Oh, so since yours didn't bend, then other people are being careless?
Believe it or not, but you do not represent everyone.
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Oh, so since yours didn't bend, then other people are being careless?
Believe it or not, but you do not represent everyone.
Yes, unless of course you believe that the phones bend my themselves with no interaction from the user.
Yes. That's right.
No, I don't. What I do represent, however, are the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners who use their phones everyday as always, and they do not have phones that bend.
No matter how you look at it, something is not adding up here. Phones don't just bend, they get bent.
Stop bending your phones.
Perhaps some of us are harder on our phones than others. If that is the case, it still appears that older iPhones were able to handle harsher use than the 6 and 6 plus. And most of us can't pinpoint exactly when the bends happen, because we're not checking for bends every all the time. I don't think anyone is saying they bend without any user interaction. The issue is they bend with user interaction that would have been perfectly acceptable with previous generation iPhones
And you only represent yourself. A sample size of 1 is meaningless.
A phone does not just bend involuntarily. It takes physical force to bend something.
When you can't find your phone, it must be the phone grew legs and walked beneath the sofa. Your sandwhich is missing because the phone ate it. Blame the creator of the device...no I blame the careless user that crammed the phone in his back pocket and sat down. Don't blame Apple...you are the ones that bent the phone, not them.
When you can't find your phone, it must be the phone grew legs and walked beneath the sofa. Your sandwhich is missing because the phone ate it. Blame the creator of the device...no I blame the careless user that crammed the phone in his back pocket and sat down. Don't blame Apple...you are the ones that bent the phone, not them.
So you're saying that suddenly, with the advent of the iPhone 6, users are doing something they've never done before? And specifically iPhone users? since you know, Samsung phones don't have this problem.
You should really do a Google search before posting such FUD.
http://www.cultofmac.com/297404/get-bent-shocking-history-bent-smartphones/
It is not only the 6 that is bending, Samsung, Sony and more have had the issue.
up till now, two of the seven iphone6 i have seen in person were slightly bent. the users were unaware of it. this is quite a significant number.
just have a look at twitter. there is at least one message about a bent iphone6 (+) every hour. my guess is that apple currently has to deal with up to 50.000 bent iphones a day and because of material fatigue and more devices being sold, this number will continue to rise.
the question is not if, but when will it bend
just have a look at twitter. there is at least one message about a bent iphone6 (+) every hour. my guess is that apple currently has to deal with up to 50.000 bent iphones a day and because of material fatigue and more devices being sold, this number will continue to rise.
the question is not if, but when will it bend
This is not true. Google.
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And if this is the case, then it's your problem, not Apple's.
But this isn't true. There are countless pictures of older iPhones bending as well. Guess what? None of my iPhones have ever bent and I have owned them all! So, again, your iPhones bending is your problem. Figure out what your doing wrong and fix it, or stop bitching.
This is obvious people abuse their phones, then bitch when something happens to them. All the while saying, "I baby my phone, I don't know how this could have happened!" Well, I do. You abuse your phone.
Again, that isn't true...there is plenty of evidence that says otherwise.
Apparently, i don't just represent myself based off of the millions of people who don't bend their phones. That is a huge sample size and it is a hell of a lot more that you and the few others that come here and bitch about how it is Apple's fault that you abuse your phone.
There is a difference between user interaction and the user being careless.
The issue is people put their phones in their front pocket throughout the day, and until the iPhone 6 there were no major issues with phones bending from day to day tasks. I leave my phone in my front pocket, and I wear loose jeans and khakis. I never worry about the position I put my body in while at the office or out with friends, as it has never been an issue with my previous phones.
There appears to be some confusion in this thread.
Those with bent iPhones aren't implying their phones flopped over on a whim. Nor are they saying their phones are bent in half like the one in the Unbox Therapy video.
Not everyone will have this issue, but there are some who find their phones have deformed in some way. Of course there was force involved, but nothing excessive. Just regular wear and tear. The same thing all their previous phones went through without issue.
The phone shell could have done with some more reinforcement. Simple.
Those with bent iPhones aren't implying their phones flopped over on a whim. Nor are they saying their phones are bent in half like the one in the Unbox Therapy video.
Not everyone will have this issue, but there are some who find their phones have deformed in some way. Of course there was force involved, but nothing excessive. Just regular wear and tear. The same thing all their previous phones went through without issue.
The phone shell could have done with some more reinforcement. Simple.
This is what happens when you defend an argument based on fanboyism over logic. So again, you're saying with the advent of the ip6 people suddenly started doing somethi g differently. No one is suggesting other phones are indestructible. Just that the ip6 is weaker than just about any other phone out there and will bend in situations that it shouldn't and most other phones won't. That's a problem with the phone, and that's a fact you need to make friends with, fanboyism no matter how strong won't make it any less true.
"I put my iPhone 6 in my Tesla.
My Tesla doesn't bend and was able to protect the iPhone."
I was talking about your expensive Tesla case.
My Tesla doesn't bend and was able to protect the iPhone."
I was talking about your expensive Tesla case.
Your talking as if there is some wide spread bending of iPhones going on.
Literally everyone I know with the new iPhone 6/6+ doesn't have bending concerns or issues.
Will the iPhone 6 stand up to being sat on or banged against walls like the iPhone5, 4, 3, etc..?? No, but the phones that have been bent are caused by the user unfortunately.
Instead of all the back and forth, why not set up a poll and see how many people actually have bent iPhones.....
This is the unsupported garbage that highlights how silly the bending argument is.
twitter?? really.
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Sounds good, but that has been done a few times in the forum and the same discussion breaks out.
Mods, please remove this post. There is far too much intelligence in it.
This, this and this some more. There's a difference in a phone bending itself and one made with not enough enforcement for the design. This is a distinct possibility and I don't see why some think apple is a member of the family or something and deny this is even possible. Apple is a rich company, who's products I enjoy, and not infallible. Phones should withstand enough pressure to be able to carry them in the pocket. If they bend without sitting on them, just by the pressure of pants while setting down, then there is a problem with the design. Ovbiously everyone is not the same size and shape so it will not apply to all.
This, this and this some more. There's a difference in a phone bending itself and one made with not enough enforcement for the design. This is a distinct possibility and I don't see why some think apple is a member of the family or something and deny this is even possible. Apple is a rich company, who's products I enjoy, and not infallible. Phones should withstand enough pressure to be able to carry them in the pocket. If they bend without sitting on them, just by the pressure of pants while setting down, then there is a problem with the design. Ovbiously everyone is not the same size and shape so it will not apply to all.
Because a poll of random people on an internet forum is meaningless?
I know that because I am a French model who also has PhD in statistics and cosmetology.
Apple said there were 9 bent phones.
10s of millions sold.
Some vendors have been caught bad mouthing products on forums.
Case closed.
Then this entire bent v. not bent discussion is meaningless because everything on the internet is completely random.
Case closed.
No, i'm talking like it's much more wide spread that it should be. A whole lot more iPhone 6's being bent than any other phone, including other iPhone's. That's the reality, argue with it all you want, it will still remain reality. Obviously the phones aren't bending spontaneously, can't believe some people are so dense whether intentional or by nature on the matter, but when they aren't durable enough for so many users to be placed in a pocket, that's an issue.
They said there were 9 calls to Apple care, and this was very shortly after release. We don't know how many more calls have been made in the following months. We also don't know how many complaints were made to the Genius Bar. And we don't know how many people didn't bother reporting just because they're sure it wouldn't possibly be covered (can't prove you didn't abuse it).
The phone is weaker. Just because some, or even most, people are able to use it without causing a bend does not mean everyone else is abusing it. I hate car analogies, but that's like saying it's the driver's fault that his engine failed at 70 mph just because you never had trouble at 50 mph.
In my own case, I owned my 6 plus since launch pretty much, and I only noticed the bend this week. Not exactly sure when it happened, but I doubt it was bent before new years
