Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
iPhone 6 Plus Bending Limits Tested in New Video
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
this is great.. people are already making excuses for this issue.
fact is that this is something apple engineers probably overlooked. just about everyone i know carries their phones in their front or back pant pockets.
is this something that apple would address publicly? will this be another one of those "you're holding it wrong" excuses?
maybe something like a vapor case could help keep this phone from bending...
fact is that this is something apple engineers probably overlooked. just about everyone i know carries their phones in their front or back pant pockets.
is this something that apple would address publicly? will this be another one of those "you're holding it wrong" excuses?
maybe something like a vapor case could help keep this phone from bending...
So this is kinda sad but it can be fixed with a minor design revision. I think some one thought they could get away with this design. They don't want to sell you AppleCare and then have everyone who buys it use it to the max that ends up costing them s butt load. They want to sell it and have it used rarely. This is just like square wants to know how breakable a device is so it can carry a risk rating plugged into a risk table. I suspect if a device is so breakable square won't provide coverage.
I think I found the perfect solution for BEND-GATE:
Apple drops the prices of all 6 and 6+ models for 100 dollars. Refunds for already purchased ones.
To be honest: I think it's not too far fetched that something like this is coming ... A free bumper won't silence the noise this time around!
Apple drops the prices of all 6 and 6+ models for 100 dollars. Refunds for already purchased ones.
To be honest: I think it's not too far fetched that something like this is coming ... A free bumper won't silence the noise this time around!
I've never seen so many scared apple fans so quick to defend themselves! Okay yes, the iPhone is the best iphone, maybe the best phone in the world right now. I have two 6+ 64gb on the way from tmobile.
But can you all please take your heads out of the sand? There is clearly a FLAW in the structural design near the volume area. It's the only part where the phone bends. This just isn't cool and I'll say this as a die hard apple fan. I'm hoping this is just a bad batch, I'll be severely pissed if my 6+ bends in a lifeproof case.
but will you be able to bend next year's 6s that has a sapphire crystal screen?
No the "s" stands for steel . Maybe it will be the 6ss (steel and sapphire) and weigh in at 2lbs.
Not sure if serious or not....but I actually am considering doing the same. I saw a coworkers 6 today, and it was almost a perfect phone and size. With this "bending" news, I am highly considering going with the regular 6, or simply waiting for the "S" cycle in which these types of issues will be resolved.
The slim armor case has an inner silicone shell that is under an outer plastic shell.
"Minor design revision"
Mmmm, I dunno. Best thing I can come up with to fix it that doesn't require a complete re-design is to fill it up with a resin!
The flat plate is design of it is inherently flexible
Man ya the test could have been done better with measured pressure but definitely pretty concerning. If people are reporting of minor bends just being in a front pocket that is not good. Being able to bend a phone that easily with your hands isn't a good sign period.
I keep wanting to come back but looks like waiting another year might make the most sense.
I keep wanting to come back but looks like waiting another year might make the most sense.
Another ME here (trained years ago, but not working as now).
To me, the design intent of the 6 / 6+ is the use case of the back in tension and the screen in compression. I would never put my iPhone 5 in my back pocket screen out.
Even then, the innards have very low compressive and shear strength, aren't bonded in any significant amount to either the aluminum "tub" or the screen which would improve shear strength like a core of a sandwich panel. Without support of the inner core, the back panel of the tub will buckle fairly easily and without some sort of bond on the screen edge to the tub edge, there won't be any way to carry any significant shear and compressive loads through the screen and tub edge. Lots of speculation on assembly on my part.
In some aspects the 5 series is in my opinion stronger due to a bit more material at the sidewalls in contact with the screen.
Overall, I would rate the 4S as the best design from a structural standpoint, as a stainless steel frame is pretty robust in itself, and frankly shorter and thicker are an advantage.
That said, and knowing the complexity of the design constraints, the 6 / 6+ packs a lot of computing in a light and thin package, and that is what most of the market wants.
An easy way to strengthen the 6 would be to fill it will some sort of that resin that cures to a fair strength, glass bead or glass fiber filled epoxy would be suitable, but I'm not seeing that as a useful solution.
To me, the design intent of the 6 / 6+ is the use case of the back in tension and the screen in compression. I would never put my iPhone 5 in my back pocket screen out.
Even then, the innards have very low compressive and shear strength, aren't bonded in any significant amount to either the aluminum "tub" or the screen which would improve shear strength like a core of a sandwich panel. Without support of the inner core, the back panel of the tub will buckle fairly easily and without some sort of bond on the screen edge to the tub edge, there won't be any way to carry any significant shear and compressive loads through the screen and tub edge. Lots of speculation on assembly on my part.
In some aspects the 5 series is in my opinion stronger due to a bit more material at the sidewalls in contact with the screen.
Overall, I would rate the 4S as the best design from a structural standpoint, as a stainless steel frame is pretty robust in itself, and frankly shorter and thicker are an advantage.
That said, and knowing the complexity of the design constraints, the 6 / 6+ packs a lot of computing in a light and thin package, and that is what most of the market wants.
An easy way to strengthen the 6 would be to fill it will some sort of that resin that cures to a fair strength, glass bead or glass fiber filled epoxy would be suitable, but I'm not seeing that as a useful solution.
I'd imagine those tight back jean pockets destroy it. I don't understand why people store any phones in the back pocket.
Yeah same thing with my sunglasses, I sat on them in the car and they broke. I wrote the company because of the "design flaw". They should have been shaped like my A** then would not have broken. Totally the companies fault not mine.
Glad to see someone with sense here.
How people can think 'huge pressure pushing at the middle of the device whilst pulling back on the edges shouldn't bend the phone' is beyond me. Put enough pressure on something and it'll do that. Sure, there's a weak point near that volume button but to exploit it this guy had to be purposely trying to bend the phone at that specific point. Crazy.
That was a nice looking phone, all right, but with the glass on both the front and the back, there was no way for it to land "butter side up" if you accidentally dropped it. The solution to that was eerily similar to the one being suggested for the iPhone 6: Don't Drop It.
The iPhone 5 had a slippery back. I managed to drop it several times, and usually onto pavement. I think it was weighted to land on its back, because the screen never broke when I dropped it. Of course the screen didn't survive when my one-year-old nephew picked it up and threw it from a balcony.
My nephew, now two years old, is one of the reasons I sprang for AppleCare for my 128GB iPhone 6+. That phone is in my pocket now, and I'm sitting down. So far, it's still flat, though.
Nope, not 'weighted to land on its back'. Just meant something else hit the ground first. Glass first always smashes the screen. Enough for on another part of the phone will do that too. But a small enough force to be absorbed by the rest of the phone with that force hitting the glass? That'll save the screen. 6 / 6+ will be the same. Course, this time there's more of everything to hit.
The direction of the bend would suggest that the phone would have to be sideways in a front pocket. Who wears tight pants that would allow a sideways i6 Plus in their front pocket? Also, it would have to be a LOT of thigh and tight jeans pressure, so I'm not buying the front pocket stories. Sitting down with the phone in the back pocket would produce the direction of the bend of the phone, And I don't know why anyone would put a $650-$1000 phone in their back pocket, and then sit on it.
Three people with iPhone 6+ backorders just got bumped up on the list!
Well then walk out to the mall fountain and dunk it in. That should take care of it for a replacement.