K I gotta put my two cents in.....Watched CR's video...never been a huge fan of theirs, but its ok, and the other video shown inside Apple's testing facility was always ok. It shows durability testing, meant for real life everyday use! The tests don't check off for those who take phones and simply try to bend them with their hands on purpose. I am still curious how many "TRUE" reports of bent iphone 6 plus bent phones are truly out there, probably more than 9...maybe a 100, maybe a 1000, maybe not, I don't know. I will admit I was a little concerned at first. I had a Incipio hybrid case on damn that was on tight!!! I like to take my cases off to clean my phones once a week or so. It was also too bulky. This is my first iphone since the 4S. I had many large phones since, including the Note, Note 2, Note 3 (for one day and returned it, thought it was garbage!) I just sold my Oneplus One and that felt cheap to me, bezels would chip in cases. I also had the HTC One M8. The reason that probably won't bend as well in that rods videos is because the screen would crack and break prior to it bending, he stopped bending it once it made a noise. I also had the Nokia 1520 (6" phone). I am used to having slim protective case on my phones and also keep them in my front pockets and I have a car dock. So when I saw the video of the guy bending the phone, I was wondering "What the hell? How am I going to get this case off without it bending?" Thursday, I went to a number of stores, ATT, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Apple looking for cases, none reported any returned 6 plusses. I struggled to take off that damn hybrid case and was scared to look, but once I got it off, the phone was perfect, not bent at all! Straight as an arrow I went back and also watched the stress test video on youtube where a company compacted I believe it was 100lbs of pressure on the phone and then it bent a little. I know the weak spot is around the volume button, that is obvious, when I watched the rod again bend the phone and then bend it in Canada lol Canada lol....You can tell he is especially in the first video applying pressure near the volume rocker IMO, I could be wrong, in the second video, he just bends it as fast and hard as he can, that's it! He knows his 15 min. of fame are about up so he is going to keep doing this! Now comparing the phone to the Moto X, which is garbage IMO, if you want a pure android phone, get a Nexus or Oneplus for now...he tries to bend it and what a shock it doesn't bend! Why? Smaller phone, thicker, back is much thicker, made of plastic!! Its comparing (no pun intended) apples to oranges. He is just in love with the phone! I say put this crap to rest, enjoy your phone, don't put it in your back pocket!! I didn't even know people did that!!! That is asking for trouble! Any phone could break with force in the back pocket! The tests Apple and the others are doing are meant for daily real life living conditions! When you are currently the number 1 selling smartphone and have 2 to 3 week backorder, a course people will hate, you will have enemies when you're on top....but its a phone! So remember that and enjoy it! I am done with bendgate unless something crazy happens!!! Bye bye for now!
