so what if Apple uses a super strong material to make the iPhone. It doesn't bend in your tight pants pockets but cut broken it. and people will complain that iPhone cut stuff ? haha
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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Hmmm?
They are talking about the scenario to put pressure on a certain point near the volume button, not evenly distributed pressure.
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If the two phones use the same plastic (and I don't know if they do) your phone will not be any more durable. They aren't major scratches or nicks, but they are very fine. It's a cheap plastic, and I've seen it on more than one device.
No one said you MUST use your iphone or any phone in a case. I'm going naked on my 6 right now, and it looks and feels great.
The weird thing about the 6+ is that it feels heavier naked than with the Apple leather case. I guess it must be how the weight is distributed across my hand.
Lol... I am amazed at some considering that to be the truth.. Give all the proven facts about faked videos... Inconsistencies in Canadian dudes conclusions between 6 and 6+.......and then come Cs test results.
Timing if the Canadian dudes test out if the blues !
Competition being in panic mode after observing the reception to iPhone 6..
Competition havering been proven as total lowlives ...
Your intentions obvious ...
you see people using a case for iphones because they value their product so much and want it to be prestine as possible, which is the same way i treat my galaxy phone and iphone - i don't care much of my galaxy phone, than my iphone.
omg. it amazes me how people in the third world kill/stab people to get their hands on an iphone. and in western countries people are breaking them for just to see what happens! if only they knew how valuable that commodity is in other parts of the world.
It's more valuable being broken as a YouTube clip worth many thousands of dollars compared to a resale. The resellers aren't making much on each phone and are doing it in bulk. It's not amazing it's economics! It's amazes me you don't realise that.
The weird thing about the 6+ is that it feels heavier naked than with the Apple leather case. I guess it must be how the weight is distributed across my hand.[/QUOTE said:
That's the different between you and me. I don't want my phone to be a burden to me. I don't want to keep worrying about the phone every time I put it in pocket or put it one the table etc.
Yes, an Android tech site and You Tube channel 'faked' the iPhones drop test
no they did not fake anything, if your talking about screen separation, that never happened and is down to the rubbish slow mo camera they used, it's easy to see that in their video.
That's not unique to Apple and I don't see anything wrong with that. If you measure everything by thickness, there won't be a need for the word thin
It's like saying you can't use the word dark because there isn't such thing as dark. Dark is absence of light. Or you can't use the word cold because there isn't such thing as cold. Cold is the absence of heat.
My assertion in easy to prove based on the number of replies to negative articles about Apple. Go to any tech site and you can easily see that. Can provide a source that Jon Fortt benefits financially by saying positive things about Apple? If you have one I'd love to see it.
Out of curiosity: In which grade did you decide to stop paying attention to your science teacher?
Take a piece of metal the size of an iPhone 6 and create an artificial weak point off center at the location of the volume buttons by cutting 40% of the width into the metal. Now apply pressure in the center. What do you think where it will bend? In the center? Or in the weak spot? Really, please, try it.
If you don't have a piece of metal available, try it with a piece of wood instead. Only difference is that it will not bend. It will break.
In the weak spot.
Right, I am sure CR would risk their reputation on this kind of thing. Sure.
You think a reputable source is wrong and must have been paid for their opinion, after people there who understand basic science better than you have run a test that you have chosen to doubt based on no practical evidence whatsoever. Sadly, you said only that you are willing to "wager a guess" as opposed to being willing to "wager a bet". There'd be good money to be made from you otherwise.
Bent phones: bloggers 50 - users 9
I contend that there have been more iPhones bent by bloggers looking for attention than have been bent in real life usage. As an iPhone 6 Plus user myself, I've sat for several hours at work with the phone in my front pocket (Haggar pants, not jeans) and there is no sign of a bend at all.
How many of those 9 reports to Apple were due to people putting the phone down face up and noticing the phone rocks but not realizing that it was due to the camera?
That third video made by that YouTube guy is just as suspicious as his first one. He plainly lied. He basically tries to get us to believe that the phone just came out of its box by making that whole show of taking the film off of the phone. But then he turns it on, which was his mistake, discrediting himself as a liar.
As every iPhone owner knows, only a phone that's been turned on before and set up goes to the home screen instantly after hitting the home button. Every new phone coming out of the box has a power up period where you see nothing but the Apple logo, followed by the Hello screen, followed by about two minutes of setup before ever reaching the home screen. So obviously the phone's been out of its box for a lot longer than he's trying to make us believe.
So what did he do to the phone BEFORE he gathered witnesses? His first iPhone 6 Plus video was clearly fake as he pre-bent it by whatever means off-screen, filmed his conclusion lamenting the weakness of the phone, and then bent it again twenty minutes later, pretending that was his first attempt to bend it. Plainly the guy lies and lies a lot. Nothing in his videos can be believed since there are just too many inconsistencies to be believed. Does he really think people are so stupid that they can't see his mistakes? My regret is that I watched his videos and donated to his ill-gotten gains.
I contend that there have been more iPhones bent by bloggers looking for attention than have been bent in real life usage. As an iPhone 6 Plus user myself, I've sat for several hours at work with the phone in my front pocket (Haggar pants, not jeans) and there is no sign of a bend at all.
How many of those 9 reports to Apple were due to people putting the phone down face up and noticing the phone rocks but not realizing that it was due to the camera?
That third video made by that YouTube guy is just as suspicious as his first one. He plainly lied. He basically tries to get us to believe that the phone just came out of its box by making that whole show of taking the film off of the phone. But then he turns it on, which was his mistake, discrediting himself as a liar.
As every iPhone owner knows, only a phone that's been turned on before and set up goes to the home screen instantly after hitting the home button. Every new phone coming out of the box has a power up period where you see nothing but the Apple logo, followed by the Hello screen, followed by about two minutes of setup before ever reaching the home screen. So obviously the phone's been out of its box for a lot longer than he's trying to make us believe.
So what did he do to the phone BEFORE he gathered witnesses? His first iPhone 6 Plus video was clearly fake as he pre-bent it by whatever means off-screen, filmed his conclusion lamenting the weakness of the phone, and then bent it again twenty minutes later, pretending that was his first attempt to bend it. Plainly the guy lies and lies a lot. Nothing in his videos can be believed since there are just too many inconsistencies to be believed. Does he really think people are so stupid that they can't see his mistakes? My regret is that I watched his videos and donated to his ill-gotten gains.
Less likely to bend in pocket with screen facing your leg?
One thing i've noticed is all the tests i've seen try to bend them with the screen on the outside.
Whenever I put my phone in my pocket, I purposefully do so with the screen facing my leg.
Then if I was to walk into anything like a table, the screen won't take a hit and potentially shatter.
Presumably the phone should be less likely to bend with the screen towards your leg too?
One thing i've noticed is all the tests i've seen try to bend them with the screen on the outside.
Whenever I put my phone in my pocket, I purposefully do so with the screen facing my leg.
Then if I was to walk into anything like a table, the screen won't take a hit and potentially shatter.
Presumably the phone should be less likely to bend with the screen towards your leg too?
yep, that's you. and i don't worry either - I am just stating a personal opinion; that in my case i do have both phones - but i value my iphone more than my galaxy that's why i bought a case for it..
I used my 4S without a case and I probably dropped it on the concrete 50+ times, now it has tons of scratches. So I'm buying my 6 with a case. I hate a scratched phone.
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Its worth noting that although the iPhone 6 has the same profile design on the edges as the 6 Plus, the fact that its shorter makes harder to achieve the moment necessary to cause the flexion like in the 6 Plus."
Wrong conclusion.. .....Wrong hypothesis .
Iphone 6 bends easer than iphone 6+
But both are strong enough for sane individuals ( not the Canadian tester dude or those who think that is sane use )
Strong enough. Thinnest and lightest phones on market . Those are facts.
Everything else is the lowlife undignified competition trying their damn best to save their neck through disinformation.. And keeping this line of conversation alive to maximize damage !
On that note.. Good night.
Too much bs here.
The article states that the metal reinforcement is helping to resist the pressure at the weak spot if you put pressure on the device evenly as in the Apple or CR test, but not if you put the pressure directly at the weak spot itself, because it's too short... http://imgur.com/a/FBegH
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You can't possibly be serious?
Well, to start with I still have the Galaxy s5 and not using case because there is no point. It's a plastic phone and you can replace covers. I have 2 covers, black (that came with the phone) and electric blue whic I bought on Amazon. And slap a screen protector on its display.
But I don't think your claim is true. All the Galaxy phones I have seen in a wild have been with some weird primitive flip-screen cover cases with a little screen window on it (that remind me early 2000) and I have always wonder why would you want to cover the plastic with........plastic???
Not sure why you are giving more credibility to a blog that has existed for 1 day, than Consumer Reports. Anyone can make a blog post, it's not more credible than linking to a forum post here.
Besides the sarcasm, there's some truth in this.
Who needs a bend test to buy a phone? The only value of this CR story is that it may put the hashtag to rest, but for the rest of us sane individuals, we already knew that this phone was not going to bend under normal use. Nobody needed this piece to be sure.
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