthetically pleasing phones, but at which point does aesthetics outweigh durability?
And no, I don't have to fall back to a Nokia dumb phone, it seems the Moto X would do a fine job in the durability department
Honestly, these tests - neither CR's or UT's really mean anything in terms of real life usage. I still don't know how the phone will fare after months of me carrying it in my front pocket.
My 6 is on the way, and yesterday I did hold one in Apple Store and played with it, I'm not worried in the slightest.
Bottom line: Whether you believe the iPhone 6 will bend or not, get a case to insure it doesn't Most of us do thatanyway, so it will be a non-issue. But that doesn't excuse Apple from a potentially poor design (if that's the case).
Get your phones, get a case, and enjoy.
Get your phones, get a case, and enjoy.
Yes i did.
That is exactly what the competition is feeding u.
Read what u sent me..
Go to the last line..
False information concluded!
Iphone 6+ is more resistant to bending than iphone 6 !
The article concluded the opposite!
The point here is not if the iphone bends or breaks.. All phones will bend and break given enough force in the right place.
But issue is..is the phone strong enough for sane users.. And CS proved it is!
And yet it us the thinnest lightest phone.
If you rather carry a brick as a phone.. I guess that wont matter !
You are falling for competitions disinformation!
Has everyone forgotten these?
Yeah. How many MILLION people were 100% FINE throughout the 2+ years they used their phones?
Yeah. How many MILLION people were 100% FINE throughout the 2+ years they used their phones?
True!! Quite dissatisfied because when I paid my £619 I really was expecting undestructable device! I was quite looking forward to use the 6+ as a chair to sit on it while I watch movies on TV.
I want my money back now.
Really would you have noticed or even thought badly of the device/company if it had been 1mm thicket and had a better battery and been slightly stronger because of this?
I think not. There is a point when things are thin enough. I know of not a single person that complains that anything from iP4 right up to this iP6 was too thick and that Apple should do better.
If Apple made an oversight, its unfortunate and they will need to do something, not sure what, to fix the situation.
OTOH, if they deliberately cut corners then I hope this burns them very badly indeed.
I hope some manufacturer makes a steel phone that bends only with 500lbs force, and then you can go and buy that one if what you are looking in a smartphone first and foremost is sturdiness.
You have the wrong end of a completely different stick.
CR were exposed as liars over the Suzuki Samurai. Google it, just because they tested it doesn’t mean it’s gospel.
Dude? Lol
What are u not getting? Have you read the article ?
Suggest you read it before u......
I'm falling for nothing. I'm just following the reasonable argument/hypothesis that there is a "weak spot" neat the volume buttons.
And this CS report just proved that if you evenly distribute force on the phone as shown in the test it's more resistant than the iPhone 6.
I read it, I watched it, I lived it. I suppose our comprehension differs as does our understanding of basic physics. Dude.
Not really. While it will scratch, so will many other phones.
You have to take care of an iphone the same as how you would take care of any other phone. I put my 5 in a case, and it was perfect when i took it out 2 years later. It's been dropped maybe 5-10 times in the case (Spigen Neo Hybrid) and it was 100% fine when it came out.
iPhone 6+ is undergoing normal use now. I definitely admit that it is a tight fit in skinny jeans, but I haven't noticed anything defective. Tighter fit is expected given that the phone is bigger.
Just unfortunate timing that larger phones are coinciding temporally with tighter jeans.
You know what's funny though? I used an S5 for about a month while waiting for the 6+. I put it in a Spigen Neo Hybrid as well. Same design: soft TPU inner liner + plastic outer. I NEVER dropped it once. Always been treated like a queen. When it came out of the case, there were nicks and scratches on the plastic (fake metal) sides.
If you want to talk about cheap: it's that plastic.
And BTW: ALL those samsung phones with plastic backs bend much easier than the iphone. It is just that it is soft flexible plastic, so it rebounds to its original form.
Would I like a stronger iPhone? Sure. I would love the 6S or 7 to be a lot stronger (and I can almost assure you they will be after this fiasco).
But am I worried at all about my 6+ now? Not at all.
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