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I and others here an always count on you making sure we do not error. Must be an awesome responsibility keeping everyone straight!
Don't try and throw your obviously wrong comment back on me.
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No I'm not. The statement was wrong and misleading. Semantics have nothing to do with it.
Of course he did something to bend it.
The only other possibilities are:
- His cat bent it.
- His friend Bob bent it.
- The phone bent by itself.
Since the OP didn't say he has a cat or a friend named Bob either he bent it or it bent by itself. With millions of phones in use, I doubt the phone bends by itself.
I agree with your second point. Why create another thread that someone bent their phone (or that it bent by itself) ?
Hope you are not missing out. I love Chistmas and with the entire family around, there is no way to miss being in the spirit!
Sure. Because post #75 never happened. Best watch the hypocrisy, boys.
Happy holiday.
Not around my house or office. I have 2 iMacs a MBPro 15, two Air 2 amid a MBAir and none have even needed any service. Some have the worst luck
The iMac at the house and office have run 24/7 over 18 months now.
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Since the G5 erra, I've never had one iMac last without going through numerous rounds of repairs and manufacturing defects. All of them I sold after getting repaired again before they could fail again.
I tried one of each new generation hoping for improvement until I just wrote them off entirely. Not worth the loss incurred to sell them before they die.
The last solid iMac i had was a G3. That thing put in like 14 years of hard service. Reliable till the end. It's still going strong, I passed it on to family. Solid workhorse.
I can't speak for all of them, but my iMac is an early 2008 model. Still going strong and I've never had one issue with it. It's left on 24/7 except when I leave for long periods (e.g. vacations) and has never skipped a beat. The only thing I've ever had to replace are batteries in the keyboard and mouse. It started out on Leopard (10.5) and is now on Yosemite (10.10), so six versions of OS X. It's only now started to get a bit laggy after upgrading to Yosemite, has always ran just like brand new prior to that.
Apple should replace it as long as it's not damaged otherwise. I've seen it on 5's and we replaced them under warranty
I smell a class action lawsuit brewing. I just got back from the Apple Store after having the same issue as OP. No intentional force, but the Genius refused to replace it. I had questions regarding the battery (which turned out to be a background app refresh issue) and "tactile feedback" on the Touch ID sensor, as well as a slight curvature to the phone, which he admitted he saw. Said its physical damage and they couldn't replace it. Not happy.
You say no intentional force, but it did see unintentional force and bent. Because you didn't do it on purpose you feel Apple should replace it?
Let's face it these things are thin and fragile and will bend in your pocket.
"In your pocket" is a place, not a way things get damaged. iPhones are not particularly fragile. They won't bend in your pocket unless something happens to bend them.
My iPhone 6 bent too. Not massively. Just a slight bend by the volume buttons.
I realise the phone didn't just warp by itself but I treated it no differently than I have every other phone I've ever used. Out the box into a case with a screen protector on. I don't keep it in my pocket. I don't keep it with keys or coins etc, I never dropped it or accidentally sit in it etc. my iPhone 5 is still in Perfect condition two years later and I mean perfect. I did nothing to bend it. But somewhere along the line, a week of normal use caused it to warp. My cousin got a 64gb gold. She throws hers about like a toy and hers is still perfect. So my own experience is simply bad luck.
I returned the phone without issue. I still love iPhones. I've gone back to my 5. I'll wait for the 6s and get that. I would have had it replaced but I wouldn't have enjoyed owning it because I'd have just spent my time worrying everything I did might cause it to misshape and £540 is a lot to spend on an item that would have just caused me to worry. When you think about it though tens of millions of phones sold, there is bound to be a certain percentage that have issued. It would be impossible for them all to be perfect. I just by chance for one with an issue.
I do think some phones have an issue. And it's just bad luck that I happened to buy one of those phones. I could just have easily have gotten a perfect one, as I have with every other iPhone I've owned. And it's no where near as bad as what the media would have you believe. Ask them and the phone crumples the second you touch it.
It hasn't made me lose confidence in Apple as a company (I have had none of the other 'gates' with previous iPhones, no signal issues with the 4 or 4s. No chips or marks with the 5 etc), what it has done is knocked my confidence in the 6 as a product for me. So I'll continue with the 5, chalk this one up to bad luck and look forward to upgrading when the 6s is released. I may have done myself a favour in the long run as if the rumours are true of a refresh of the 4" model next year then I'll be very happy buying that.
I realise the phone didn't just warp by itself but I treated it no differently than I have every other phone I've ever used. Out the box into a case with a screen protector on. I don't keep it in my pocket. I don't keep it with keys or coins etc, I never dropped it or accidentally sit in it etc. my iPhone 5 is still in Perfect condition two years later and I mean perfect. I did nothing to bend it. But somewhere along the line, a week of normal use caused it to warp. My cousin got a 64gb gold. She throws hers about like a toy and hers is still perfect. So my own experience is simply bad luck.
I returned the phone without issue. I still love iPhones. I've gone back to my 5. I'll wait for the 6s and get that. I would have had it replaced but I wouldn't have enjoyed owning it because I'd have just spent my time worrying everything I did might cause it to misshape and £540 is a lot to spend on an item that would have just caused me to worry. When you think about it though tens of millions of phones sold, there is bound to be a certain percentage that have issued. It would be impossible for them all to be perfect. I just by chance for one with an issue.
I do think some phones have an issue. And it's just bad luck that I happened to buy one of those phones. I could just have easily have gotten a perfect one, as I have with every other iPhone I've owned. And it's no where near as bad as what the media would have you believe. Ask them and the phone crumples the second you touch it.
It hasn't made me lose confidence in Apple as a company (I have had none of the other 'gates' with previous iPhones, no signal issues with the 4 or 4s. No chips or marks with the 5 etc), what it has done is knocked my confidence in the 6 as a product for me. So I'll continue with the 5, chalk this one up to bad luck and look forward to upgrading when the 6s is released. I may have done myself a favour in the long run as if the rumours are true of a refresh of the 4" model next year then I'll be very happy buying that.
Hey New Years resolution for ya....quit saying this same dribble over and over again.
Tell people to stop implying that putting a phone in your pocket will make it bend.
There is nothing more to say. A phone can go in your pocket. And it shouldn't bend there. Period.
I never claim to be perfect, yet I take great care of my smartphones and Mac Laptop's. Twenty years of stellar service and the only issue I've ever had was the rather fragile iP6+ I use. All prior smartphones (over 40) have held up without any cosmetic issues much less structural like these phones.
I carry mine in hand or in a dedicated front pocket, and always removed when sitting. Yet the first one bent. Apple graciously replaced it. I became extremely wary and careful. Eight weeks later another bent phone. Once again Apple replaces it without hesitation.
2015 simply cannot come fast enough. I_know_ Apple will build them better the second time around.
I carry mine in hand or in a dedicated front pocket, and always removed when sitting. Yet the first one bent. Apple graciously replaced it. I became extremely wary and careful. Eight weeks later another bent phone. Once again Apple replaces it without hesitation.
2015 simply cannot come fast enough. I_know_ Apple will build them better the second time around.