iPhone 6 Plus slightly bent after 2 days

[vgamedude]

Its not a problem , its 2 phones about of about 10 billion sold. You don't put aluminium foil in your pocket expect it not to bend!! Come on.


If you want proof , you would need at least 20 or 30 billion bent iphones for it to be statisticaly significant. Until then , just keep your mouth shut!!

So youre saying the iphone is like aluminum foil and it shouldn't be in your pocket?

I hope english isn't your first language and you meant million by the way.

 

[boltjames]

2 in this thread have provided pictures. One mobile site guy posted a video of his rocking. Someone just posted a twitter link that had a reply showing a bent plus. None of those are the weird guy that intentionally bent his.

The disinformation is strong in here.

I'm itching to go pick up a 6 tomorrow, but I don't want to deal with a return/replace headache, so I am waiting at the moment.

6 people out of 10,000,000

OMG. Please Superman save us from this evil menace.

BJ

 

[Lictor]

Regular came bent out the box.

That's why I'm buying and activating my phone from an Apple Store... I want to check if it's bent or not just out of the box and have an exchange if it is (or a refund with the return policy) before I even leave the store...

 

[scrtagntman]

Maybe people come here for answers and help and have no desire to participate in what some of you have turned into a game. A small band of you pounce each person that mentions it with hostility. Hence your flyby's.

 

[cfedu]

10 billion sold? 20/30 billion? You realize the population of the planet is 6 billion and not everyone uses an iPhone.

Also from my impression, there are quite a few complaints of bending.

Numbers are not important, just that the goal post keeps moving!!

 

[scrtagntman]

Apple users want lighter thinner products generation after generation and if that means we have to be a little more careful with our possessions so be it. They make thick, heavy phones for poor fat people in skinny jeans too you know.

They're called "Androids".

BJ

So the 4s was an Android made for fat people? Nice name calling by the way. Really shores up your argument.

I know many Apple users, including me, that would have preferred the 6+ to have been a little thicker, a little stronger, a little more battery, and a flush camera. Win, win, and win at the cost of 1mm and .5oz.

Can I get like.

 

[cfedu]

I hope english isn't your first language and you meant million by the way.

I speak Canadian eh!

 

[Bobo03]

Apple users want lighter thinner products generation after generation and if that means we have to be a little more careful with our possessions so be it. They make thick, heavy phones for poor fat people in skinny jeans too you know.

They're called "Androids".

BJ

You got me....I'm just too poor to get the iPhone........I hope to be rich one day so that I can let a cellphone define me.

 

[hasanahmad]

Maybe people come here for answers and help and have no desire to participate in what some of you have turned into a game. A small band of you pounce each person that mentions it with hostility. Hence your flyby's.

Most bends are fake admit it many post and then run away with 1 posts

 

[Lictor]

I have noticed the same issue with common problems on any Apple product. Rather than finding support in the Apple community, there tends to be a vocal group which criticizes people who are having problems and makes ridiculous suggestions.

This attitude sadly also tends to extend to Genius and Apple itself.

For instance, I have a first gen MacBook Retina. Like most people with a LG screen, I have severe ghosting that appeared as the Macbook ages, to the point that I can now read phantom text quite clearly when I use Spaces.
Yet, instead of recognizing this problem, Apple designed a test that uses parameters not meant to replicate a real world use case, but to minimize the problem. And many geniuses tend to trust this test blindly and will maintain that no, if you can still read text on the background wallpaper one minute after switching screen, it is not ghosting, because the test says it isn't. Computer says no, so it's no...
I really like my Macbook, but this kind of attitude really makes me consider a hackintosh for my next OSX computer...

 

[joesuburb]

Personally, I think its funny that so many people have never had anything 5.5 inches in their pants.

 

[peteo]

2 in this thread have provided pictures. One mobile site guy posted a video of his rocking. Someone just posted a twitter link that had a reply showing a bent plus. None of those are the weird guy that intentionally bent his.

The disinformation is strong in here.

I'm itching to go pick up a 6 tomorrow, but I don't want to deal with a return/replace headache, so I am waiting at the moment.

Looks like the 6 (not 6+) does not have this issue.. buy away!

https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/24/iphone-6-subjected-to-bend-test/

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btw, Galaxy S4 can bend too!

http://www.redmondpie.com/the-samsung-galaxy-s4-bend-test-on-video-spoiler-it-bends-and-cracks/

 

[scrtagntman]

This attitude sadly also tends to extend to Genius and Apple itself.

For instance, I have a first gen MacBook Retina. Like most people with a LG screen, I have severe ghosting that appeared as the Macbook ages, to the point that I can now read phantom text quite clearly when I use Spaces.
Yet, instead of recognizing this problem, Apple designed a test that uses parameters not meant to replicate a real world use case, but to minimize the problem. And many geniuses tend to trust this test blindly and will maintain that no, if you can still read text on the background wallpaper one minute after switching screen, it is not ghosting, because the test says it isn't. Computer says no, so it's no...
I really like my Macbook, but this kind of attitude really makes me consider a hackintosh for my next OSX computer...

Don't forget that it was secretly fixed in later generations. My late 2013 is fine. My mid 2012 had it bad as well.

 

[skanska]

Apple users want lighter thinner products generation after generation and if that means we have to be a little more careful with our possessions so be it. They make thick, heavy phones for poor fat people in skinny jeans too you know.



They're called "Androids".



BJ

Absolutely disgusting attitude

 

[scrtagntman]

Most bends are fake admit it many post and then run away with 1 posts

This is exactly what I was talking about and no, I have seen no indication of fakes. No repost's of used photo's, no one posting a fake story and then purposely trying to agitate people with it, etc. Some have provided photos, all that were willing to tolerate the abuse have been friendly, etc.

 

[kettle]

Personally, I think its funny that so many people have never had anything 5.5 inches in their pants.

...only on a really cold day - but most of the time it's pretty respectable thanks

 

[KingKen1986]

I'm sure that it is possible to bend a 6 plus. But is it a problem I highly doubt it. There are always going to be a few defects on electronics. They have sold millions of these people of course a few of them have bent. I imagine all phones of all brands and all makes have similar cases you just don't hear about them because they are not apple. Lot's of people love to bash things that they cannot get or cannot afford. It's just like bullying. They do it because in reality they actually hate themselves no you. People with other phones or that have nothing better to do are blowing a simple defect on a few phones are blowing it way way way out of proportion. Apple makes the highest quality products I have ever experienced...If you actually look at video's of people trying to bend the iPhone 6 plus it takes A LOT of stress. I imagine that 99 percent of the new iPhones are just fine and dandy and the owners are enjoying them like they should be.

 

[sportello]

I posted in this in the other thread but I think it deserves to be repeated here.
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Stop putting the phone in your pocket; really?

If the phone, which is at most five days old, is bending because it is kept in people's pocket, that is a very real problem. Here are a couple of reasons why:

The first:

The public generally expects to carry a phone in their pocket. Cellphones have been marketed to us in this fashion.

A person should not be expected to change the way they behave just to fit a new product in their lives. The new product should conform to the way a person lives his/her life.

I have had a cellphone since 2003 and I have kept all my cell phones in my pocket. 90 percent of the planet will put their phone in their pocket.

The second:

The iPhone 6+ has only been out for five days. In five days we have already had complaints.

If this issue popped up say a year or two into the release of the device, I would be more sympathetic to the argument that it’s just normal wear and tear caused by carrying the device in a person’s pocket.

If someone's phone warped that much over a short period of time, what does that say about it longevity? Not very much. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see significant failures over the long term.

My HTC M8 is now 6 months old and it hasn’t warped yet. If it has warped at all, it’s not noticeable.

I also want to make this observation.

I don't own an iPhone 6, but I do own a MacBook Pro and have had several Macbooks going all the way back to 2004. I’ve owned iPhones in the past and I have also owned iPods.

I have noticed the same issue with common problems on any Apple product. Rather than finding support in the Apple community, there tends to be a vocal group which criticizes people who are having problems and makes ridiculous suggestions. If you discuss them, you get chastised by the Apple Community for bringing it up.

The reaction of the Apple Community to this problem is the main reason why many people will never buy Apple products. It’s one of the reasons I get frustrated with the Apple products that I own.

I’ve also owned PCs in the same period. I have noticed a very different response from the PC community to common problems.

Take Vista, the community collectively expressed its frustration with the operating system. Microsoft was forced to respond with Windows 7. The community was actually pleased with that update as it addressed many of the problems people found with Vista.

Look at Windows 8, the community expressed even more frustration with that operating system. Microsoft was forced to reply with Windows 8.1. The community hasn’t accepted that completely either. Microsoft's CEO was forced to resign and Windows 9 is expected to address the most common complaint (the lack of a proper start menu).

I have also noticed in the past 10 years, Apple quality has suffered. The quality of Apple products in the past was much better than it is now. Look at the iBooks and the iPods from early 2000-2004. The devices lasted longer. They generally worked very well. Despite updates or any other major changes to the device, the devices remained functional. My friend still uses his iBook from 2004 for some things, although he has upgraded to a new Macbook for his daily needs.


"Bendgate" is just the latest example of common defects in Apple products. If the community doesn’t hold Apple accountable for poor products, Apple is allowed to release more and more poor products.

In the long run only harms Apple. If someone had a bad experience with an Apple product, that person discovers it a common problem with that very same product, and finds very little support in the community for the issues he/she had, it’s unlikely that person will ever purchase another Apple product.

The opposite is true as well. My first Apple product was an iPod, it lasted me 4 years before the hard drive died. Sure the hard drive died and it was disappointing but that’s to be expected after 4 years. The longevity of the product was one of the reason I decided to purchase a Macbook over a competitor’s device.

Lots of respect for the nuance in this post. Also, I sympathize with your username.

I do think Apple is light years ahead of their competition in some respects, but, as an owner of a 6 Plus, I really hope that I'm not hung out to dry if this evolves into a more serious issue.

 

[midwestfisherma]

Be careful everyone! This bends too!!!

 

[codyst]

Personally, I think its funny that so many people have never had anything 5.5 inches in their pants.

Hahaha. You, sir, win the internets.

 

[12vElectronics]

Be careful everyone! This bends too!!!

Image

Haha! That's funny! Who did that

 

[KingKen1986]

A lot of metal products bend when you apply enough force. I think it's called physics but I can't remember. It might even be true that every smartphone made lately can be bent or even snapped in half if enough force is applied.

 

[tribestros]

Most bends are fake admit it many post and then run away with 1 posts

Yup. Or people who sat on their phone and are stupidly trying to turn it into an ordeal. Good job on them, though.

 

[boltjames]

You got me....I'm just too poor to get the iPhone........I hope to be rich one day so that I can let a cellphone define me.

Good luck in your quest.

Start with wearing khakis, learning how to cross your legs, take your phone out of your pocket on occasion.

BJ

 

[skidbubble]

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