Lmbo. I just saw this on reddit. Anyway sorry to hear about your phone bending.
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I made fun of all the hoopla surrounding Bendgate. Then my iPhone 6 Plus bent :/
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Lmbo. I just saw this on reddit. Anyway sorry to hear about your phone bending.
Because it's not a "flaw". It's a "consequence".
Is a $6,000 Lalique crystal vase "flawed" because if some klutz knocks it to the ground it'll shatter into pieces? Is Lalique responsible for the mistake in care and lifestyle of it's owners? Do they owe someone a free vase? Or does the buyer know what he's getting into at the time of purchase?
We're not buying bricks here. These are thin, light, and delicate computers made of aluminum and glass. Just because they fit in your pocket doesn't mean they're as sturdy as keys or coins nor should anyone have that expectation. You don't slam your MacBook in a car door, you don't wedge your iPhone in your jeans.
Care for your iPhone 6's, problem solved.
BJ
There was a practical purpose for making the 6 thinner. It's easier to use than it would have been if it was thicker.
And again, other companies are on record as shooting for thinner. Jeff Bezos wants to make a Kindle that's as thin as a piece of paper. Apple isn't going to sit on its hands when the push is towards thinner. No way, no how.
they're people, they make mistakes. more and more actually... it's not just that Jobs isn't there anymore, but a lot of good people have left following Jobs death, and a lot of not as good people have joined the company.
testing a lot is one thing, but sometimes you just don't have the right test set up. also, Apple's weakness is the lack of real life testing, to preserve secrecy. With the famous iPhone 4 leak, we saw how the new iPhones were disguised in bulky cases during real life testing; let's face it, there were probably very few people walking around all day with a naked iPhone 6+ during the testing phase.
also, some people at Apple may have known, but were afraid to speak up. that happens all the time.
finally, it could have been that even the big bosses knew about this, weighed the risks, and decided to go ahead with the release anyway with a contingency plan (extremely limited supply of 6+ while working on the fix, silently implement the fix, exchange the units that fail once the fix is in place).
Deciding to delay the release of the product that makes up most of their revenue would have been a much bigger disaster than having to deal with thousands of exchanges.
One frequently practiced way to not be attacked is to never be honest when posting unless it includes high praise to Apple. Any real world bad experiences are denied, the owners fault, or someone making it up. Discussion is a somewhat foreign concept since it's about facts not emotions. Just look around at various threads where emotions run rampant and you'll see how it is.
The two bent phones that guys at work returned were quickly hustled out of sight to the back room, replaced by fresh new phones lightning fast. You'll have no problem. If you call in there's no witnesses, the treatment may be less advantageous, even reluctant.
Good luck
i'ma call it as is...bendable iPhone. Thinner...yes and bendable... I actually tried out the phone at apple store...somewhat stiffness.....but putting certain amount of pressure will cause it to bend. It is unfortunate to use the case to protect....well...somewhat because of protection...but really...we shouldn't be at the stage where having a case is a mandatory.
Cases are not mandatory, it's a choice. It's also the responsibility of the owner to take care of stuff they spend good money on. Plain and simple.
Yeah, they "hustle" all returned phones "out of sight to the back room" to be replaced with new ones no matter what's wrong with them. Additionally people who get a kick out of bashing Apple consistently launch these pre-emptive strikes at the community by attempting to characterize ANY skepticism or simple question asking as blind fanboi-ism, so really, you're doing exactly what you're complaining about, just from the other side of the fence.
No, it's either you're careless or you're not careless. Nobody NEEDS a case. Don't make more out of it than it is.
Evidently the thesis is that if you don't use a case your phone will bend no matter what you do or don't do. Clearly an unsupportable idea.
couldn't disagree more. technology should augment our daily life, in this case everywhere you go. most of us get a smartphone for that function, and not to have something delicate to take care of; this is not a tamagotchi.
the fact that we have to take greater care of these objects, now in their 8th generation, than we had to when they first come out, and be conscious about them every time we do simple things such as sitting down, goes against the definition of good design and technological progress.
you value the object more than the function, so you can't understand why people would not treat their iPhone with the same level of conscious care than you do. What you (and many people here it looks like) fail to see, is that a lot of us iPhone users (more than any other brand really) favor function over the object itself; we want the phone to help us with some of our daily tasks, and not have to think about it the rest of the time.
we were going the right direction with the addition of reminders, geofencing reminders, motion activity reminders... so less and less do you need to clutter your brain with those things; now we have to be conscious about these phones all day long not to damage them, this is a regression.
I don't see any complaining. The guys got new phones we all celebrated that. I've been especially happy, I have bought and sold three iP6 phones N.I.B for profits beyond my expectations.
I'm taking advantage of my iPhone experiences over the years, I'm not about to use a 6, too many bugs and annoyances.
Instead I will pre-order a iP6S next year, the 2nd gen iPhones are always the best. Always. It's relaxing to just read about the problems and not actually experience them.
You can get an iPhone 4 for $50 if you truly only cared about functionality and durability. You could get yourself a fresh iPhone 5 for $100 every six months too.
An iPhone promises many things, indestructibility isn't one of them. And if you want the most durable mobile phone out there, you'd get an Android that weighs 5 pounds, stick it in an Otterbox, wrap it in bubblewrap. You chose the most delicate of all mobile phones. That's on you, not Apple.
BJ
As I was afraid, you 're not understanding, and you probably just can't.
I believe I was telling you I was choosing function (it just works) and not the object. And your argument is back to the object. Where did I mention wanting the most durable phone?
No, I want a phone that helps me when I need it, and forget about it the rest of the time. I believe I explained that, and yet, your recommendation is
- android phone : how is that choosing function over the object? quite the opposite I believe; Android phones have always been about who has the most cores and megapixels, not who is the smoothest and take the best pictures
- phone I can forget about: android that weighs 5 pounds in an otterbox?!? again, wth...
I made fun of all the hoopla surrounding Bendgate. Then my iPhone 6 Plus bent :/
Nobody is asking for an indestructible iPhone. What people would like is a device that stands up to reasonable use in ordinary life situations. I should not have to worry about damage if I put my phone in my front pockets.
No phone I've ever owned, from flip phones to iPhone 5, has had any problems being carried in a front pocket. A design that creates new problems for people is not a good design. Devices exist to make our lives easier, not harder. Whether the 6/6+ design holds up in the long run has yet to be determined.
Nobody is asking for an indestructible iPhone. What people would like is a device that stands up to reasonable use in ordinary life situations. I should not have to worry about damage if I put my phone in my front pockets.
No phone I've ever owned, from flip phones to iPhone 5, has had any problems being carried in a front pocket. A design that creates new problems for people is not a good design. Devices exist to make our lives easier, not harder. Whether the 6/6+ design holds up in the long run has yet to be determined.
Another Samsung troll/. Why isn't this dude banned?
j/k. Sorry for your bent phone. Hope you can get it exchanged for a new one.
j/k. Sorry for your bent phone. Hope you can get it exchanged for a new one.
Generally speaking, at a certain point, the trade offs for making a device thinner become too high. I don't know when that point will be, or if it's already reached, but ergonomics, battery life, and durability have to be taken into account. Good designs revolve around end-user benefits, not abstract design metrics.
Why specifically does making the iPhone 6 as thin as it is make it "easier to use"? Is it worth the trade off of a smaller battery than would be possible with a slightly thicker design? Is it worth the camera bump? The possible lower strength?
Apple should not be going thinner just because someone else like Bezos of Amazon said he wanted thinner. Again, design should benefit the end user, NOT satisfy some contest with another company.
http://youtu.be/E8E9xlGbZaA?t=1m54s
Aluminum will bend with enough pressure then goes on to say if you are worried about it get a case.
Basically that is a terrible link if you are advocating the iPhone won't bend in a pocket. Thats a "Hey its on the internet so its gotta be true!" post.
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