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iPhone 6 Plus slightly bent after 2 days
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Hey guess what, guys?! I'm on day 5 with my iPhone 6+ with no case (~45 hours worth of pocket time) and it's still not bent in the slightest!
This thing has gotten so blown out of proportion, it's pathetic.
Just try to make a point not to intentionally ****ing break your phone in half and you'll be fine.
This thing has gotten so blown out of proportion, it's pathetic.
Just try to make a point not to intentionally ****ing break your phone in half and you'll be fine.
If this was a piece of art, sure. We need to be careful and should really only put it on display.
However, this is a phone, an inherently mobile device. It is designed to be carried around and it should rugged enough to withstand everyday wear and tear. If some people's phones are bending like this in less than a week, there is an issue.
I have a regular iPhone 6 and its bent exactly like in the original picture even though I've kept it in a Candyshell case the entire time. 
I can't believe this non issue is now on cnn, my local news station, and I saw this on night line news. Incredible how lies spread and now it's national news.
Taken from the BBC's report - Chris Green, principal technology analyst at the advisory service Davies Murphy Group, thought that Apple should take a different tack.
"This is not an issue that Apple - or other phone companies - need to be compelled to respond to or fix. If anything this is a reflection of how people have started to use devices beyond what they were designed for, even the most recent smartphones are not designed to be put in trouser pockets - front or back - where they are going to be under the most chassis strain. And this just illustrates the fact that the public's desire for manufacturers to strive for ever thinner and lighter devices means that we are getting ever more fragile devices. Just casually sticking a £700 smartphone in your pocket is an increasingly reckless thing to do."
Not sure where he expects men to put their phones, unless of course we all get Man Bags!
"This is not an issue that Apple - or other phone companies - need to be compelled to respond to or fix. If anything this is a reflection of how people have started to use devices beyond what they were designed for, even the most recent smartphones are not designed to be put in trouser pockets - front or back - where they are going to be under the most chassis strain. And this just illustrates the fact that the public's desire for manufacturers to strive for ever thinner and lighter devices means that we are getting ever more fragile devices. Just casually sticking a £700 smartphone in your pocket is an increasingly reckless thing to do."
Not sure where he expects men to put their phones, unless of course we all get Man Bags!
I can. This is further evidence of the crap that passes for news these days.
A post and a new thread?
You are doing a great job of keeping the "bend" trending.
looks like theres a petition, Apple should really supply us with a case. Just like iPhone4 antenna gate
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/iphone-6-plus-bendgate
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/iphone-6-plus-bendgate
Q: Does the iPhone 6 Plus bend when casually carried in your pocket?
Q: Does the iPhone 6 Plus bend when casually carried in your pocket?
A: No.
Q: Can you bend the iPhone 6 Plus whilst it is in your pocket?
A: Sure, even keys in your pocket can get bent with casual force with the appropriate leverage.
Of course aluminum is "soft" but its not going to get bent unless its pushed past its breaking point, beyond the actual angle it finally rests in. Obviously the iPlus size creates more leverage to do this so more care should be taken, but just imagine how far these phones in the pictures would have had to be bent to even create the small bend in the OPs picture. Its ludicrous to think you can flex the device that far and not have it bend.
Q: Does the iPhone 6 Plus bend when casually carried in your pocket?
A: No.
Q: Can you bend the iPhone 6 Plus whilst it is in your pocket?
A: Sure, even keys in your pocket can get bent with casual force with the appropriate leverage.
Of course aluminum is "soft" but its not going to get bent unless its pushed past its breaking point, beyond the actual angle it finally rests in. Obviously the iPlus size creates more leverage to do this so more care should be taken, but just imagine how far these phones in the pictures would have had to be bent to even create the small bend in the OPs picture. Its ludicrous to think you can flex the device that far and not have it bend.
Of Mice and Men
Has anyone read this book. The bent iPhones are the mice, rabbits, puppies and Candy of the story and the users are Lennie, who kills everything he touches. Just get a new puppy and don't pet it so hard this time. Like it or not, Apple builds pretty devices, not crush proof, water proof, anti-bending Mjölnirs. They make cases like Lifeproof and Vapor-Element for all those Lennies out there that still appreciate the innovative technology from Apple. Given a few more weeks I bet everyone with a bent phone was going to drop it and break it anyway. I would, that is why I have always waited to buy a Lifeproof case at my time of purchase.
Has anyone read this book. The bent iPhones are the mice, rabbits, puppies and Candy of the story and the users are Lennie, who kills everything he touches. Just get a new puppy and don't pet it so hard this time. Like it or not, Apple builds pretty devices, not crush proof, water proof, anti-bending Mjölnirs. They make cases like Lifeproof and Vapor-Element for all those Lennies out there that still appreciate the innovative technology from Apple. Given a few more weeks I bet everyone with a bent phone was going to drop it and break it anyway. I would, that is why I have always waited to buy a Lifeproof case at my time of purchase.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IROcoJeVfSI
For anyone saying "well if you bend any phone it will do that" heres proof that's not the case. Also the 6 is far better than the 6+. I wanted bigger battery and screen but now if I go with an iphone will prolly get the 6.
Another video I found with not a lot of views, they apply 100 pounds exact force to the middle of a note 3 and an iphone 6+:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr-lEnPwzAw
For anyone saying "well if you bend any phone it will do that" heres proof that's not the case. Also the 6 is far better than the 6+. I wanted bigger battery and screen but now if I go with an iphone will prolly get the 6.
Another video I found with not a lot of views, they apply 100 pounds exact force to the middle of a note 3 and an iphone 6+:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr-lEnPwzAw
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Wow, are you kidding me? The guy says his phone is bent from it being in his front pocket & you automatically put him at fault by claming he's wearing too tight a pair of "slacks!" Really? He didn't say he stuck inside of a "scuba diving" wet suit but a pair of suit pants! And at $600.00 a pop this billion dollar company should not ship out a phone that bends inside of a pair of slacks! Wow...all for the big guy huh?
If Apple would have just put a warning sticker on the box, all of this controversy could have been avoided. I'm not saying they made the smartest choices for the iPhone 6 Plus, but its a thin phablet, it is what it is and it'll bend anyway it wants too.
It sounds like they are being nice enough to replace the devices for most of these people, but they should not be blamed for poor design, which is exactly what the OP passive aggressively noted in the question of his post. Some things are more fragile than others, use common sense and get a case if you have buff thighs.
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