You need to school up on the difference between civil and criminal law. Civil law does not pertain to what is "illegal" but certainly does when ones has been 'injured' or suffered loss at the result of anotheres actions, ie defamation.
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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You need to school up on the difference between civil and criminal law. Civil law does not pertain to what is "illegal" but certainly does when ones has been 'injured' or suffered loss at the result of anotheres actions, ie defamation.
However don't sit on it
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Indeed. It bent by itself. It's magic.
Maybe magnetic field distortion?
Agreed. There's not a single independent source using scientific analysis that says bendgate is a problem. Two independent sources, SquareTrade and Consumer Reports, say it isn't a problem. Yet people believe a YouTuber who's a proven liar?
Not sure if this one has been posted before (there's a lot of comments!) but this looks pretty bad...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3Ds6uf0Yg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3Ds6uf0Yg
And 99.9% of the negative stuff is from people who don't actually own the device.
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If this is a link to the YouTube video of the proven liar, I won't click on it and give him money.
That guy bent it without much effort.
I can clearly see the weak point is exactly at the same postion as first video the guy made.
And explain us exactly why someone should make a test putting 70+ lbs of force on a single precise point of a thin aluminum frame? Just to please you?
Is that anyhow related to a real world usage?
No, it's not.
And under the same logic I could wonder if someone is paying bashers to ignite flames around the web on that silly issue.
Maybe 10+ millions of units sold in a few days were worrisome to someone...
As I said several times, it bent by itself. It's absolutely credible. It happens.
Maybe...
Can you share some details like the production date or serial number, as well as where you buy it?
I know it might be privacy concern, just share what you can to see if there is a pattern of a particular production batch or this can be a random problem due to a design flaw instead of a production flaw.
Did you notice something in particular, like the iPhone was getting really hot also?
And also please share what kind of questions the Genius Bar ask you after your appointment. Hopefully the replacement one you get doesn't suffer from this.
See if they will offer a free case? Would you take one if they do?
If you're going to make that claim then back it up with proof. Let's see it.
It is all about levers and fulcrums, IOW physics.
Consumer Reports did not report that the applied force relative to the distance from an end was considered. A smaller phone should be more difficult to bend. (Ever try to bend anything that is short / small?)
Patient: Doc, I have a pain in my arm when I do this.
Doctor: Then don't do that.
Anyone bending his expensive phone must have plenty of money but not very much gray matter.
My HTC One M8 is in a case to protect it from being damaged if it falls out of my pocket. I never get to the point that I would sit down with the phone in my pocket, although I am sure some people get their brains to that point.
Consumer Reports did not report that the applied force relative to the distance from an end was considered. A smaller phone should be more difficult to bend. (Ever try to bend anything that is short / small?)
Patient: Doc, I have a pain in my arm when I do this.
Doctor: Then don't do that.
Anyone bending his expensive phone must have plenty of money but not very much gray matter.
My HTC One M8 is in a case to protect it from being damaged if it falls out of my pocket. I never get to the point that I would sit down with the phone in my pocket, although I am sure some people get their brains to that point.
Stages of android fanboy grief in this thread:
Denial - "No! Backwards hat wearing guy would never lie to us!"
Anger - "Apple paid square trade and consumer reports!"
Bargaining - "Can't you guys just accept there's a problem?? Its still weaker than android phones..."
Depression - "But I know its true...@ibendiphones on twitter said so and there's a bunch of memes and hashtags out there...I'm devastated"
Acceptance - wont happen, they go back to denial lol
Denial - "No! Backwards hat wearing guy would never lie to us!"
Anger - "Apple paid square trade and consumer reports!"
Bargaining - "Can't you guys just accept there's a problem?? Its still weaker than android phones..."
Depression - "But I know its true...@ibendiphones on twitter said so and there's a bunch of memes and hashtags out there...I'm devastated"
Acceptance - wont happen, they go back to denial lol
Even consumer reports video confirmed that new iPhones are almost 2x less durable vs. iPhone 5/5s and most of the competition.
As much as I like "SOME" Apple products, I am happy that they are getting all this negative press. It will only force them to think twice about putting all this crap on shelves.
They could have made those iPhones 1 mm thicker, make them as durable as previous 5's and make the camera lens not stick out, put even bigger batteries and perhaps do something about those ugly antenna bands. No one would give a darn thing about new phones being 1 mm thicker
As much as I like "SOME" Apple products, I am happy that they are getting all this negative press. It will only force them to think twice about putting all this crap on shelves.
They could have made those iPhones 1 mm thicker, make them as durable as previous 5's and make the camera lens not stick out, put even bigger batteries and perhaps do something about those ugly antenna bands. No one would give a darn thing about new phones being 1 mm thicker
This type of articles makes me think that this Bendgate thing could be promoted by the competition. I'll not be surprise if samsung invented something like this.
He did not say it bend itself, he said he put it in his front/deep pocket of his "not skinny jeans"... So you don't have to try to ridicule his argument.
Before you jump up and down, check the report first. Samsung and LG scored better in the test. They tested Samsung, LG, Apple and HTC phones. HTC was the worst. You are complaining about fans not being objective, right?
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/09/consumer-reports-tests-iphone-6-bendgate/index.htm
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It's very hard for you to have any credibility when you can't even spell and won't even take the time to learn how to spell:
"psihiatric analisys" is really "psychiatric analysis"
If you would only finish high school, you might have a chance to succeed in the world. Become a high school fanboy instead of a high school dropout.
Excuse me mate, but premium doesn't mean stronger in an electronic device.
Its volume, being thinner, isn't much increased over the iPhone 5's. Same for the weight. And this with a bigger display and longer battery life.
In my opinion that means premium.
I even saw a reporter on CNN trying to bend the phone with his hands (like the video you youtube) and he can't. Obviously this was not a scientific test.
No one claimed the iPhone 6 Plus bends at its center. There are reports and proof in internet that the iPhone 6 Plus bends at the upper top.
Now we have a report that the Plus does not bend at the center. That's hillarious.
I am a very happy 6 Plus owner and I love this phone. But you have to test against the claims.
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