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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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Well quite, if you'd listened to the other gentlemen the transaxis capitulation syncing would have been off by at least a factor of 0.567
So is the Unbox Therapy guy either supernaturally strong or was he using some sort of fake/doctored iPhone 6 unit?
Edit: So apparently he made a new video of a newly unboxed 6 Plus and he was able to majorly deform it with just his bear hands again. Although the phone did disappear from view of the camera for a few seconds before he did the bending so he could have swapped it? Either way, the guy got 41m views on the original video. By my working out he's made about $41,000 from ad revenue alone on that video. Apple should sue him and take it all back.
Edit: So apparently he made a new video of a newly unboxed 6 Plus and he was able to majorly deform it with just his bear hands again. Although the phone did disappear from view of the camera for a few seconds before he did the bending so he could have swapped it? Either way, the guy got 41m views on the original video. By my working out he's made about $41,000 from ad revenue alone on that video. Apple should sue him and take it all back.
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That means it's almost bedtime! I don't even have a 6+ and I don't give a rats arse if it bends or not!
Why? I commented on the relevant parts and ignored the things you made up.
Yes, but it does so based on pure speculations. They are not making any additional tests that supports the claims, it's not evidence. I mean I think you must have posted that link at least ten times in this thread, but it's not the "smoking gun" you seem to think it is.
You, sir, have a gift and I thank you for your making this thread worth reading.
guy, you have a serious problem in dealing with reality.
Strenght and flexibility tests are performed in a standardized way to simulate or even outcome normal load stress.
They are performed with point of pressure locate so to maximize the effect (at the center while holding the device at the edges) this is not a distributed load across the length.
At the opposite video tests can be performed in every way (in more takes, editing the video, putting unknown pressure, and so on... )
You are free to choose any phone you like but don't mislead others with prejudices and errors, it's a very annoying and unfriendly behavior.
Thus said, I wish I could buy an iphone 6 plus or something like that. For now I have other kinds of problems.
It is really funny to see how much passion people puts even in trolling.
Well... those users are stupid to anyway if u even bend your phone to "test" to see its limits.
No one should be doing that anyway, its a phone, not toy.
I have a better way to test.... Give me a sledge hammer,,,, i guarantee all phones will fail that test even the dumb phones.
No one should be doing that anyway, its a phone, not toy.
I have a better way to test.... Give me a sledge hammer,,,, i guarantee all phones will fail that test
even the dumb phones.Yup. I've read some idiotic threads here in the last couple of years, but this one is by far the most asinine. A thin, aluminum electronic device bends when you force it. Yeah, and???... Who's really surprised? I said it on another thread and I'll say it here; people need to take some responsibility for their gear. It bends because it's thin and light. And being thin and light is the intended design. You can't have it both ways (at least not with current materials). It's like dating a model and complaining that she's a crap wrestler... If you **** up your phone, too bad. It's nobody's fault but your own. And if you really need round-the-clock protection from your own ignorance and irresponsibility, then lock yourself in your room, get your mom to bring you meals, and when she dies, hire a nanny... Totally pathetic.
Read this and explain me why this hypothesis is wrong.
http://imgur.com/a/FBegH And why the phone of user richardsonrs e.g. bent at that same spot in his jeans? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQxX_x3HTXQ https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/19935054/
And thanks for your concerns, but I don't think I have any reality issues. But I really dislike these trolls here too...
I already posited in one of my previous posts that it was most likely me sitting down with the phone in my front pocket. I am taking the blame here for sitting down - which I did several times during the course of the four days. I keep my phone in my front pocket. Always have.
It's all good, I seem to be the lucky one who has a bent phone, and it will be resolved tomorrow. If I am full of it then this story will disappear - although Slashdot has run it this morning so whether you like it or not it doesn't seem to be going away.
missing the point
While I enjoyed their video on the iPhone 6 plus bendgate.
I think it's missing the point. Hopefully not on purpose.
They were only bending them for 10 seconds and then letting them flex back. But the reports I've herard are that they bend when stressed for hours at a time in pants poket.
As I am wanting to get an iPhone 6 plus when they are available. And I cary my phone in my front jeans pocket I would be interested in seeing the test done again.
If they could redo the test at 10 and 20 pounds and hold it for 1 hour, then 2 hours and so on to see how long it takes for it to not flex back. That would be more reflective of the reports and real life (as it's not uncommon to be driving with my phone in my front jeans pocket for many hours).
The other thing they should do to make it more scientific is test how much force an object the size of the iPhone 6 plus receives in tight jeans when sitting. And use that as the weight they use to hold for icrimental hours at a time.
While I enjoyed their video on the iPhone 6 plus bendgate.
I think it's missing the point. Hopefully not on purpose.
They were only bending them for 10 seconds and then letting them flex back. But the reports I've herard are that they bend when stressed for hours at a time in pants poket.
As I am wanting to get an iPhone 6 plus when they are available. And I cary my phone in my front jeans pocket I would be interested in seeing the test done again.
If they could redo the test at 10 and 20 pounds and hold it for 1 hour, then 2 hours and so on to see how long it takes for it to not flex back. That would be more reflective of the reports and real life (as it's not uncommon to be driving with my phone in my front jeans pocket for many hours).
The other thing they should do to make it more scientific is test how much force an object the size of the iPhone 6 plus receives in tight jeans when sitting. And use that as the weight they use to hold for icrimental hours at a time.
Yeah, as pointed out already I think, this guy's MacRumors and Twitter account both created today.
Seems to be a common theme with these adamant "loyal Apple fans" and their bending issues...
Twitter account was created in 2011. Do your research.
How does the CR test show it will not be an issue under normal use? I haven't seen anyone do a normal use test except the few people who had the phone bend in their pockets. Time is the only thing that is going to show if this is a problem.
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You haven't caught him doing anything. You just keep accusing him of lying and refuting everything he posts. He provided evidence.
Absolutely correct. The CR tests show us the iPhone 6 is less resistant to deformation than the iPhone 5, the "next step" through real world use will be to see if the iPhone 6 is "strong enough" for everyday use. Only the use by hundreds of thousand of "average users" will give us that answer.
It's the conclusion of their test.
Also keeping in mind, who they are.
(From their about page)
Would bending it screen first vs bending it from the back make a difference? In unbox therapy video he did it from the screen first. In consumer reports they did it from the back. It may make a difference on how easily it bends.
Right. But I'm not buying the iPhone because it is thin and light. I want the iPhone 6 for the class leading CPU, iOS 8 and its Apps, Touch ID, and Apple Pay. Those are all great things and stuff that I can't get in an Android phone. But I have to take what may be a fragile design to get the things that I want.
I wouldn't say we should whine about this. But it might be a serious concern.
I just watched the CR video, which I hadn't previously (had only read the text). Don't see how anyone can be satisfied by that thin bar pressing down in the center of the phone. That doesn't seem to replicate any "real world" stress situation a phone will encounter (let alone address the charge that the iPhone has a weakness at a specific point in its chassis).
Correct, it is their opinion that it won't be an issue. Their test proves nothing about real world use just like bending it with your hands doesn't prove it will bend in your pocket. The next month or two will go a long way toward dispelling the issue or confirming it.
I've provided mathematical evidence that he is lying.
I'm not saying he lied about the bending of the phone.
I'm saying he lied about the way he bent the phone.
If you think about his situation and put it in a physics perspective what he says doesn't add up.
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