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

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richardsonrs said:
Here is a simple video I made showing how my iPhone 6+ got bent. Twice now. Now that I know this happens, I simply pull my pants leg up a bit while I am kneeling down and that gives it the needed room. Having never had to do that before with any other phones I have owned I did not know it was necessary. I have never put my phone into my back pocket and sat on it. Please don't come back to me with that.

You guys would really be surprised, as I was, at how little force was required for the corner to bend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQxX_x3HTXQ
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Thank you very much for this video. But be prepared to be called liar and worse here...
 
johnnygee said:
CR is definitely more scientific and unbiased than some unknown kid abusing a phone on YouTube.
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They had the machines to test for unequal pressure and yet instead repeated the same flawed experiment and put pressure on the center point of the phone? Where the problem with the phone isn't in question? The phone's overall bendiness is not too bad. It's the critical point at the volume buttons that's being completely ignored. Which is where all the bends are occurring.
 
BJonson said:
I see the bend in the video. You must be watching it on a 4s. Get a bigger screen.
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You see the bend??

Seriously?

At that distance an object held on his hand high up on the sky?

Sir you must have some powerful goggles!!
 
fmcarv said:
You see the bend??

Seriously?

At that distance an object held on his hand high up on the sky?

Sir you must have some powerful goggles!!
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Nope. Just was watching it on my S5 active. Guess my screen is too awesome.
 
rsocal said:
No record iPhone sales that year?
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If you could read, I agreed and said it only hurt the phone itself. Which is why they felt it necessary to hold an event, offer free stuff (bumpers) and redesign the antenna. Probably minor impact on sales, but that doesn't mean the problem didn't exist. Or are sales the only thing you care about?
 
Interesting that in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IROcoJeVfSI&list=UUsTcErHg8oDvUnTzoqsYeNw

He was unable to bend the HTC One M8, but in the consumer reports video, it shows the HTC One M8 bends at 70 lbs of force. He puts a "small dent" in the iPhone 6. Again... Consumer reports reported 70 lbs of force.

Consumer Reports stated the iPhone 6+ took 90 lbs of force.

Perhaps he's removing the beam on the side of the iPhone to make it bend easier? Beam shown below:

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The only bent phones you're going to see will have been done on purpose!

Maybe some will get bent from extreme situations unintentional, but very few!
 
iBug2 said:
How is the test flawed? Should they have tested it on the back pockets of various fat people? That would be more scientific?
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In a way yes. They should have used a former which is a facsimile of a posteria. They should then apply repeated sustained pressure across the whole surface to simulate sitting and standing. Pressure, release pressure, pressure, release pressure.
 
rsocal said:
The only bent phones you're going to see will have been done on purpose!

Maybe some will get bent from extreme situations unintentional, but very few!
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I wouldn't call putting it in your pocket on purpose.
 
I realize it will probably never happen but I would love to see a refresh of the iPhone 5s internals; I like the size and based on the Consumer Reports test its stronger that the iPhone 6.
 
fmcarv said:
These guys that bend phones always miraculously bend them back into shape...

Dear me!!

Show me a bent phone!!!
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It wasn't particularly hard to bend back. The only issue with it actually was that the screen had separated a bit afterwards. That I am not comfortable with, otherwise I would honestly have left it alone the second time. It is VERY slight but the screen is still separated.
 
fmcarv said:
So it's Apple fault and a design fault you go about doing yoga with a 5.5inch phone in your pocket?
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I thought the phone will not bend in not tight jeans. So now putting the phone in the front pocket of a loose and not tight jeans is not "normal use" anymore too? Ah, I forgot, "normal use" is everything except when the phone bends. ;)
 
richardsonrs said:
Here is a simple video I made showing how my iPhone 6+ got bent. Twice now. Now that I know this happens, I simply pull my pants leg up a bit while I am kneeling down and that gives it the needed room. Having never had to do that before with any other phones I have owned I did not know it was necessary. I have never put my phone into my back pocket and sat on it. Please don't come back to me with that.

You guys would really be surprised, as I was, at how little force was required for the corner to bend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQxX_x3HTXQ
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I believe ya man... Once something bends on metal... it will continue to bend. It's created a weak spot. It'd be interesting if a new phone would do the same for you.
 
My last post specificly said "iPhone" and sales is what would determine whether the problem hurt them.

Improving the antenna was just another part of progress!
I'm sure the next iPhone will be strong on the sides whether it needs it or not....
 
johnnygee said:
I'm guessing "normal usage" for a college kid isn't the same as normal usage for the rest of us.
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I thought college kids only used Android phones because Google told 'em they'd only achieve freedom thru it's open system?
 
richardsonrs said:
It wasn't particularly hard to bend back. The only issue with it actually was that the screen had separated a bit afterwards. That I am not comfortable with, otherwise I would honestly have left it alone the second time. It is VERY slight but the screen is still separated.
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Can we have a close up photo?

And your username on the side of it

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ritmomundo said:
This makes me laugh. How can Apple brush this off so easily as a non-issue?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3Ds6uf0Yg
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Nobody cares no more

Look at the views...way down from the 30M he had on his first.

People caught him as a liar..

Reputation down the drain....
 
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