Not at all.......haven't said anything one way or the other......just watching the flip flop dynamic as it is happening!
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Not as Bendable as Believed
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Just an observation:
Don't majority of the tests show that it bent on the volume area? Aka the weak point. That video showed the same thing look where it bent
While the media has overblown the whole thing, that weak spot right there is still a weak spot, but meh no gadget is perfect lol
Don't majority of the tests show that it bent on the volume area? Aka the weak point. That video showed the same thing look where it bent
While the media has overblown the whole thing, that weak spot right there is still a weak spot, but meh no gadget is perfect lol
This post has been reported to the moderators, because it is way too sensible. This is the internet. We can't have people removing emotion from their posts and presenting a rational explanation that encourages others to think about the validity of their position, or lack thereof.
You can spot the rational nutjobs very easy.
Very funny
What ... are you laughing at my eleven engineering degrees, with PhDs in Mathematics, Materials Science, Stress Incumbination Testing, Radio Refractive Analysis, Metal Returbiration, Unilateral Phase Detractination, and some other stuff I can't pronounce?
What nobody has mentioned is the "Leverage" that a larger phone provides in respect to the bending point. If you are trying to turn a nut with your fingers, forget it. Now use a wrench and it gets easier. Use a longer wrench and the amount of force required decreases based on the length of the wrench used.
The iphone 6 may be stronger because the 6+ is longer and bigger so that leverage is increased and provides less force to bend in the area surrounding the volume buttons. Add that to the fact the screw is right at that point on the bottom of the buttons that holds the support bracket and bingo you have a week spot with no reinforcement.
The iphone 6 may be stronger because the 6+ is longer and bigger so that leverage is increased and provides less force to bend in the area surrounding the volume buttons. Add that to the fact the screw is right at that point on the bottom of the buttons that holds the support bracket and bingo you have a week spot with no reinforcement.
The CR test showed that the 6 and 6 Plus are much "easier" to bend than the 5 (4 was not tested). So you can assume there will be more cases of bending with the new iPhones in the future compared to the older models. In addition there are people claiming (even someone in this thread with video and pictures) that the phone (6 Plus) already slightly bends by putting it in the front pocket of not even tight jeans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQxX_x3HTXQ
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/19935054/
If you take a look at the pictures, the deformation/ loose display is near/ over the volume button holes. What do you make out of that? He did not use his phone in the right way?
Now there are only some people claiming their iPhone bent, but how many will there be over the next month? We have to wait and see.
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Zactly.
I did watch a CNN Business host try to bend the phone and couldn't. I watched another news show hand an iPhone to random people on the street and let them try to bend it and no one could. I'm quite sure the iPhone 6 will be fine in real world use. Just the same, I'll keep an eye on my phone.
in your ignorance and myopia, you forget the phone has only been out FOR A FEW DAYS
not a few months.
wise up
Dear Samsung and Google,
Let's see it. Unbox an iPhone 6 Plus in a video and in one continuous take (no sneaky tricks, now) have a girl put it in her back pocket and sit on it.
Do a real world application of this bending theory on an iPhone Plus and comparable phablets.
Don't use some dude who has big muscles and sneakily turns off the camera.
Don't use some machine that simulates stress.
Do an actual live on-camera stress test of the iPhone 6.
Also also, have multiple people sign affidavits that you just did the test a few times (not like repeating it 1000 times until you got a bendable phone).
If you're not willing to do that, then bendgate is just a blip on the media's memory, like antennagate, that will have no impact on sales whatsoever -- except maybe to increase global awareness of the iPhone 6 Plus (dummies).
Just one 512ke's opinion.
Let's see it. Unbox an iPhone 6 Plus in a video and in one continuous take (no sneaky tricks, now) have a girl put it in her back pocket and sit on it.
Do a real world application of this bending theory on an iPhone Plus and comparable phablets.
Don't use some dude who has big muscles and sneakily turns off the camera.
Don't use some machine that simulates stress.
Do an actual live on-camera stress test of the iPhone 6.
Also also, have multiple people sign affidavits that you just did the test a few times (not like repeating it 1000 times until you got a bendable phone).
If you're not willing to do that, then bendgate is just a blip on the media's memory, like antennagate, that will have no impact on sales whatsoever -- except maybe to increase global awareness of the iPhone 6 Plus (dummies).
Just one 512ke's opinion.
You realize that the reenforcement break by the volume buttons is the weaker one? That it's weaker because of the huge hole machined into the side of the aluminum frame for the volume buttons?
I can't believe anyone could fail to understand that.
It's really nice how a supposedly futile discussion can bring some interesting questions about science.
Aluminum has some good manufacturing characteristics plus there is a tremendous amount of engineering knowledge regarding the use of aluminum. Look how long it too Boeing to finally release the 787. I'm sure some day we will see some other base materials used for iPhone cases.
We understand that the device appears to have weak points. It appears as though if enough pressure is exerted in just the right place, you can bend it.
Other phones have weak points. Other phones bend. The true test is whether this effects real world, day to day use.
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Nope. Thanks for asking though.
Good. Maybe you can explain what dragging your HDTV behind a truck has to do with iPhones bending in people's pockets.
I think what has surprised some people is that in the CR tests show the 6+ came out more resistant to deformation than the 6. I'm still a bit stumped about that point, I would have thought the longer spanning 6+ would be more susceptible to deformation. So I am assuming that maybe the 6+ has some superior internal support structure than the 6.
YEP! Who knew. Only Apple is innovative enough to "invent" bendable aluminum. Who would of thunk 7mm Aluminum could be made to bend when subjected to force. Those guys are genius!
Graphene is a good choice but this wouldn't be an issue at all if Apple used a base plate of pre-famulated amulite.
Hilarious ... love it !!!!!!!
My neighbor has some of that, but its registered for religious purposes.
No, I don't believe you do understand. I've read lots of your posts and I don't believe you have any interest in learning the truth. You're an Apple defender and that's that.
Why do all your comments involve personal attacks?
You are so full of hate. It is just sad and irrational.
I can bend my forks if i want to and it doesn't mean they aren't good forks. The bending is a non issue.
Yea they are so stupid ... they should have taken Scotty up on his offer and used clear aluminum.
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