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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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I think that's Apple's biggest mistake with the 6 Plus: sticking with the same big top and bottom bezel design as their smaller phones.. It's taller than the Note 3 even though it has a slightly smaller screen. The 6 Plus is right past the sweet spot of how tall even a "phablet" should be if you expect to keep it in your front pocket comfortably IMO. I've owned the Note 2, Note 3, 6 Plus, Galaxy Mega, and Xperia Z Ultra.
The Note 2 and 3 didn't feel uncomfortable in my front pocket or feel subjected to a lot of pressure whenever I sat, while the other phones, which are all much taller, were clearly not as comfortable and felt as if they were put under a lot more pressure whenever I sat down.
What you are doing with your butt isn't of my concern, but I'm surely not going to apply force on a single spot of my phone with it
Maybe premium should mean that something is made of durable and recyclable materials instead of sh i tty plastics that mess up our food and water chains.
Without wanting to be the crybaby over here. People should start caring a little more again. And then I mean taking care of instead of threating things as if they were made to be broken.
If there is a real problem Apple should fix it.
This is a response to most who don't understand or have direct experience of force of pressure in the amounts that have been specified.
Perhaps it would assist in the understanding what amounts of pressure are applied to a device before it breaches in the conditions as claimed. This would inturn assist forum members contribution To this subject.
The other thing that would assist in an informed contribution is having direct experience with the device. However the reference to an engineer is simply because they have a former grasp of subject such as this and what is generated on average through daily usage. Do you know?
Don't go to the video, you are just giving a troll ad revenue. I've deleted a character from the link so it won't work, as I have no intention to feed the troll.
And thanks to CR for actual scientific testing. I'm sill going to buy the 6+ as soon as I'm able.
And thanks to CR for actual scientific testing. I'm sill going to buy the 6+ as soon as I'm able.
As I stated, it would require a different type of prolonged stress test. A lower amount of force over a longer period of time could have different results. I am hoping John Fortt at CNBC gets a response to this same question he asked Apple.
Use your head. There are zero iPhone 6+ units to be had anywhere. Supposedly theses guys just waltz out multiple times per day and come home with one?
Try to think now....
I don't know if is possible to measure it, because there are many variables including the fact that the driver seat is soft and not hard. But I still think that drive with a phone thin and light, mostly made of glass, in your back pocket isn't a great idea
Woah, do not let reality interfere with someone's rant. Don't you always love a "they don't agree with my point of view, therefore they must be paid" post?
Mate, seriously, give me a break. Your phone didn't bend by itself in "normal usage". You most probably inadvertently sat on it and don't remember....
You have to put ur phone under a lot of pressure to bend it like that.
The iPhone Plus is not a back pocket phone and anyone that purchases one will know that. If you need a phone that is stronger then get a different phone.
I am aware. What specific statements made by the OP of the video were false against Apple?
Apple already showed they do prolonged stress tests.
It's all over now bendie blue....
Others have posted this man's calm common sense explanation of this whole iPhone Bend hype:
This should explain everything without the hype. I swear all you kids believe everything you see on the Internet. I bet if you saw a video of bridge to sell you would believe it and try to fund the purchase.
This should explain everything without the hype. I swear all you kids believe everything you see on the Internet. I bet if you saw a video of bridge to sell you would believe it and try to fund the purchase.
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I think they are trying to say here.
The iPhones that are bending in tests are not real iPhones, they are fake, weaker devices made my someone else, in an attempt to rubbish the Apple Brand.
Real iPhones from Apple are not bending.
Everyone who is bending them is using poorer quality fake ones.
I believe that's what some here are trying to say.
It doesn't matter if you really own (or not.........) an iPhone 6+
And it doesn't matter if the note 3 resisted more: it's made of plastic and it's 8.3 mm versus 7.1 mm. Btw the Samsung phablet wasn't functional anymore after the test while the iPhone was.
The point is that you need 90 pounds to bend it, and it's way beyond normal usage, so if you really have an iPhone, you are safe.
No matter also in speaking about a single weak point: in normal usage you are not going to apply pressure to a single point of the frame like those ridiculous videos are doing.
The bendie mentality will have a hard time understanding that something could be engineered strong enough for its intended purpose...that after a certain point making it stronger serves no purpose.
One could design a dinner fork that could lift 50 lbs without bending. So what?
The guy with the iPhone and Moto X compare did a couple of dishonest things ...
First, pay close attention to the iPhone portion of the video. After making a great show of it being brand new and untouched just before he starts bending it he drops it down below camera range. Now when he does start bending it note the position of his elbows and wrists. Elbows are bent, wrists straight and then bent as he pushes with his thumb.
Then go forward to the Moto X section. He locks his elbows straight out and his wrists are already bent and his thumbs fully stretched out across the back of the Moto X. He barely applied any pressure at all.
This is a classic technique used to fool people by everybody from magicians to carnival sideshows to street performers, Uri Geller types, you name it. He keeps your attention on his hands and the phone so you don't notice he's doing two entirely different moves. And if you think that iPhone was the same one he showed you in the beginning of the video I can assure you you're mistaken.
And then there is the matter of the "witnesses". Truly some bad acting going on there. This looked a lot like a poor imitation of a Chris Angel trick. And in the end there is no data so there is no test. This joker wants lots of attention and has figured out a way to get it without actually proving anything.
First, pay close attention to the iPhone portion of the video. After making a great show of it being brand new and untouched just before he starts bending it he drops it down below camera range. Now when he does start bending it note the position of his elbows and wrists. Elbows are bent, wrists straight and then bent as he pushes with his thumb.
Then go forward to the Moto X section. He locks his elbows straight out and his wrists are already bent and his thumbs fully stretched out across the back of the Moto X. He barely applied any pressure at all.
This is a classic technique used to fool people by everybody from magicians to carnival sideshows to street performers, Uri Geller types, you name it. He keeps your attention on his hands and the phone so you don't notice he's doing two entirely different moves. And if you think that iPhone was the same one he showed you in the beginning of the video I can assure you you're mistaken.
And then there is the matter of the "witnesses". Truly some bad acting going on there. This looked a lot like a poor imitation of a Chris Angel trick. And in the end there is no data so there is no test. This joker wants lots of attention and has figured out a way to get it without actually proving anything.
Yes, a significantly lower amount of force (maybe 25 lbs max) that is applied equally across the entire top/bottom of the device. It's not going to bend. You could simulate that on a table top just by placing a weight on top of the phone.
when i see an actual iPhone being bought from an Apple Store and unboxed live and then being bent...all this in an uncut video with witnesses.
until then my friend anything is possible.
I mean Unboxing Therapy showed us a phone that he claimed was new (he even shows the plastic wrap, but that strangely had been already activated
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