Trying to trash my character isn't legitimate. It's a tactic on your part. You should stop. You should also stop banging around the board suggesting that simply placing iPhones in your pocket causes them to bend.
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I made fun of all the hoopla surrounding Bendgate. Then my iPhone 6 Plus bent :/
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Trying to trash my character isn't legitimate. It's a tactic on your part. You should stop. You should also stop banging around the board suggesting that simply placing iPhones in your pocket causes them to bend.
Haaaaaa!!! I've been known to rock a murse sometimes, but where would I put my phone the other 99.9% of the time? Oh yes, my pocket! What a grand idea.
When my credit card breaks, they send me a new one for free. Will apple send me a new phone when it breaks. All you points are stupid like your credit card analogy.
It is not "bizare" that I have a different opinion than you. It is extremely odd that you would think such a thing.
I find it so hilarious that "oneofthenine" says you have nothing positive to say and he admitted that he signed up an account here to collect information about bent iPhone 6/6 pluses for his website. He admitted he has an agenda. That causes frustration and I can't respect that which is why I have his posts on ignore. The only reason I saw his post is because you replied to it. I see that he hasn't changed and now he's cleverly throwing at you as if you're the problem.
lol, you do that all on your own.
Most users are reporting pocketing their phones and finding bends. Not my words.
Take a look at the iPhone 5 leather case and the iPhone 6 Plus case. The iphone 5 case is more structurally solid than the 6. No doubt about it. Very hard to bend near the volume rockers, where the 6 Plus is bendable like butter. It's a poor design. Simple as that.
This is not a convincing argument because a credit card is not an interactive device with a similar usage pattern as a mobile phone. A credit card generally has no buttons, display, or other input/output mechanism. It does not have to be that durable, as it has either a magnetic stripe, a single chip (often contact less) or both, and is typically carried in a wallet.
What about holding something as thin as a credit card? Would it be durable?
This is about much more that whether something can be picked up. If thinness as a feature improved the user experience, I have no opposition to making a device thinner. If it serves no purpose, I don't see the point when other aspects of the device like battery life can be improved.
Take things way too literally much? I didn't say that they would make it into a credit card. I said that IF they COULD make it that thin they WOULD.
1. The more I thought about it, I figured the case might actually be making the problem in peoples pockets worse. Since the cases add more bulk in every direction to the phone, shouldn't that cause more pressure to be transferred from the tugging of the pocket to the phone's structure? I can't even imagine rigid cases helping much either. Is the entire community getting it wrong with the case thing?
2. I think the best case scenario is that they do a silent update on the design reinforcing the area, while announcing they are doubling down on their acceptance of bent phones very publicly. I really don't know why people think this is such a huge deal, it's not a game breaking bug in any way, it's merely aesthetic. Just schedule an Apple store appointment at a time of best convince for you and get a new phone. I'm sure there's going to be millions of phones that are unaffected by this problem.
I just can't fathom why people would hinge their purchasing decisions on one of the most important and most used tools in their life over the fact that there's a small chance there will be a insignificant cosmetic defect that Apple has already said they will take care of with minimal problems.
2. I think the best case scenario is that they do a silent update on the design reinforcing the area, while announcing they are doubling down on their acceptance of bent phones very publicly. I really don't know why people think this is such a huge deal, it's not a game breaking bug in any way, it's merely aesthetic. Just schedule an Apple store appointment at a time of best convince for you and get a new phone. I'm sure there's going to be millions of phones that are unaffected by this problem.
I just can't fathom why people would hinge their purchasing decisions on one of the most important and most used tools in their life over the fact that there's a small chance there will be a insignificant cosmetic defect that Apple has already said they will take care of with minimal problems.
If their point was that there's diminishing returns to further thinning a product that's already quite thin, then they're right. And it'd be completely illogical to conclude that because Apple has thinned the iPhone with each redesign that there is thus no point at which it can be too thin.
They may yet go a little thinner in 2016, but they'll never go anywhere near as thin as a credit card, because that would just hurt your fingers and is such an obviously bad user experience that a designer who suggests it at Apple would probably be packing up his desk before lunch.
What about a stylish fanny pack?
I wonder if apple moved the volume buttons a little higher toward top or didnt cnc the area between the buttons if that would have added enough strength to prevent bending.
I think you may have a valid point with regard to the case increasing pressure within pockets and making it more likely the phone will bend.
With regard to point #2, I think Apple will do exactly that: quietly fix any internal design/quality issues while taking care of the people who get a bend through normal use.
I find it so hilarious that "oneofthenine" says you have nothing positive to say and he admitted that he signed up an account here to collect information about bent iPhone 6/6 pluses for his website. He admitted he has an agenda. That causes frustration and I can't respect that which is why I have his posts on ignore. The only reason I saw his post is because you replied to it. I see that he hasn't changed and now he's cleverly throwing at you as if you're the problem.
nope, I said I signed up to discuss the issues. I am running a site about these issues and am keen to discuss it. I need no account or even to post if I wanted to just collect info.
Without all the bashing from your tinfoil hat team perhaps some more constructive conversation could go on around the manufacture dates / factory / etc to see if the issue is restricted to a single place or wider spread.
And I said that unless making the iPhone that thin improved the user experience, there is no point.
Engineering is an exercise in design choices and trade offs. Implementing a feature or characteristic for no practical purpose is not good design discipline IMO.
It would probably help, but moving them higher would put them out of normal reach of all but the most gigantic hands. I suspect there are other ways they could fix the issue, assuming it's endemic and not a case of poor quality control with certain units. Maybe they could put their crack team of metallurgists on the case?
Most of the cases out there are pliable and thus would have very little effect in preventing bending of the phone. They are easier to bend than the phone itself. A rigid case, if not weak near the volume rockers, will provide adequate protection. However, there are only a few rigid cases out there that are strong at the volume rockers. Thus in most instances, cases will provide little protection in preventing bending.
Most users aren't reporting anything because they're content with their phones. A very small number of phones bent, an even smaller number of owners reported it to Apple. The rest are people who watched videos of morons bending it with their hands and then going around on forums acting claiming they're experts on the matter because "he didn't even bend it THAT hard."
Lol, yeah when I am loading 4x5 sheet film holders but not my phone sir.
This ought to be interesting...
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Glad my phone is straight, I live in a ski resort 200 miles and 4 hours away from nearest Apple Store...;-)
So far so good on my 6 Plus. I have had mine since 8:01 am on launch day, so that is about as long as anyone has had one. If mine ever bends..ever...I will surely go see Apple. I take excellent care of my devices (everything I own, really). I wonder how many phones have bent by just usage like having in pockets or taking the phone in/out of cases? I think the number is going to be a significant one before the quarter ends, and Apple gets a good number on it. I wonder what they will do? Surely the'll have to do something. If it's this bad, that could be a deal breaker for 10's if not 100's of thousands of people. Quite possibly millions. We will see. I would hate to have to buy a iPhone 5s to get me through until they came out with a new hardware replacement for the 6 Plus.
I just can't, for the life of me, imagine Apple's R&D would not have known of a possible flaw like this. With all the testing? They surely seen it happening. I just don't see why they would allow this to roll out of production and be sold to the masses. That's not Apple...well, didn't used to be. I love all my Apple products, but the iPhone 6 Plus is a deal breaker if it is going to bend like that...and that easy.
I just can't, for the life of me, imagine Apple's R&D would not have known of a possible flaw like this. With all the testing? They surely seen it happening. I just don't see why they would allow this to roll out of production and be sold to the masses. That's not Apple...well, didn't used to be. I love all my Apple products, but the iPhone 6 Plus is a deal breaker if it is going to bend like that...and that easy.
Who can forget the iPhone 4 and antennagate? Apple's R&D let that one get by them.
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