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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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She works non-stop without breaks and she's not allowed home....
Does she work for Foxconn?
I hope they didn't see me either.And it does take some force to flex it.
Indeed. I can see accidentally bending it by sitting on it in the right circumstances. But in my front pocket I don't see how it could bend. It's pretty solid.
Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
It's just common sense.
Do we really think Tim Cook, Johnny Ive and all others would be handling these phones and not give it a budge to check how it feels in the hand and bend a bit.
And all these guys would miss the fact the phone just bends in the hand like a piece of rubber....
It's just common sense.
Do we really think Tim Cook, Johnny Ive and all others would be handling these phones and not give it a budge to check how it feels in the hand and bend a bit.
And all these guys would miss the fact the phone just bends in the hand like a piece of rubber....
I'd say that I don't know why a regular user would try to do something so stupid like try to bend his 699$ M8 (or whatever other flagship out there)
I never understood how a video of a guy sitting at a table purposely bending phones with his hands gained so much traction. It wasn't a controlled test. He couldn't even tell how much pressure was needed to bend the phone, much less guarantee that he was applying equal force to all the phones that he tested. Now we know what a farce that video was as he obviously wasn't applying equal force.
People need to surf the web with more skepticism. Nine complaints about bent iPhones out of how many million that have been sold, and look at where we are at. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad, though now that I think about it it's still hilarious.
Remember when the 5S was released and everyone started ripping Apple because some people hacked past the touchID by lifting fingerprints and creating a synthetic fake one? Well how many people reading this had their iPhones compromised in that way? Probably none, that was a none issue and Bendgate will be another hilarious example of needless nitpicking by people who are far too in love with their electronic devices.
People need to surf the web with more skepticism. Nine complaints about bent iPhones out of how many million that have been sold, and look at where we are at. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad, though now that I think about it it's still hilarious.
Remember when the 5S was released and everyone started ripping Apple because some people hacked past the touchID by lifting fingerprints and creating a synthetic fake one? Well how many people reading this had their iPhones compromised in that way? Probably none, that was a none issue and Bendgate will be another hilarious example of needless nitpicking by people who are far too in love with their electronic devices.
I think that you would feel it digging into your leg or waist before it would bend. I can't believe that just walking around the phone bends. I can see it bending in your back pocket or cracking the screen. In your front pocket, I think you would notice it being uncomfortable before it would bend.
Fess up to what? I told you all already. I won't be in front of the bent phone until Monday. Taking a photo of mine will do nothing because, as I've said from the beginning, mine isn't bad at all and I pretty much took the bend out of it myself, by bending it the opposite way. If I use a metal ruler against *my* phone and put them up to a bright light you can barely see a little light coming from between the ruler and the phone at the top corner. Showing you a picture of this is pointless. The one you want to see will be posted Monday, so you can go on thinking I'm lying until then.
Listen dude, it's quite easy to perform a search on your activity on this forum, since there is very little. And it's only about Apple bashing....
I'm done with you. Don't feed the troll.
I think the test was too simple and did not really attempt to replicate real-world use. My theory is that, given the reports of owners, when combined with the measured loss in 60lbs of rigidity, and we have a phone that bends in your pocket (under the right conditions) that didn't before. As such, it's a reasonable assumption.
Well, there's always a "gate" it seems.
Again, according to CR, the phone is soft. Still, not made of dough. So with typical use it should be fine. The issue is that "typical" means different things to different people, which is why Apple having this 'gate.
I haven't even laid my hands on one yet, I can't attest how durable it is (or isn't). Yet all this drama is so predictable, and in my estimation overblown. I may be wrong, but I don't think so.
I haven't laid my hands on one either. And I agree this may be a bit overblown, as all the 'gates have been. But this is hardware here. I never had to worry about my device bending when carrying it. With a significant loss of rigidity, now I would have to consider my "typical" use case and adjust. This is Apple here. Being at the top means everyone is looking at you. This design paradigm has now bit them. They fired people the last time a 'gate happened, and I think this is the worst one, and the one that has the most "merit" (if you can call it that).
Then why would you use the word "illegal"? It's clear you're not "aware".
I made no specific statement with regards to false statements in the video. That is your assertion which again is incorrect. I'm mearly correcting your lack of knowledge per civil/criminal law.
We are going to lose those obese guys, so it's better not doing that
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Again.... You are not supposed to apply force on a single point of the phone. There is absolutely no reason to do that. So even if the point is weaker than others spots, in real usage the phone wouldn't bend because forces are applied on the whole surface of the phone.
Again.... You are not supposed to apply force on a single point of the phone. There is absolutely no reason to do that. So even if the point is weaker than others spots, in real usage the phone wouldn't bend because forces are applied on the whole surface of the phone.
That's the point.
Someone was so stupid to sat on it. It bent. The idiot spreaded the news in the attempt to blame Apple for his fault and the haters jumped on it (maybe sponsored by some competitors, who knows...).
It was a good laugh what HTC did. Cheer up.
Still pretty embarrassing for them. Lg and htc should have left the childish crap to Samsung.
Crazy that in this day and age, companies are still trying to create iPhone killers.
all those who bent phones
i wonder if all those bent fone cases popping up, if those owners have real nice firm full butts? depending on the shape of the butt will cause different bends in the fone? pointy VS full round VS huge big butts yeah!
put a fone behind it -- work out those blubber pockets yo!
i love you all!
i wonder if all those bent fone cases popping up, if those owners have real nice firm full butts? depending on the shape of the butt will cause different bends in the fone? pointy VS full round VS huge big butts yeah!
put a fone behind it -- work out those blubber pockets yo!
i love you all!
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