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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed

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Great. Now I have to fear my iPhone getting bent when I keep it in my hydraulic bench.
 
BvizioN said:
Name calling?

Guess you are upset, give it some time...it will pass ;)
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No. There is a difference between someone who is an idiot and someone being an idiot.
One can be natural, (unfortunate), and the other deliberate. I said don’t be an idiot, not, you are an idiot. It means don’t proceed down that road any further as you may start to look like a fool.

That subtlety was lost on you. I called you no names. You assumed. You know what happens when you ass-U-me right?
 
Wait... Does it mean that, according to Consumer Reports, the creators of those viral YouTube videos went so far as to...



... bend the truth? :cool:
 
H2SO4 said:
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, it’s 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.
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Thickness/thinness is like the size! Matter of preference. I wouldn't mind much more thinner smartphone but sort of flexible so it can bend but go back to its straight position. I guess that's the direction Apple will go. I personally want to minimise the volume of mobile objects I put in my pockets.

As for the battery, my iPhone 6 is doing much better then 5s I had. If I can get through the day without needing to charge my phone until I go to bed on the evening, I am fine.
 
lookatchu said:
I read it, I watched it, I lived it. I suppose our comprehension differs as does our understanding of basic physics. Dude.
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Highly doubt it .. Big boy( duwde ) Highly doubt it.
Words are words .. Conclusions are conclusions written in words.
U seem to believe in something that contradicts itself.
Now that is not the physics i believe in or for that matter the bs the competition is trying to stir up !
 
H2SO4 said:
No. There is a difference between someone who is an idiot and someone being an idiot.
One can be natural, (unfortunate), and the other deliberate. I said don’t be an idiot, not, you are an idiot. It means don’t proceed down that road any further as you may start to look like a fool.

That subtlety was lost on you. I called you no names. You assumed. You know what happens when you ass-U-me right?
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It's ok, you can do either one, I don't take things to seriously on the Internet ;)
 
blackboxxx said:
Wait... Does it mean that, according to Consumer Reports, the creators of those viral YouTube videos went so far as to...



... bend the truth? :cool:
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We have Apple, who spent maybe thousands of hours testing the phone with much more sophisticated and precise machinery than a single individual (WHO ADMITTED THE PHONE WAS BENT PRIOR TO THE FIRST TEST).

We have Consumer Reports, and independent third party with a fairly good track record in being objective, who used similar precise machinery, and found similar results.

And yet everyone is believing a few people, performing non controlled tests, or who are simply claiming to have used the phone normally?

Not saying they are lying, but I am willing to bet thousands of people have taken in their phones to the genius bar complaining of spontaneous defect when it was their fault even before the whole bendgate fiasco. Are you going to tell Apple: "hey, I sat on my phone, and it bent."

There is one bending problem that I do believe, and that was limited to very few people with the 5/5s who complained of bending near the volume button, AND a swollen battery. I totally believe that the defective battery caused some internal pressure to cause bending on the casing.

Again, that was VERY few people, and TENS of MILLIONS (if not over 100 MILLION) people went on to enjoy their iphone 5/5s without those problems, or any problem at all.

Just to put some perspective on this whole bending "problem."

It would be a problem if Apple refused to take care of you. But they seem to be taking care of their customers.

If it is a serious problem, and you somehow manage to keep bending your phone, keep trading it in until a fix is made. And it will be if this turns out to be a true design defect.
 
Yojimbo007 said:
Highly doubt it .. Big boy( duwde ) Highly doubt it.
Words are words .. Conclusions are conclusions written in words.
U seem to believe in something that contradicts itself.
Now that is not the physics i believe in or for that matter the bs the competition is trying to stir up !
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Ok, we'll start from scratch then.

What am I believing in that contradicts itself?
 
TheRainKing said:
I don't understand why everyone is celebrating. Out of all of the phones they tested, the iPhone 6/Plus are noticeably weaker than all of them apart from the HTC ONE. How is that a victory for Apple?

1) Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - 150 lbs
2) LG G3 - 130 lbs
3) iPhone 5 - 130 lbs
4) iPhone 6 Plus - 90 lbs
5) iPhone 6 - 70 lbs
6) HTC ONE (M8) - 70lbs
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You're right - - if your primary use for your smartphone is purposely bending it, by all means choose the Samsung Galaxy Note 3!
 
This somewhat damages the first-rate reputation of that
unknown guys who bent their iphones under unconfirmed
circumstances
 
yansun said:
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.
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Read it again... Iphone 6and 6+ have the same button cutouts ..
6 is longer wider.
The article concludes the iPhone 6+ based on their analysis is easer to bend iphone 6.
Wrong conclusion ! Wrong hypothesis
 
MisakixMikasa said:
Wonderig how much did Consumer Report gets from Apple. The timing seems too odd, almost like Apple and Consumer Report made a deal that Consumer Report to backing Apple up.

Congratulations, consumer report, you just get your ticket to next Apple's iPhone event.
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I wonder the same.

And also wonder how much they toke from Apple when they didn't recoment to customers the iPhone 4 with its Antenagate? Hmmm!
 
bobob said:
You're right - - if your primary use for your smartphone is purposely bending it, by all means choose the Samsung Galaxy Note 3!
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.. Hey even that would not be the right reason.
At keast the iPhones remain functional after bending.
The note right out dies when it bends. According to cs test
 
cynics said:
And english is letting you down.



Its obnoxious you can't stay on topic with our discussion but I will persevere!! Lol



You criticized someone for exaggerating bending force lbs. Then you refer to the Note 3 as "beast of a phone thick". That is an obvious exaggeration because the Note 3 has never had a stigma for being overly thick by any reviewer or owner. That is what is referred to as hypocrisy and is why I called you out on it. Follow?



Is the iPhone thinner? Yes, of course it is. However you bringing that up is changing the topic be are discussing.



I know its tough for you since you are battling everyone else in this thread and English is likely not your first language but try to keep up.
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English??

WTF??

I'm British you're probably American..

Who speaks the language correctly?
 
BvizioN said:
Thickness/thinness is like the size! Matter of preference. I wouldn't mind much more thinner smartphone but sort of flexible so it can bend but go back to its straight position. I guess that's the direction Apple will go. I personally want to minimise the volume of mobile objects I put in my pockets.



As for the battery, my iPhone 6 is doing much better then 5s I had. If I can get through the day without needing to charge my phone until I go to bed on the evening, I am fine.
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Hmm. I think Apple made too much of a big deal about both thin and small.
Really a bit bigger is I suspect great for the vast majority. They don't need to go all bleeding edge about it or they will soon end up with Bendgate/Scuffgate/Antennagate/Etceteragate.
Look at their marketing.
6mm thin, NO it's 6mm thick.
 
Yojimbo007 said:
Strong enough! That is the point !
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Time will tell if 30 - 45 % more weak than the previous model ( the 5s ) is still strong enough. I am happy that I waited with buying ( have a 5 ) and look forward to a more rugged 6s. I treated my phones always as phones and not as fancy $1000 devices. I have no plans to change my phone handling habits.
 
NovemberWhiskey said:
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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I use my note3 without a case and it looks like new after a year. I see more people using galaxy phones without casing but I rarely see an iPhone not in a case.

What's the point of great design when you can never get to enjoy it since the phone is always in a case.
 
trifid said:
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 :p
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So go buy a Moto X.

No one is forcing you to buy an iphone. You are totally free to enjoy whatever phone you want.

If you find extreme joy in your Moto X and that you can try to bend it as hard as you want, then good for you. Everyone is different.

Others who like the iPhone 6+ for its features will continue to enjoy it, and most will do so without bending as well.

No one is better than the other. People just want different things.

I'll be the first to admit my Macbook Pro is not the toughest laptop out there. People working in the military or in rough environments may not want to use it in the field. They might want a Panasonic toughbook. Does it make the toughbook better? Only to satisfy their wants and desires.

So go enjoy your different wants and desires. And we will do so with ours. But let's stop with crediting the less reliable (and what some is just outright nonsense) over the credible and reliable.
 
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