I am the latest victim of the 6+ bending

[McDaddio]

Lol. The only attacks I've seen are the ones people like you unleash on people who are pissed that their $600 phone is warped, however it happened.

We have two main groups of people in these kinds of threads...

A. People with bent phones coming here to air their grievances and share their experiences.

B. People with unbent phones, and maybe even no phone, chiming in to call group A liars, and muttering about Doberman Pinschers.

Which group would a mental health professional want to spend some quality time with?

Actually, I think they would like to spend time with people like you who automatically believe that those grievances from anonymous people who were just using the phone normally has any grounding in reality.

Between the schadenfreude, the Stockholm syndrome, the self-victimization there is a lot of ground for them to cover with people like you. Second, they probably would like to study the munchausen syndrome by proxy nature of those people who bend their phones and claim victimhood.

 

[HenryDJP]

If you truly think that "hope for me" has anything whatsoever to do with the matter of bending telephones, then you have perfectly illuminated my point, and I thank you.

I'm still dying to hear the big theory as to why anyone would bother lying about bending their phone. There are only about 10 million things more glamourous, interesting and attention getting than a bent phone on a Mac forum. Why wouldn't these "lying" people spend their time on the Casino Rumors forum, boasting about fake wins, or a fishing forum, talking about the one that got away?

If you really think people's lives could be so ridiculously pathetic, lonely, and boring that they might attempt to eek out a smidgen of attention and millisecond of infamy by claiming their phone has a 2 degree bend in it, I submit that perhaps you are projecting.

If you truly think that every single one of the bend threads here have been 100% honest in terms of these people having a bent phone then I have an old used car to sell you. No really, it's perfect. No need for you to check it out just trust me.
Tech enthusiasts will troll tech forums. Car enthusiasts will troll car forums. Gambling enthusiasts will troll gambling forums. Now are all these people lying on the forum? Perhaps, perhaps not. Only the OP knows the truth and honesty of the thread he/she created.
Now, there are people here who are pissing on the nonbelievers. That's just as bad as taking the word of the OP. Nobody truly knows if the OP is honest or not. There are people who love android that come here to purposely troll the forum. They most certainly want to see the iPhone 6 fail. They can easily make up that they have a bent iPhone to keep the bad press rolling along. Why wouldn't they? If this place wasn't such a troll magnet then maybe there wouldn't be many nonbelievers when issues like this come up.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Happy to. Directly from your link in fact...

"Once the first find was publicized, a number of unscrupulous people who sought to cash in on it..."

If there were potential million dollar settlements for a bent iPhone, there'd be an awful lot of bent iPhones.

Yeah, same with the Toyota sudden unintended acceleration media hysteria of a few years ago. Here, however, the OP seems intent on believing his iPhone is bent when he couldn't see it visually and attributes it to placebo effects such as the iPhone wobbling when typing on the keyboard due to the protruding camera and believing there's increased noise also due to the protruding camera. Sure, it's not the same as lying but it's not healthy behavior.

 

[mcdj]

If you folks are so worried about Android trolls disguised as iphone bending attack dogs getting too much press, (Did I really just type that sentence? Truly one of the oddest things anyone in the history of the earth has ever worried about) then stop replying in the threads they start. Simple. The vast, and I mean vaaaasssst, majority of replies in these threads are from people calling BS on bent phones. YOU are the guys adding most of the page numbers to these threads, pricking up the blog's ears.

 

[Harmonious Zen]

I have no dog in this fight, but if you don't believe that some of these posters are exaggerating the issue due to ulterior motives, well, clearly you don't understand how business works these days.

 

[dmccloud]

I apologize to those who really don't care about this, but since Monkey keeps referring to that post in that other thread, but refuses to point to it, I just wanted to place the link here for people to say that I quoted my post in its entirety, while Monkey keeps lying about me "literally" saying things I have never said.

There you go, who's lying now... https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1797764/

I would say "People who's phone haven't bent YET"
Phones that have not bent in a week or two of use are not phones that will never bend. Only the test of time will tell us if these phones bend more easily than they should.

Seems like you're expecting the phones to bend at some point based on the initial sentence and the way you emphasized the word "yet"

----------

Not planning on taking it to Apple just yet, as I would expect a replacement to behave just the same.

This post, coupled with the post in the other thread about some phones "not bending YET" (your phrasing and emphasis, not mine) proves that you think all iPhone 6/6+ will bend. In essence your subjective testing from the OP was essentially nothing more than a self-fulfilling prophecy. You have admitted than the alleged bend is imperceptible to the eye, which means there could easily be no actual bend. Since the glass on the iPhone 6 is curved and not flat, the rocking motion you describe could be nothing more than using excessive pressure to rock the phone on the curve.

 

[Eduardboon]

Tried the screen down on a table test when I got the phone; scratched the screen. So yeah, f this bending stuff; not visible to the naked eye = who cares. huge scratch on the screen is worse (and also not replacement worthy.). Well I'm overreacting a bit; it's just a whitish dot that's visible in sunlight, but still will take some time to get over.

So from now on in I am done with these threads, with this bending stuff. Because it can (doesn't have to, but can) create other faults that are more annoying and you have to live with.

So my advice; buy applecare+, DON'T drop your phone, then after 1 year get a fresh one as a replacement (just make up some BS about annoying scratches) and then after another year use up your second "accident". That's what I'm gonna do.

 

[saab9573]

if I understood correctly the OP is on the 15th day of iPhone ownership and instead of running to an Apple Store to get it looked at and possibly with luck and goodwill from Apple get a replacement spends 12hrs on a forum discussing his bent phone which by coincidence fails in those 12 hrs to provide any photo or video.....

right!

 

[I7guy]

Lol. The only attacks I've seen are the ones people like you unleash on people who are pissed that their $600 phone is warped, however it happened.

We have two main groups of people in these kinds of threads...

A. People with bent phones coming here to air their grievances and share their experiences.

B. People with unbent phones, and maybe even no phone, chiming in to call group A liars, and muttering about Doberman Pinschers.

Which group would a mental health professional want to spend some quality time with?

----------



Happy to. Directly from your link in fact...

"Once the first find was publicized, a number of unscrupulous people who sought to cash in on it..."

If there were potential million dollar settlements for a bent iPhone, there'd be an awful lot of bent iPhones.

The third group are people who may think their phone is bent, in reality it may or may not be.

Probably health pros want to look at all groups.

 

[5105973]

If you type when it's in the table it WILL wobble, It has the protruding camera. If you take it out if the case everyday .. Maybe that's what caused it to bend? Yesterday I recevied my pluses and didn't have nano sims yet so I figuted I'd take out the one that's in iPad air to activate it. It was REAL difficult to pull the air from it's case, I actually though I bent it lol. Maybe you actually did it this way. Anyway, I feel bad for you. I understand it's frustrating.

I have to agree with this. There was another forum member who took good care of his phone but found it slightly bent. In looking at his pics I could see that it likely was caused by his taking the phone out of the case daily.

I have a very rigid, thin plastic Incipio Highlander wallet case on my phone. I tried taking my Plus out of it just once since putting it on and darn near bent the phone. And it would have bent exactly where most other people's phones are bending because I was using the camera opening as a place to push the phone out of the case. It was the only place I could get leverage on the body. This in turn caused the phone to start flexing and as I kept applying leverage at that spot, I would have ended up with a bend near the volume rocker switches. Fortunately I realized what was happening and at that point had the phone lifted out of the case enough for me to slip a pinky finger under to push on another part of the back of the phone.

In this very thin, light, unobtrusive wallet style case, my phone is protected both front and back. My husband has the same case and dropped his phone on hardwood floors from a height of about four feet and incurred no damage to his IPhone 6 Plus.

I wear my phone in my front jeans pocket when doing some landscaping work and playing with the kids and the dog. I sometimes carry it in my back jeans pocket when doing housework. I have the phone fully insured against all kinds of damage scenarios, by the way. Anyway with a good thin wallet case I've been able to so far go about daily life with this gigantic phone on me and I'm a very short woman. The case IS subjected to a lot of stress but the phone nestled within is protected.

But if I were to go prying the phone out of the case every day or go about in a case that leaves the screen exposed I'd have a very bent and scratched up phone.

So...I do think Apple does have a problem because the way a lot of folks treat their phones or encase their phones (which is not out of the ordinary) is going to result in some bent phones and upset customers. But for those of us aware of the issue and willing to encase the phone in a good wallet type case, it's going to be business as usual.

I do think for the S models Apple at least needs to go back to making separate holes for each volume switch. The long slot is a weak point and a design oversight from a structural integrity viewpoint.

Sorry for the TL/DR length of the post.

 

[BvizioN]

Sooner or later the naysayers will become believers.

Are you kidding me? Whay? Because a guy on the internet tells a cool story, without any pic of anything to back it up? Based on the wobbling? That is crazy!! How to you know that the table surface is 100% flat anyway?

Yeah man, feel free to believe whatever sh.t internet through's your way.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

So my advice; buy applecare+, DON'T drop your phone, then after 1 year get a fresh one as a replacement (just make up some BS about annoying scratches) and then after another year use up your second "accident". That's what I'm gonna do.

People like you who commit fraud and think nothing of it is why they jacked up the AC+ deductible to $79 from $59. Keep up the good work.

 

[scottw324]

My table wables. Any fix for that?

Take it back if within the 14 day window.

 

[llarc84]

While I have no doubt to people's phones being slightly bent or curved, I think the primary reason for the issue is people are looking for it. Let me give an example.

I have the 6. Sometime a couple of weeks ago just for my own entertainment, I checked it to see if it was bent or curved in anyway. Keep in mind I'm using the black apple leather case on it since day 2 and was very careful with it on day 1. Guess what I saw? A slight and I do mean slight curve on the side opposite of the volume buttons. When I looked on the side where most folks are experiencing the issue, straight as a pencil. I thought to myself a couple of things.

First, I had to really look for it to see it, and that may just be the way it's designed. Second, who cares if it is bent a little? I'm a perfectionist, but I have it under control to the point where I will not seek a return on it unless it was a significant bend or curve meaning very noticeable. If not, I can care less because I love the phone.

You mentioned you were checking it everyday OP, and that is your first problem. Stop checking, stop looking, and just enjoy your phone. Unless it becomes noticeable during your normal everyday use, it really shouldn't bother you. Ever heard of the term "seek and you shall find"? If you spend everyday looking for a problem, I can personally guarantee you will find one.

Just my thoughts. Peace.

 

[mailboxbetacoin]

Think about it, the iPhone will wobble anyway because of the protruding camera, even in a case. Seriously doubt it wasn't wobbling before as the protruding camera was there all along. And the noise? Bet you that's placebo effect once the OP "discovers" it's bent. Think, just think about it.

If you say there is a protruding camera in the front, that is news to me.

----------

Hang on. You can't SEE the issue? Then why exactly is it an issue?

I think I explained it already. If you care enough to comment, maybe read the thread again? the answers are there

 

[MacManTexas56]

If you say there is a protruding camera in the front, that is news to me.

----------



I think I explained it already. If you care enough to comment, maybe read the thread again? the answers are there

how do you know your table isn't a little off?

 

[mailboxbetacoin]

Between the schadenfreude, the Stockholm syndrome, the self-victimization there is a lot of ground for them to cover with people like you. Second, they probably would like to study the munchausen syndrome by proxy nature of those people who bend their phones and claim victimhood.

fascinating... or maybe the phone is just a little bent... you know, just a little?

I have been diagnosed all kind of problems here, from anal to brain problems, just from reporting a slightly bent phone. It's truly fascinating

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

If you say there is a protruding camera in the front, that is news to me.

This is what you wrote:

""There are already a couple of negative impacts from the slight bend:
- when tapping on keyboard with phone flat on table in its case, phone wobbles"

Tapping on keyboard requires placing the phone flat on its back so yes, the protruding camera will be in the way and hence the wobbling.

 

[I7guy]

There is some merit to this observation. I just took my 5s out of the case and put it back down on a guaranteed flat surface. I then tapped around the edges and sure enough the phone wobbled. The bend isn't visible to the naked eye and I can't feel the bend.

Should I:
1. Get it replaced under AppleCare or,
2. Put it back in the case and forget about it.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

There is some merit to this observation. I just took my 5s out of the case and put it back down on a guaranteed flat surface. I then tapped around the edges and sure enough the phone wobbled. The bend isn't visible to the naked eye and I can't feel the bend.

Should I:
1. Get it replaced under AppleCare or,
2. Put it back in the case and forget about it.

Neither. You should start a nine-page thread about it.

 

[mailboxbetacoin]

if I understood correctly the OP is on the 15th day of iPhone ownership and instead of running to an Apple Store to get it looked at and possibly with luck and goodwill from Apple get a replacement spends 12hrs on a forum discussing his bent phone which by coincidence fails in those 12 hrs to provide any photo or video.....

right!

Maybe if you read the thread before commenting, you would get a better understanding. What good does it do to me to replace my phone with a similar one, until those phones have officially been made stronger.

Oh and reading the thread would also answer your comment about posting photo or video.

To summarize, your post didn't bring anything new, but thanks for participating!

 

[mailboxbetacoin]

Are you kidding me? Whay? Because a guy on the internet tells a cool story, without any pic of anything to back it up? Based on the wobbling? That is crazy!! How to you know that the table surface is 100% flat anyway?

Yeah man, feel free to believe whatever sh.t internet through's your way.

We all become beliebers at some point.

I found a table to try it on that HAS to be 100% flat for people like you: I placed my phone face down on my iPad screen (screen against screen).
It still wobbles.

So you got to pick, which one is bent, the Apple iPhone or the Apple iPad?

----------

While I have no doubt to people's phones being slightly bent or curved, I think the primary reason for the issue is people are looking for it. Let me give an example.

I have the 6. Sometime a couple of weeks ago just for my own entertainment, I checked it to see if it was bent or curved in anyway. Keep in mind I'm using the black apple leather case on it since day 2 and was very careful with it on day 1. Guess what I saw? A slight and I do mean slight curve on the side opposite of the volume buttons. When I looked on the side where most folks are experiencing the issue, straight as a pencil. I thought to myself a couple of things.

First, I had to really look for it to see it, and that may just be the way it's designed. Second, who cares if it is bent a little? I'm a perfectionist, but I have it under control to the point where I will not seek a return on it unless it was a significant bend or curve meaning very noticeable. If not, I can care less because I love the phone.

You mentioned you were checking it everyday OP, and that is your first problem. Stop checking, stop looking, and just enjoy your phone. Unless it becomes noticeable during your normal everyday use, it really shouldn't bother you. Ever heard of the term "seek and you shall find"? If you spend everyday looking for a problem, I can personally guarantee you will find one.

Just my thoughts. Peace.

Thanks for your comment, but you're missing an important point: a lot of people like me resell their phones a year out when the new phone comes out. A bent, as small as it is, is probably a $200 loss or so.

----------

how do you know your table isn't a little off?

because today I tried the same experiment, using my iPad screen as a table. So now, feel free to tell me that it's probably my iPad that is bent; either way it's an apple product

----------

This is what you wrote:

""There are already a couple of negative impacts from the slight bend:
- when tapping on keyboard with phone flat on table in its case, phone wobbles"

Tapping on keyboard requires placing the phone flat on its back so yes, the protruding camera will be in the way and hence the wobbling.

You seem as dishonest as monkey when it comes to selected quoting. This is also what I wrote in my initial, unedited post:
"
- place it, screen down, on the same surface
- tap it on each of the 4 corners
"

The additional wobble when placed on its back (in its case) is an additional observation, but wasn't the test as I described it. But conveniently, you removed that part from your quote => dishonest

----------

Neither. You should start a nine-page thread about it.

so that you can comment on his anal problems?

 

[McDaddio]

I have to agree with this. There was another forum member who took good care of his phone but found it slightly bent. In looking at his pics I could see that it likely was caused by his taking the phone out of the case daily.

...and that's where I stopped reading.

You can tell how a phone was bent by looking at pictures of it? Wow. Are you a wizard?

And you can also tell that he was taking good care of his phone by looking at the pictures? He never sat on it? He never tried to see if it could bend? He never threw it in his gym bag and forgot it was there when he stepped on the bag by accident?

You can tell all that by looking at pictures?

 

[Tubamajuba]

What good does it do to me to replace my phone with a similar one, until those phones have officially been made stronger.

Until you do something to get rid of the phone, your situation has zero chance of improving. So you could at least take the chance to get a replacement that isn't bent, and then if you really think you're going to bend your phone again, sell the replacement to get something like the Galaxy S5 Active.

I'm sure there are plenty of things you would rather be doing than defending yourself against people that don't believe you.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

You seem as dishonest as monkey when it comes to selected quoting. This is also what I wrote in my initial, unedited post:
"
- place it, screen down, on the same surface
- tap it on each of the 4 corners
"

The additional wobble when placed on its back (in its case) is an additional observation, but wasn't the test as I described it. But conveniently, you removed that part from your quote => dishonest

No, read what was quoted. I wasn't talking about or disputing your observation about the wobbling with the screen face down. I'd argue that your "additional observation" about the wobbling on its back is actually placebo effect, exacerbated once you discovered the noise from performing the daily test.

so that you can comment on his anal problems?

I've debated with i7guy in the past and while we may have differing opinions, i7guy is certainly not anal-retentive like you are.