Do you tell people their phone is bent?

[cfedu]

Seriously?

Would you walk up to a new mother and say her baby is ugly?

This is clear case where Minding Your Own Fricking Business is the best path; there is ZERO upside to telling someone their phone is bent and LOTS of potential downside.

you consider a phone and a baby the same thing?

These response blows my mind!!! When my dad got his car door painted there was paint run marks down the side, I told him and he got it redone.

I would love someone to tell me my phone is bent since apple is replacing them at the moment! I had a friend a few years back with a white macbook that had cracked palm rests. I told him to bring it to apple and they will replace the entire top case for free. A week later his macbook looked brand new. It was not like telling a mother she has an ugly baby!!

Your response if more like, everyone should just bend over and take it!!

 

[rGiskard]

I'd hate to point it out, and then they constantly notice it and it ruins their enjoyment of the phone.

If you alert them to a bend they didn't know about, it could give them a chance to return or exchange it.

If you have a 6+, here's an angle to try: when you're talking with bent phone dude, ask him for his opinion on the state of your own iPhone. "I don't know man, do you think this one looks bent?" You'll alert him to the problem without saying anything about his phone.

The potential downside is if the bent phone dude is a fanboy. Then you'd go on his sh t list for acknowledging the bending problem. No telling what a fanboy might do to you at work.

 

[koban4max]

OP: Take pics of their bended alu-minimum bars and post them on http://www.oneofthenine.com

is that Apple's best feature?

 

[rGiskard]

I don't think I would say anything.

On here you're going to be called a liar for saying you saw bent phones so get ready.

It would be funny if the same ones who shout "LIAR!" at anyone online who has a bent phone were to do the same in meatspace:

"You bent that iPhone on purpose! What, does Scamsmug pay you to troll around all day with a bent iPhone?"

 

[The Doctor11]

My iPhone 6 is in perfect condition and people have tried to bend it
Maybe just maybe what your seeing in the protruding camera make and allusion.

 

[The Doctor11]

2nd pic

 

[rGiskard]

My iPhone 6 is in perfect condition and people have tried to bend it
Maybe just maybe what your seeing in the protruding camera make and allusion.

Someone tried to bend your iPhone? That's messed up.

 

[Marli]

I would tell them its bent, then watch them get all weird about it.

 

[The Doctor11]

Someone tried to bend your iPhone? That's messed up.

Someone's. I swear every person I hand it to feels the need to bend the **** out of it. BITCH DONT BEND MY PHONE!

 

[cynics]

I wouldn't particularly care if something someone else has isn't to MY liking if it's not effecting me.

 

[deeddawg]

you consider a phone and a baby the same thing?

Are you intentionally being obtuse or do you honestly not comprehend the point I was making?

Your response if more like, everyone should just bend over and take it!!

Hardly. Perhaps you're conflating my words with other people's posts. Go back an reread my post in context of the original question. If you still don't comprehend what I wrote, please feel free to ask specific questions.

Now if it's just a matter of you having a different opinion about what you'd do -- that's fine. Have at it.

 

[js81]

Still an Android phone. Just a cheap one now.

Value or budget-priced is the term I prefer.

Sure but your plastic Moto G doesn't sell well either.

US version is sold out practically everywhere except BestBuy, which just released it today. Sounds like it sells pretty well to me.

 

[cfedu]

Are you intentionally being obtuse or do you honestly not comprehend the point I was making?



Hardly. Perhaps you're conflating my words with other people's posts. Go back an reread my post in context of the original question. If you still don't comprehend what I wrote, please feel free to ask specific questions.

Now if it's just a matter of you having a different opinion about what you'd do -- that's fine. Have at it.

Maybe I'm a little of both, simple answer is. If I see a friend or coworker in the wild with any broken product, I will inform them of it, if there is a free way to rectify the situation.

I've done it many times

-Co-worker had a Macbook pro with a dead GPU covered under bumpgate. She already was using a replacement for a year, I told her to send in her old one for a free repair.

-Co-worker had a dead macbook air power supply, her credit card replaced it under their extended warranty.

-Friend of mine had a transmission repair on his car from an accident and was making noise, the engine mount was cracked and not fixed form the accident. He brought it back and the insurance company made supplementary claim and did not have to pay.

-Friend had the top case replaced on a Macbook for free due to a know defect



Who knows, maybe my friend paid full price for the iPhone 6 and their credit card will replace the phone if apple decides not to exchange it.

People Help people in life, especially friends. It seems that the raison d'etre for apple apologists is to defend apple at any cost, even if it costs your friends money!!!

 

[TallManNY]

You life sounds like it is too centered around your iPhone.

One day when you have a family, mortgage, etc your phone will be less important and your firneds will change.

I'm definitely too into Apple products. But Mortgage is paid off. Girlfriend would definitely agree with you that I need a family. As for friends, I try to contain the Apple talk to these forums and not let it out in polite society.

Yeah, I keep looking at iPhones and trying to see if they've bent. I shouldn't worry about it. But I am curious how real bend gate will turn out to be.

 

[deeddawg]

If I see a friend or coworker in the wild with any broken product, I will inform them of it, if there is a free way to rectify the situation.

Your examples were largely ones in which the person (presumably) knew there was an issue and what you helped them with was a way to have it addressed.

My reference was in context of bursting the bubble of those those who don't seem to have noticed any issue. Different scenario. If the question from the OP instead were "should you let everyone know that Apple is helping out people whose phones are bent" then I'd wholeheartedly say yes.

BTW, is there an official Apple statement/policy about replacements (since you mention it)? I've seen a couple anecdotal posts but nothing concrete. (I haven't really been paying much attention to the matter)

It seems that the raison d'etre for apple apologists is to defend apple at any cost, even if it costs your friends money!!!

Do you believe everyone who has a different perspective is an "apple apologist?" That would seems to be a very myopic assessment. Not that there aren't some people who do fit that mold, just as there are "anti-apple no matter what" extremists, but the mature approach is to accept that others may just see things differently.

 

[powerstrokin]

Someone's. I swear every person I hand it to feels the need to bend the **** out of it. BITCH DONT BEND MY PHONE!

Yeah, but aren't you like 16 or so?

Now, I'm not saying this about YOU, but about your friends- they're dumb kids. LOL...

Stop handing your phone to children.

If someone tried to bend my phone I'd raise some serious hell. Not that anyone handles my phone...

I treat it like my pee pee. It stays in my pants most of the time, and only people I trust get to fondle it.

 

[CoyoteRidge]

So as a an Apple fan and reader of this site I have paid attention to bendgate. Also a bunch of my friends and co-workers have gotten the six and in one case the six plus. A few guys are going caseless. Anyway, from time to time I see a 6 outside of a case and I sometimes notice a very slight bend. I don't mention it since I don't want them to feel bad about their new device.

Do you mention it when you see folks with a bent 6 out in the wild? These are pretty small bends, so it doesn't hurt the use of the phone. And I don't even think it increases the risk. But I do see bends. Of course I'm looking for this. Currently I'm carrying my 6 in a fairly large case. I want bendgate to not exist, but I think on some level it does.

I have deleted my caustic reply in advance. On with my life.

 

[The Doctor11]

Yeah, but aren't you like 16 or so?

Now, I'm not saying this about YOU, but about your friends- they're dumb kids. LOL...

Stop handing your phone to children.

If someone tried to bend my phone I'd raise some serious hell. Not that anyone handles my phone...

I treat it like my pee pee. It stays in my pants most of the time, and only people I trust get to fondle it.

Yeah I'm 15. And my phone is like my pee pee too. Always in hand.
lol jk.

 

[wellred]

Lots of bendgate deniers here. Why don't people just accept the new iPhones have a design defect?

 

[skip02]

I have kept my phone in my back pocket and have not had any issues. Then again I don't wear tight jeans that look they are for girls. I think it would less of a problem I guys wore pants that actually fit. They look like girl jeans except is some skinny legged dude with the pants hanging below his @ss. That was cool in the 90's but they were baggy jeans not spandex

 

[mercuryjones]

Lots of bendgate deniers here. Why don't people just accept the new iPhones have a design defect?

Yes. The design defect is that people want to sit on their phones and/or bend them on purpose for internet likes/views.
Here's a wild thought - take care of the $700+ device you just bought.

 

[mjschabow]

Just exactly how many bent phones have you really seen? I have yet to see someone or even friends that have 6+'s, let alone bent ones.

Right?

 

[chrono1081]

Just exactly how many bent phones have you really seen? I have yet to see someone or even friends that have 6+'s, let alone bent ones.

Same here. We have a lot at work and not one is bent. I call BS on the OP.

 

[bmt134]

Iphones don't bend. Apple told me so.

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You life sounds like it is too centered around your iPhone.

One day when you have a family, mortgage, etc your phone will be less important and your firneds will change.

Says someone with 2000 posts since March.

 

[cfedu]

Do you believe everyone who has a different perspective is an "apple apologist?" That would seems to be a very myopic assessment. Not that there aren't some people who do fit that mold, just as there are "anti-apple no matter what" extremists, but the mature approach is to accept that others may just see things differently.

If there is a defect and Apple is changing out the these bent phones, then yes, I will stand by the statement.

Even if apple is not replacing these phones then I would still let them know because they might change their habits and prevent the phone from becoming more bent and really break. it could be 100% their fault the the phone is bent, but if information can prevent further damage then it worth telling them.

Anyone who compares telling someone that their iphone might be bent to your child is ugly has some distorted views of reality. Using your logic, these bend tests are like child abuse. The fact that you even can defend your position blows my mind.