iPhone 6 Plus slightly bent after 2 days

[DakotaGuy]

I'm certainly not defending Apple. I want a phone that I can keep in my pocket all the time without worrying about it, and one look at the 6 tells me it's the wrong choice for me. I just don't understand how someone else could look at that thin piece of aluminum and think it wouldn't bend eventually in a pocket while sitting. It must be the Apple product "blinders" some people have.

I do believe Apple is so concerned with a phone being thin that durability is not even considered, however at some point it will catch up with them. I haven't taken a close look at the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus tear downs, but is there an actual metal or plastic frame inside of the aluminum shell or is the shell acting as the cover and the frame? Considering how tall the Plus is and how easily aluminum bends if it doesn't have a sturdy frame inside of it these things are going to bend left and right.

 

[Zeos]

Same thing happened to my iPad Air from being in a backpack. Started keeping it in a case. Sorry about your phone.

I received my iPhone 6 Plus 64GB spacegray at about 3pm on Friday and set it up, but haven't worn it out that day, so it wasn't in my pocket.

Yesterday, I left at 10am with the iPhone in my left front pocket of my suit pants. I drove 4 hours to a wedding, which also involved a lot of sitting during dinner etc but also 2-3 hours of dancing. I left at 2m and went to bed, driving home 4 hours back.

So in total, the 6 Plus was about 18 hours in my pocket while sitting mostly.

As I lay it on the coffee table and sat down on the couch to relax from the drive (yes, sitting again ), I saw the reflection of the window in the iPhones slightly distorted. Now I lay it flat with the display side on the table, take a look.

Maybe at 5.5" it is too thin?

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Not even the same.

You are telling me that a PREMIUM, $650+ cell phone should be expected to bend when placed in a pocket? Ridiculous.

Totally agree.

 

[sunking101]

Clearly you didn't read the thread as the bending happened with normal use. If you're wanting to compare it to a car it would be like complaining that your front fender bent after driving to the grocery store and back.

Or your front fender bent whilst you were polishing it.

 

[soundxplorer]

I'm not even going to read all 7 pages of this, but has the world really become so entitled now that we whine in horror that something BENDS when we exert enough force on it to make it bend? Of course it's going to bend. Wow.

That's the funniest part to me - people saying "I didn't do anything to make it bend". What was it, a magic curse from a sworn enemy?

 

[Chief Oddball]

I admit that I hadn't considered the possibility of gradual bending of the 6 Plus when kept in a front pocket. I never carry a phone in a back pocket for this exact reason, but I always have fairly loose-fitting pants with large pockets and never figured on this being an issue. But given the material we're dealing with here (aluminum), the size of the phone and the sheer thinness of it, it makes sense how this could happen.

I have been carrying around an iPhone 5 in a front pocket, with the phone in nothing more than a soft TPU case, for two years and it's still perfectly flat. I do, however, always make sure it's in my pocket lengthwise (parallel to my thigh, rather than horizontally across it).

Do you think the polycarbonate center shell of the Spigen Slim Armor case would be sufficiently hard to protect against any slight pressure from a front pocket? That happens to be the case I ordered for my 6 Plus (which hasn't arrived yet).

http://www.spigen.com/iphone-6-plus-case-slim-armor.html

And naturally, when the 6 Plus gets here I'll be checking to ensure that it actually isn't bent before I start using it...

 

[Greenone]

Then Apple should have said "iPhone plus users we do not recommend carrying the phone in your pockets like you have every other phone throughout the years as it may bend. Instead please consider a man purse or fanny pack to carry your device in."

Hahaha

 

[Gooberton]

WOW. Mine is also bent. If I place it on the table you can see light through the middle . Unreal.

 

[Greenone]

You win the Apologist Of The Day award.

HAhahahaha!

 

[Zeos]

I don't even understand how a phone can be physically bent like this. I get that's it thin but it would still take a serious amount of pressure to bend the phone.

As I mentioned my iPad Air bend looks very similar to this. In my case, it comes from the naked Air (with Zagg) being kept in a backpack. Aluminum is a soft metal. It will bend.

 

[soundxplorer]

You are telling me that a PREMIUM, $650+ cell phone should be expected to bend when placed in a pocket? Ridiculous.

I'm saying people should be able to objectively evaluate a product's weaknesses, leaving behind any fanboy bias, and then perhaps choose not to buy it because of those weaknesses. Instead, people will buy it anyway and expect a free replacement when they break it.

 

[chupachup]

I received my iPhone 6 Plus 64GB spacegray at about 3pm on Friday and set it up, but haven't worn it out that day, so it wasn't in my pocket.

Yesterday, I left at 10am with the iPhone in my left front pocket of my suit pants. I drove 4 hours to a wedding, which also involved a lot of sitting during dinner etc but also 2-3 hours of dancing. I left at 2m and went to bed, driving home 4 hours back.

So in total, the 6 Plus was about 18 hours in my pocket while sitting mostly.

As I lay it on the coffee table and sat down on the couch to relax from the drive (yes, sitting again ), I saw the reflection of the window in the iPhones slightly distorted. Now I lay it flat with the display side on the table, take a look.

Maybe at 5.5" it is too thin?

You're wearing it wrong.

Did you try a restore?

Take it to a genius.

 

[cmanbrazil]

Yes you should be able to carry the phone in your front pocket. I imagine that these may just be bad phones, because I imagine apple tested this extensively.

I also have to believe those on here stating you shouldn't carry the phone in your front pocket are joking or delusional, maybe unaware that many 5 + android phone owners carry their phones in the front pocket without issue. Maybe thats why Samsung uses hard plastic?

Regardless, I have a plus backordered and am on the fence because of its size anyway, so I'm interested in monitoring this issue.

 

[Mr. Buzzcut]

Why not ??? I tried the 6+ in the Apple Store, and it fits perfectly in my pockets with room to spare... Actually, even my Nexus 7 fits in my pockets. Not everyone wears slim jeans...
Besides, what's the point of a phone if you can't fit it in your pocket ? How are you supposed to feel it vibrate if you have to put it in a backpack ?



I find it hard to believe how Apple could not replace it. You can find numerous illustrations on Apple own website that proves this device is supposed to be flat. If the device that the user received and that he used as a normal phone is not flat, it means that it does not conform to what Apple was supposed to deliver.

Impeccable logic.

 

[largefarrva]

You're wearing it wrong.

Did you try a restore?

Take it to a genius.

Are you really recommending a restore to fix a bent phone?

 

[Mr. Buzzcut]

Not even the same.

You are telling me that a PREMIUM, $650+ cell phone should be expected to bend when placed in a pocket? Ridiculous.

I switch phones usually every 3-4 months, been carrying a phone in my front or back pocket for years. Never had a phone bend. This includes BB, Nokia Lumias, iphones, and android phones.

Plenty of premium things are also delicate. "Premium" tends to be a fanboy buzzword anyway. This is a mass produced consumer product. If it was "premium" it would be made from a stronger alloy, resist everyday hazards such as rain, etc. Apple is the VW of electronics. Some people's definition of premium perhaps but not mine.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

This could have already been asked but I'm not going through 8 pages to find out:

Do you seriously drive with your phone in your pocket? Why?! When I drive all my pockets are empty. Phone in cradle, wallet in centre arm rest, keys in ignition (duh). Is there nowhere in your car to set your phone down? What if it rings?

I know, I know you're not supposed to answer your phone when driving. That's why mine is in a cradle. If it rings, I can glance to see who is ringing and if its worth stopping for. If the phone is in my pocket then its either a very unsafe scramble to retrieve it or I'm stopping every single time it rings.

 

[JForestZ34]

It's not unreasonable to think of someone putting the plus in their front pocket. People should be able to do this without bending the phone. I don't care what the phone is made out of. A phone shouldn't bend but having it in your front pocket UNLESS the pants are so tight that you can barely fit the phone in your pocket. And even then when you went to sit down the phone would dig into your skin.

As in my previous post. I haven't even had mine in a pair of pants yet and mine is slightly bent already. Looks like apple is sending some of these out bent already



James

 

[dfran1]

Is there somewhere in the manual that even states it is ok to put a phone in a tight, no ventilation area (pocket in this case, not a coat pocket either). We do know all electronics requires some kind of ventilation?

It's like the girls that put them in their back jean pocket

" is that a phone in there or a nice a!!"

" I think your phone is ringing do you want me to grab it for you"

do they sit on them or pull them out before they sit?

I wonder how many of any phones broke because they sat on them forgetting to take them out first?

 

[FireCapt]

Would be hilarious if they are all like this and it's "by design" to compensate for the protruding camera so the phone sits flat on its back

That is exactly what I was thinking. It will be the first thing I inspect when mine arrive

 

[Bobo03]

Plenty of premium things are also delicate. "Premium" tends to be a fanboy buzzword anyway. This is a mass produced consumer product. If it was "premium" it would be made from a stronger alloy, resist everyday hazards such as rain, etc. Apple is the VW of electronics. Some people's definition of premium perhaps but not mine.

The premium label is what I have picked up after browsing the forum since the keynote. It is a cell phone made by Apple, nothing more and nothing less to me.

Amazing how many people jump in and advise that a 6 plus is not meant to be pocketable. I usually sit on all of my smartphones, I have never damaged any of them. Perhaps I don't keep them long enough to develop a problem.

 

[Greenone]

For those of you interested in finding more rigid cases, I start a thread a week or so ago hoping to get ideas to prevent warping (congratulates self for being psychic). Please add to this if you find good phones. I found a few more that look decent in fact - plus talked to a couple of reps from the companies - so will post those soon:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1779082/

 

[Mr. Buzzcut]

Folks, stick your hands down in your front pockets and sit down. You'll feel where pressure is applied. No one can generalize that a "phone" should fit in a "pocket". There are just too many variables. It is up to the consumer to be intelligent about it. Obviously a problem in itself.

Comments such as "I've always done it this way" are laughable. One day these folks will be wise enough to realize that bad things don't happen until they do. Things like this should be anticipated but if not, and for those things that can't be, there is insurance. If Apple does exchange consider yourself lucky and walk away with a lesson learned.

 

[Damolee]

Who knows....

My first iPhone 5 bent in my pocket... my jacket pocket. Work that out.

 

[geoff5093]

If phones aren't designed to be able to survive being placed in your front pocket, how do they (or you people defending them) suppose we carry our phones day to day?

 

[0007776]

This could have already been asked but I'm not going through 8 pages to find out:

Do you seriously drive with your phone in your pocket? Why?! When I drive all my pockets are empty. Phone in cradle, wallet in centre arm rest, keys in ignition (duh). Is there nowhere in your car to set your phone down? What if it rings?

I know, I know you're not supposed to answer your phone when driving. That's why mine is in a cradle. If it rings, I can glance to see who is ringing and if its worth stopping for. If the phone is in my pocket then its either a very unsafe scramble to retrieve it or I'm stopping every single time it rings.

Why would you bother to take your phone out of your pocket to drive? If it is ringing most hands free systems have a way to answer the phone without having to remove it from your pocket, and if you are following the law you have to be using one of those anyway.