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iPhone 6 Plus slightly bent after 2 days

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Smartass said:
it shows you that even a small drop can cause a force large enough for a phone to start bending/flexing/losing its structural form, so imagine what a little bigger pressure in your pocket can do to this phone. You really think that "waving around in the air" is normal for a phone?

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so if somebody who loves Apple would make this test, would you react differently? Or would you still be closing your eyes and ears on this issue?
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I'm not closing my eyes or ears at all, but I do think it's being totally blown out of all proportion. Yes it's a bit more fragile than other phones but it's not a design fault so much as a "be aware of" weakness that in certain circumstances could lead to it bending. I've had iPhones since the 3G and never had any issues with the hardware at all. Common sense sadly is not genetic!!
 
Smartass said:
it shows you that even a small drop can cause a force large enough for a phone to start bending/flexing/losing its structural form, so imagine what a little bigger pressure in your pocket can do to this phone. You really think that "waving around in the air" is normal for a phone?

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so if somebody who loves Apple would make this test, would you react differently? Or would you still be closing your eyes and ears on this issue?
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Exactly!

This is a clear indication of more problems to come in future, I don't get why people are being so defensive when blatantly clear that the iPhone 6 Plus is not built well. Sony had a similar issue with the Xperia Z1, they quickly fixed it though, that was the 1st and last known bending issue with an Android.

We've seen the Xperia Z Ultra with its 6.4inch display and 6.5mm thin metal and glass body, that didn't bend, same with the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Galaxy Note 3 with its 5.7inch display and thin body, there's a video where someone tries to bend it and has to apply ridiculous force, but no reports of bending in pocket.

Apple have no excuse, they must replace the bent iPhones and bump up their quality control.
 
Sensible advice from Derek Kessler:

"This is what you get with a metal phone. It will be durable, it can be made thin, and it looks damn good. But it can also be bent. Your alternatives are to make it thicker and more durable, build it out of different materials that will change the appearance, cellular reception, and weight of the device (the iPhone 4's stainless steel is around a 6 on the Mohs scale, but weighs nearly three times as much as aluminum), or just deal with it.

Just as we do our best not to drop our phones on hard surfaces because the screen could shatter and we avoid rubbing it against rough surfaces so we don't gouge the back, we should be cognizant of the pressure we're applying to our phones and recognize that too much will damage it. They're not indestructible."

It is what it is and just like when Princess Diana died the best advice was just deal with it!!! And I say that as a Nikon D600 owner!!
 
Tsepz said:
The accidents are all over forums, quit playing stupid, many 6 Plus owners realized their phone was bending without them trying to bend it intentionally, this is the whole reason why we are discussing this, remember?

When phones bend unintentionally in large numbers that is a clear sign of poor build quality, which is what the 6 Plus clearly suffers from.

It's been 3-4years of Phablets and NOW Apple release one and it bends within less than a week, that is a clear problem!
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many ? its 6 !
 
itjw said:
Could it happen? Sure. You CAN bend your phone.
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Nope. I tried to do what the guy does in the video with my 4S. And from the look of his hands and how they are shaking, he has a lot less strength in his hands than I do. Yet, I could induce any bend in my iPhone.

What is in dispute is how hard it needs to be pushed, and under what circumstance it will bend.
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Yes, exactly. And I would say: a lot less hard than with the 4S. Hence the fact that the 6 has inferior engineering compared to the 4S. And the cause of that is because the design team at Apple has become obsessed with thinness rather than reliability and quality... And the real failure in that is that the 6 just looks like any Samsung product while the 4S had a real distinctive design...
 
hasanahmad said:
go ahead show me just 10.
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anyone noticed how he ran away after i asked him more than 10 examples

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Lictor said:
Nope. I tried to do what the guy does in the video with my 4S. And from the look of his hands and how they are shaking, he has a lot less strength in his hands than I do. Yet, I could induce any bend in my iPhone.



Yes, exactly. And I would say: a lot less hard than with the 4S. Hence the fact that the 6 has inferior engineering compared to the 4S. And the cause of that is because the design team at Apple has become obsessed with thinness rather than reliability and quality... And the real failure in that is that the 6 just looks like any Samsung product while the 4S had a real distinctive design...
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4s is made of stainless steel which also severely degrades network and cell tower connection
 
hanzoh said:
Really? I don't know why everyone assumes I'm hiding something or lying about what happened. I was not drunk as I was the driver that night and I did not lean or run against anything.

I always put my phone vertically in my front pocket with the display facing my thigh and the Lightning port pointing upwards (so the phone is upside down).

It bent in the upper third with the axis being the sim tray. It bent to the outside so that the display is slightly curved. The railing theory would have bent the phone in the other direction so that the back would have been curved.

The phone bent just through the pressure of my thigh (again, it was not crammed in the pocket), and that's something that should not happen.
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Did you contact Apple yet? Were they able to do anything for you?
 
hasanahmad said:
anyone noticed how he ran away after i asked him more than 10 examples

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4s is made of stainless steel which also severely degrades network and cell tower connection
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Going to take a shower is running away? :D wow! At 1st I thought I was dealing with ignorance, but now it seems I'm dealing with people with far worse.
I'll try aggregate the complaints I've seen as its a mix of twitter, fb and forum posts.
 
pscl said:
guys... is no one curious about the spot where it bends?

i mean.. if this happend in that guys pocket while he is walking, sitting,... doesnt it should bend the long way in the shape of the thigh? how should it bend this way even in a tight jeans? its almost impossible.

the bending on the photos seems like he was sitting down while the phone was looking out of his pocket.

you guys know what i mean? no one thought about that?

maybe some guys really want to start a sh**storm to get fame.
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I haven't really looked around at more pictures of where the phone is breaking, but now you got me wondering if this is the same case with all the bent phones.

Still, i don't see myself trying to cause this much damage to my phone personally, and as for pocket use, i usually have my phone in my jacket pocket at work, so i guess this doesn't really apply to me.
 
Tsepz said:
Going to take a shower is running away? :D wow! At 1st I thought I was dealing with ignorance, but now it seems I'm dealing with people with far worse.
I'll try aggregate the complaints I've seen as its a mix of twitter, fb and forum posts.
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this will be interesting
 
hasanahmad said:
all thanks to Macrumors. nearly every bent phone is from Macrumors. nowhere else . hardly
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Your obsession with counting the bent phones plus the comment above make it seem like you think all 10,000,000 iPhone 6 users read and post on this forum. This is not the center of the universe, and the vast majority of iPhone users don't even read this forum.
 
soundxplorer said:
Your obsession with counting the bent phones plus the comment above make it seem like you think all 10,000,000 iPhone 6 users read and post on this forum. This is not the center of the universe, and the vast majority of iPhone users don't even read this forum.
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hello newbie
well its important because I think just 7 bent phones with ALL this publicity makes this issue statistically insignificant. the failure rate of a product begins at 4%, we are less than 0.001% right now
 
soundxplorer said:
You obviously didn't understand my post if you're quoting percentages based on the total number of phones in the world.
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check on twitter and facebook and let me know how many 'not from macrumors' examples you find of bent plus's. go ahead. search away. Even the mass media is ONLY using macrumors images, because they can hardly find others.
 
Its hitting mainstream news outlets at this point
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/...phone-6-prone-bending-some-users-find-n210051

Looks like its affecting more then just MacRumor members.

The article states this:

Whether this is a widespread problem or one experienced by a small minority and amplified by social media is difficult to tell at this point.
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I'd have to agree with that assessment right now. The story is gaining legs but that doesn't equate to it being a widespread issue.
 
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