This "issue" is hilarious considering I don't think twice about putting my naked 6 in my skinny jeans. There's gonna be a lot of that considering I'm a woman who wears nothing but tight pants. Most of my back pockets are too small for the 6, but front pockets lets the phone slide in almost perfectly
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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the flipflopper..... Hate them if they say something negative about Apple one year....love them the next year if the defend Apple.....classic.......
How about the reverse direction, love them if they say something negative about Apple one year, then hate them the next if they say something positive.
Yeah, that's what I thought too. I was surprised that consumer reports found the 6+ to be more durable. I didn't expect that.
Samsung, Moto, HTC, etc all make pretty solid devices. No manufacturer claims that their device is indestructible because they're not. They all have a breaking point. Real world use is what is important.
I can drag my 55" LG TV behind my truck and destroy it, but that doesn't make it a bad TV. That's not real world use.
That Lou joker can say whatever he wants. He has an agenda to make as much money off of this as he can and he's laughing all the way to the bank. I'm not saying that he didn't break the phone. I'm not accusing him of rigging anything. Maybe it's legit, maybe it's not. The fact is what he is doing is not a real world situation. He is simply busting a phone.
If he was doing this to another device, an HTC for example, I'd say the same thing. That's not real world use. It's not controlled scientific testing, it's just a dude breaking a phone.
We have so many good phones to choose from these days, use what you like and have fun.
I believe he broke the phone, that's what he was trying to do. I think I could break it too if I tried. But that doesn't mean it will bend in your pocket.
True. Where's a relevant scientific publication saying there's a relation between this 3-point stress test and a real person using the phone inside his/her pocket?
Quite true. That's what I have been saying, neither test is real world use. The field testing is going on right now as millions of people carry their iPhone 6's with them. We have one user in this thread who's phone bent in his pocket. He provide pics and a video. I believe him.
It's the break in the reenforcement combined with the volume button hole. The other reenforcement breaks are over areas of continuous aluminum.
Actually, it is a pretty good point that the hypothesis fails to address: there are similar breaks in the reinforcements along that edge that the Apple and CR tests addressed. And if the bend occurs because of a weakness caused by the volume button cutouts, the bend should have occurred there (at the cutout for the volume button). But it occurrs BELOW the button, near the bottom of the reinforcement (where the screw is) OR at the break in the reinforcement. That was the WHOLE POINT of the reinforcement: to prevent weakness at the volume button. And the only credible hypothesis is that reinforcements on both sides of the break caused a weakness at the break itself, which is where the bending looks to be occurring.
Did you miss the post with all the iPhone 4, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S phones that have bent? I would say in total throughout the years, we are talking less than 50 phones (and that is giving your camp a HUGE benefit of the doubt).
That is out of MILLIONS of phones sold. Probably over 100 million phones.
Is it a problem? Yeah, a few people have had the problem. A few people have had failed home buttons, power buttons, battery problems, screen defects, etc.
It doesn't mean all people will suffer from the problem, or that there is a design defect. It doesn't mean Apple is a bad company, or made a bad product.
I don't understand the misplaced hate.
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Overall I reckon it was a publicity stunt probably funded by Samsung lol cause we can now bend a M8 aswell and call that bend gate
I've often wondered wondered why they have this love affair with a-loo-minium. It is a soft metal, you think that there would be better options...then again, I'm not an engineer.
No phone needs to be paper thin at the expense of durability or battery life. While my iPhone 6 has been great so far, I'd have been fine if it was slightly thicker with a bit bigger battery. In reality, I'd probably be happier with that.
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Exactly. These armchair physicists will just have to wait to see what is the true outcome of this problem. Either it's a real problem and we have millions of bent iphones, which if this is the case I'm sure apple will just add some support in there, or it's not a problem and it fizzles out. Time will tell.
Weakest of Phones
It appears that a small amount of pressure can bend the iPhones. The Consumer Reports test exerted force at the center of the phone. Based on the tear down pictures much less force may be required at the weaker points of reinforcement. I would imagine it is much less than 70 pounds hence the real life reports. I predict that Apple will add reinforcements to the internal structure of the phone in coming months. I'm waiting until Apple addresses the issue. I think those who have already purchased should demand that Apple address the issue.
It appears that a small amount of pressure can bend the iPhones. The Consumer Reports test exerted force at the center of the phone. Based on the tear down pictures much less force may be required at the weaker points of reinforcement. I would imagine it is much less than 70 pounds hence the real life reports. I predict that Apple will add reinforcements to the internal structure of the phone in coming months. I'm waiting until Apple addresses the issue. I think those who have already purchased should demand that Apple address the issue.
Actually, in the picture I used, there is a similar weakness at the second break, as well as a similar weakness where the sim slot is.
And if the weakness is at the volume button cutouts, the bend would have occurred there. But it occurs just below the volume buttons, near the bottom of the reinforcement (where the screw is) or below where the break is.
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