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

[lookatchu]

Says an Apple hater. You're so full of it.

Really? I'm typing from one of 2 iMacs. I also could have typed this from my Macbook or 3 iPhones laying around. Oh, by the way, I should be expecting my iPhone 6 64gb space gray any day now. Waiting on the tracking number.

Now go back to worshipping Apple, fanboi.

 

[Moto G]

No phone issues here, folks; got myself a nice little stock of backup stalwarts, just in case my smartphone goes down

 

[rGiskard]

What's the fanboys' reaction to this video below? What excuses will we hear next? It's a fake iPhone? Those are fake hands? They're wearing masks, pretending to be German but are actually Koreans working for Samsung?

I think that those deluded fall into # categories: 1. Apple fanbois who would turn against their own mothers before admitting Apple screwed up or 2. those who purchased the 6 Plus who are in denial, trying to trick their minds into thinking the problem doesn't exist and that their phones won't eventually bend, or, 3. a combination of 1 and 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-DcUASffHU

There's some Apple PR Droids here as well, I'd bet good money on it. Nobody is as stupid as some of the folks here pretend to be.

 

[Alan-in-CO]

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Return the 6 Plus for a regular 6 while you can. You'll thank me later.

Really? REALLY?! Do you really think people care about your opinion and advice? Do you think people are going to walk into the Apple store and ask for a return because Lookatchu, a perfect stranger, told them to?

 

[lookatchu]

Says an Apple hater. You're so full of it.

Silly boy

 

[JCrz]

I refuse to believe anything until a celebrity endorses the durability of an iPhone 6.

 

[lookatchu]

Really? REALLY?! Do you really think people care about your opinion and advice? Do you think people are going to walk into the Apple store and ask for a return because Lookatchu, a perfect stranger, told them to?

I WANT you to keep your 6 Plus. Enjoy.

 

[rGiskard]

Agreed. That's my take as well, we should know by Halloween time. I'm not in any hurry for a new phone myself. Heck I kind of miss my flip phone, haha, those were the good old days. When phones weren't a lifestyle or defined a person.

Except Verizon's trade-in offer ends in three days.

Thus in three days or less, I must choose my personality for the next two years!

 

[Alan-in-CO]

I WANT you to keep your 6 Plus. Enjoy.

Ummm, I don't have one. I have a 5s, but I'll be getting a 6s. But again, thank you SO much for your concern.

You didn't answer my question. What do you get out of spending so much time here trying to save us all? Seriously, what do you get out of it? Do you think your opinion really matters to anyone?

 

[pappy53]

Really? I'm typing from one of 2 iMacs. I also could have typed this from my Macbook or 3 iPhones laying around. Oh, by the way, I should be expecting my iPhone 6 64gb space gray any day now. Waiting on the tracking number.

Now go back to worshipping Apple, fanboi.

I don't care how many Apple products you have. You been talking junk about Apple and calling them a bunch of liars this whole forum, so you are Apple hater anyway.

 

[thelookingglass]

Of course Apple won't replace bent phones. It's the same way they denied responsibility for faulty graphics cards on iMacs and bad logic boards till consumers wouldn't relent. Ditto antenna gate and other Apple denials throughout the years. Apple lies.

I truly would recommend that those who purchased 6 Plusses exchange them for 6s during the 14 day window, regardless of Consumers' shoddy, impractical test (even distribution of force). If you can bend the iPhone 6 Plus so easily with your hands, in time your phones WILL bend, with normal usage and storage. The iPhone 6 Plus was not made for pockets or long-term stress.

I thought I read something on here stating that Apple had already begun to direct stores to replace bent phones if it passed a visual inspection tests. Apparently it's up to each individual genius as to whether or not a bent phone qualifies for a replacement. But they definitely are giving replacmements for the issue on a qualified basis.

 

[JCrz]

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.

Only because it's an LG TV. Do this to an Apple television and it's proof that it's junk.

Speaking of which, what happened to all the rumors about the Apple television that MacRumors used to report about on a daily basis? Did the leaker get killed by Apple or were the "rumors" just made up?

 

[Trapezoid]

Go try and bend an M8 and see if it's easier than a 6+.

You seem to have missed my point. I think all these phones are way more than sturdy for daily use. Any moron who wants to purposely bend a phone will succeed. I've held the M8, that thing is sturdy as hell and it's not going to bend in my pocket. Neither is the 6 or 6+/

Overblown issue. Forum fodder. 76 pages and counting.

 

[osofast240sx]

Judging by this and the tons of other videos, I'd say this is fairly easy to bend. Will consumers intentionally bend their iPhone 6 + in this manner? Of course not. But within time and normal use, like storing it in the front pocket, where 99.9% of people store theirs, sitting down while in the pocket, and taking it in and out of pockets, I guaranty that the 6 Plus will eventually bend, or at the very least deform some. It's the nature of aluminum which weakens in time, and obviously, Apple didn't do enough to reinforce it. It is structurally unsound near the volume buttons.

Return the 6 Plus for a regular 6 while you can. You'll thank me later.


How easy was this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-DcUASffHU

I tried to bend a 6+ at the Apple Store, it did not bend. Now I have a 6+ gold 128 on order.

 

[mib1800]

One side effect if this bend gate whether it is a real or make up issue is that new ip6 owners will have anxiety attack every time they put the phone in a tight pocket.

 

[SoGood]

The 6 plus does bend huge on the upper part. They only tested the middle part.

There was never any report that the 6 plus would bend in the middle. So that report is obviously not testing against the complains.

It's a beam and will still break at the weakest point. What the test demonstrated was that iPhone 6/6Plus are sufficiently strong around the buttons to not fail before the mid-pivot point. Basic physics and material science!

 

[tripmusic]

I'm just confused as to why Apple's competition have to resort to such tactics as this, if indeed Apple and their iPhone are all washed up

 

[mib1800]

It's a beam and will still break at the weakest point. What the test demonstrated was that iPhone 6/6Plus are sufficiently strong around the buttons to not fail before the mid-pivot point. Basic physics and material science!

No. The bending momentum is highest further away from the support / pivot. Cantilever the phone and apply force at the other end and I bet it would take much less force to bend it.

 

[lookatchu]

It happens with every Apple release of every iPhone since the beginning of time. There is always some forum fodder issue where people go crazy for a couple of weeks and a bunch of memes and hashtags are created and Samsung creates a couple of commercials. You act as if this is something shocking and new and never seen before.



Please explain why Squaretrade and CR's testing is not credible, but some random guy on Youtube is. Seriously, I want to understand your reasoning. Did your 6 or 6+ bend?



If you're expecting to never see fanatics on the internet, you should probably turn your computer off.

Fair points. Regarding phones, my wife and daughter have the 6 16gb (light users, obviously) and my 6 64gb is on order. My credit card was charged today, so it should be shipping soon (no tracking # yet). We all LOVE the phones and, yes, based on what I'm seeing, I'm glad I didn't go for the 6 +. I was on the fence, but for the way I use my phone (for business as well) I need a one-hand operated device. The 6 is perfect for me.


As for CR's testing, in my opinion it was practical. Seems like they applied even force, without any concentration of the weak spot. In real life, (like putting it in your pocket, bending, kneeling, etc), there is a greater possibility of applying force to that particular spot or at least weakening within time. It just seems to bend so damn easy.

Maybe it is being overblown, but there is a distinct possibility that these are potentially real problems that many 6+ owners might be facing. As they say, time well tell.

 

[StyxMaker]

Judging by this and the tons of other videos, I'd say this is fairly easy to bend. Will consumers intentionally bend their iPhone 6 + in this manner? Of course not. But within time and normal use, like storing it in the front pocket, where 99.9% of people store theirs, sitting down while in the pocket, and taking it in and out of pockets, I guaranty that the 6 Plus will eventually bend, or at the very least deform some. It's the nature of aluminum which weakens in time, and obviously, Apple didn't do enough to reinforce it. It is structurally unsound near the volume buttons.

Return the 6 Plus for a regular 6 while you can. You'll thank me later.


How easy was this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-DcUASffHU

Easy? Look at his fingers trembling from the stress of putting so much force on the iPhone.

 

[SoGood]

No. The bending momentum is highest further away from the support / pivot. Cantilever the phone and apply force at the other end and I bet it would take much less force to bend it.

But it's no where as weak as the bashers would suggest. Don't forget also, the strength of the iPhone is a combination of all its components in cross section, not just the case. Some are just narrowly focused on the two button holes and not seeing the big picture.

CR's setup is a decent representative design as it induced flex from two ends of the phone, comparable to what would happen to a phone in a pocket. If the point of force is focused on a particular area (like some of the Youtube video), then it's not a normal scenario and can obviously induce damage to any device.

Irrespective, it's a non-event but for those who don't understand what's reasonable use. I choose an iPhone and Apple because it works and works well, not on how many lb of force it takes to bend it. Some have jammed their neuron in a rocky cleft.

 

[KdParker]

LOL

Rogifan, why should we care what "Jon Fortt" tweets...

What do you say about this:


and this (an actual Apple user from this site):
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And why should we care about what you are saying? How many times you gonna post the same vid?

Judging from your posts...you only join before the iPhone 6 came out have been bashing it even before it came out. odd

 

[BJonson]

You know I have read this whole thread (shoot me) and one thing that keeps recurring is the constant begging of users here for proof then when proof is shown they call the people liers and accuse them of faking the video or photo and if they can't accuse them of lying they say they don't see the evidence that is right in front of them. Its pretty terrible. I am convinced that apple (and I'm sure other companies do it) has a paid team of people sitting in the basement with macrumors accounts that simply try to debunk any problem. I mean really some of these responses can't be from actual Apple patrons.

My wife has an iphone, so do I but it collects dust. I use an S5 active and love it. I have to put a screen protector on her phone every few months as she tears that screen up. Its full of scratches. She has a pocket in her purse just for the phone and she always swears she doesn't know how the scratches got there. You know what it was from? Sand. Little bits of sand from the beach. It just blows in. Sounds crazy but guess what? Sand scratches glass. I don't doubt that phone bent in her purse. Just watch your wife, she will drop that purse on the ground, throw it in the car seat next to her, whatever. If the phone can't take that abuse then it is designed defective plain and simple.

 

[mib1800]

But it's no where as weak as the bashers would suggest. Don't forget also, the strength of the iPhone is a combination of all its components in cross section, not just the case. Some are just narrowly focused on the two button holes and not seeing the big picture.

CR's setup is a decent representative design as it induced flex from two ends of the phone, comparable to what would happen to a phone in a pocket. If the point of force is focused on a particular area (like some of the Youtube video), then it's not a normal scenario and can obviously induce damage to any device.

Irrespective, it's a non-event but for those who don't understand what's reasonable use. I choose an iPhone and Apple because it works and works well, not on how many lb of force it takes to bend it. Some have jammed their neuron in a rocky cleft.

This is where you are wrong. The test applies the force at center of the phone which is not typical of where the force is applied when the phone is in the pocket. It is more like the cantilever scenario I gave that is the force would push out at both ends of the phone. So yes the phone can bend at less force this compared to the cs test.

 

[SoGood]

This is where you are wrong. The test applies the force at center of the phone which is not typical of where the force is applied when the phone is in the pocket. It is more like the cantilever scenario I gave that is the force would push out at both ends of the phone. So yes the phone can bend at less force this compared to the cs test.

This is where you are wrong, where so many are narrowly focusing their attention. The big picture is that the CR test applied force on two ends of the phone, which is completely typical of a phone in a pocket. Point force is only there when one puts a coin purse or keys in the pocket at the same time.

Be sensible with a larger device and everything will be fine. Driving a truck like a family sedan will invariably cause foreseeable damages. That's all.