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Interesting. A teardown of a newly shipped device would clear this up pretty quickly. But if there is a true difference, Apple would be in for a world of pain with initial adopters, so I would be surprised if they did it silently.

No kidding, I'd be one of those to go in and throw a **** fit.
 
This is interesting.

If true, this will kick up a massive ***** storm, especially from early adopters, and will reduce confidence in Apple design.

I'd like to think Apple is smarter than that, but the guys evidence on Reddit, while far from conclusive, is intriguing to say the least.
 
If in fact true, I could picture Apple giving a usual corporate "save face" response along the lines of:

"Many of our products undergo minor manufacturing iterations during their life cycles to improve supply and production efficiency. These have no bearing on the quality of the original production designs."

:rolleyes:
 
I know at least a hundred folks who have bought the 6+ and none of them have had the bend gate issue.

These are folks who really use the device in an industrial environment. I have had mine since launch day and I couldn't be happier.
 
If he's not lying about the weight increase, that could be something signficant

He's unlikely to be lying about something so easily disprovable but why is everyone speculating on a reddit users speculation about two different phones?
He said he compared the new 6 plus 128gb to his wife's old 6 plus 16gb. Is there seriously no-one anywhere on the planet with an early 128gb and a new 128gb. A 21 gram difference would register on a set of kitchen scales.
Surely someone (like maybe the blog that posted his comparisons) can simply weigh two 128gb 6 plus's?? One from an early batch, one from a new batch.
 
I agree I can't believe this story also this is someone doing a visual not a strip down to compare. To start with dose anyone have a 16gb and a 128gb September models to hand to weigh. Like poster said all this in two weeks I doubt it very much but I will keep an open mind on it.

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iFixit should be contacted and requested to do another teardown of the most recently manufactured 6 & 6+ models.
No I think they should get a hold of the two in question.

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If he's not lying about the weight increase, that could be something signficant
We need someone with a 128gb and a 16gb from September to weigh them for us someone on here must have them both.

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Isn't there a big difference in the memory chips of 16gb and 128gb I don't know what they look like or seen one but I would think they would be be very different. Please enlightene me.
 
I doubt this is true, with all the tear down people out there, any sign of a redesign would see apple in deep PR doodoo

Not to mention the phone being 21 grams heavier, nearly 3/4 of an ounce. I don't think apple would sacrifice bragging rights for a small % of incidents.
A teardown is definitely needed
 
If in fact true, I could picture Apple giving a usual corporate "save face" response along the lines of:

"Many of our products undergo minor manufacturing iterations during their life cycles to improve supply and production efficiency. These have no bearing on the quality of the original production designs."

:rolleyes:

Or they could spin it this way:

"Due to higher than expected demand for the 6+, we opened up another factory. The new factory is manufacturing the 6+ from an early heavy-duty specification; not the final build specification. Phones from this factory meet Apple's high-quality standards in every way; the only significant difference is they weigh 21 grams more."
 
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Damm. I wish Apple would recall the first batch of devices that are more prone to bending and replace them with one of the newer sturdier ones, if they secretly corrected the problem for the second wave.
 
There was no problem,i just dont believe it so many millions iphones if iphone were bendable there would be at least one million bent iphone but there is only few fa7@$$ who bend it on purpose,bendgate is a bs
 
There was no problem,i just dont believe it so many millions iphones if iphone were bendable there would be at least one million bent iphone but there is only few fa7@$$ who bend it on purpose,bendgate is a bs


that oneofthenine site has about 200+ but some look mangled not just a slight pocket bend, obvisoulsy that site does not capture everyone in the world but even if it was only 10% of the effected people thats still really only 2,000 of 15+ Million phones

not sure that calls for a super secret redisgn yet
 
that oneofthenine site has about 200+ but some look mangled not just a slight pocket bend, obvisoulsy that site does not capture everyone in the world but even if it was only 10% of the effected people thats still really only 2,000 of 15+ Million phones

not sure that calls for a super secret redisgn yet
Don't you know? If it's Apple, the smallest possible incident must be blown out of proportion and class action lawsuits must be filed the day of. /s
 
Not to mention the phone being 21 grams heavier, nearly 3/4 of an ounce. I don't think apple would sacrifice bragging rights for a small % of incidents.
A teardown is definitely needed

Why??

Because someone weighed and visually inspected an iPhone6 and said there was a difference?

Maybe instead of speculating about how the bending issue has been secretly corrected, why don't we look at the obvious?

There never was a bending issue.
 
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iPhone 6 Bending Fix?

Why do people insist in pulling the wool over there eyes and take it for what it is, that is news and follow it like everyone else that just want to know.

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Not to mention the phone being 21 grams heavier, nearly 3/4 of an ounce. I don't think apple would sacrifice bragging rights for a small % of incidents.
A teardown is definitely needed

If it is in fact heavier now, wouldn't Apple update that in their product specifications information?

I just checked Apple's website and the weight is still showing the original 172 grams.
 
Why??

Because someone weighed and visually inspected an iPhone6 and said there was a difference?

Maybe instead of speculating about how the bending issue has been secretly corrected, why don't we look at the obvious?

There never was a bending issue.

Wait you talking the bending issue that was dispelled in countless threads and remarks?

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UPDATE: 9to5Mac’s Jordan Kahn has done some digging and has found that there’s no truth to the claim that Apple has altered the 6 Plus to make it less susceptible to bending.
A footnote on Apple’s specs website for iPhone 6 Plus notes that “Size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process,” and sources tell us a 1.5 gram weight variance between any two iPhone 6 Plus units is within what is expected,” Kahn explains.

http://bgr.com/2014/10/31/iphone-6-plus-bendgate-design-fix/
 
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iFixit should be contacted and requested to do another teardown of the most recently manufactured 6 & 6+ models.

They've already checked the OP's claim and they can't verify it (least not the weight part)
This is from the comments in the reddit thread where the claim was made.

Hi there. I work for iFixit, and I investigated OP's claim. Here's what I found:

•We had a Day One iPhone 6 Plus, 128 GB, Silver, Verizon unit. I put it on the dealer scale we have on-premises, and it weighed 172.7 grams. It's on the high end, but still within Apple's listed 172 gram spec.

•I just went to the store and bought a brand-spanking-new iPhone 6 Plus, 128 GB, Space Gray, Verizon unit. Drum roll, please: https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/WukSpPS6bH5sAPvE.huge

It weighs 173.5 grams, a whopping 0.8 grams more than the Day One unit.
 
the reddit thread seems to suggest that the guy who flagged the difference in weight may be trolling.

he cant give the actual weights or do a video cos' he is too busy with work.

somebody else has checked the weights and finds a small difference (less than a gram) which could be explained by all manner of things.

i call the original story as BS
 
the reddit thread seems to suggest that the guy who flagged the difference in weight may be trolling.

he cant give the actual weights or do a video cos' he is too busy with work.

somebody else has checked the weights and finds a small difference (less than a gram) which could be explained by all manner of things.

i call the original story as BS


That's what I said in his the post.

I called this guy bs.
 
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