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iPhone 6 Subjected to Bend Test, Proves More Durable Than iPhone 6 Plus

anonymouse99 said:
I don't get it .... folks are putting their phones in their back pocket and then sitting on them? I mean did you expect to buy an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy made of tungsten carbide shell?

Let's be a bit practical ... buying Applecare+ does provide extended warranties of all kind, but it does not warranty lack or loss of commonsense.

Are we now trying to benchmark cell phones based on our butt posture or how hard we crash land on sofas as couch potatoes :D
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I think AppleCare covers broken screens (with a fee I think). So sitting on the phone technically might be covered.
 
charlituna said:
That's why folks are saying it should be done using some kind of measuring tool that will show the exact amount of pressure being used. Also it would allow for common points of contact. it's not really accurate if you grab one phone with thumbs in the dead middle and the others are more towards the ends. and so on
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Ooo. That would be a good test.
 
Don't be Apple apologists

Everyone here who loves Apple needs to confront the truth that the iPhone 6 Plus is getting bent in NORMAL, non-abusive, FRONT POCKET usage by people who have been carrying other smartphones, including older iPhones, every day for years without bending them. Failing to confront and acknowledge this truth will just help Apple ignore the issue and fail to learn a lesson from it and make future iterations of the iPhone more capable of handling real world intended usage.

Don't be victim blamers and Apple apologists. Don't vote up comments that imply the bending only happens to idiots who sit on their phones in their BACK pockets, because this ISN'T REALITY. Most people do not sit on their expensive smartphones like they might have done with their old Nokia bombproof dumbphones, and this is NOT how the iPhones are getting bent.

If you like Apple's products, do yourselves, Apple, and all the rest of us a huge favor and help Apple acknowledge their failure on the bending issue so they can make an even better iPhone next year that doesn't require an Otter Box hard case to survive normal daily FRONT POCKET usage. Or do you not actually want to have a better iPhone in the future?
 
fermat-au said:
it is not a design fail - You are sitting wrong
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just wait until the Surgeon Generals warning about genital damage due to sitting with an phone 6 plus in your front pocket comes out. we can call it #ballsgate

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pancakedrawer said:
Many customers
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how many? and under what exact curcumstances?

two very important questions if something is going to be labeled a design flaw
 
hamish90 said:
I purchased AppleCare + but as a long time iPhone user (since the 3G upgrading every 2 years), this is a genuine disappointment.

I did get it replaced free of charge yesterday at an Apple store though (before I knew anyone else had bent phones or this was even a thing!)
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That's horrible. How dare Apple replace your phone and free of charge. that is awful service.

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supertomtom said:
What a non-issue blown out of proportion by people who either lack common sense or basic knowledge of physics...
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perhaps not a non issue but perhaps not as big an issue as several sites are making out. There could be other circumstances to this issue. Unless we have all the details about every case we can't really say if this was a design issue or not. We don't know the temperature of the devices at the time the stress was put on them, how it was applied or how much. And how does that compare to the listed operating specs and expected pressure during daily use. Just like we don't know if this guy in the video perhaps heated the phone before filming to make the metal more susceptible, how hard he was pushing on it and how that compares to when it is in a pocket etc
 
RedBear said:
Everyone here who loves Apple needs to confront the truth that the iPhone 6 Plus is getting bent in NORMAL, non-abusive, FRONT POCKET usage by people who have been carrying other smartphones, including older iPhones, every day for years without bending them. Failing to confront and acknowledge this truth will just help Apple ignore the issue and fail to learn a lesson from it and make future iterations of the iPhone more capable of handling real world intended usage.

Don't be victim blamers and Apple apologists. Don't vote up comments that imply the bending only happens to idiots who sit on their phones in their BACK pockets, because this ISN'T REALITY. Most people do not sit on their expensive smartphones like they might have done with their old Nokia bombproof dumbphones, and this is NOT how the iPhones are getting bent.

If you like Apple's products, do yourselves, Apple, and all the rest of us a huge favor and help Apple acknowledge their failure on the bending issue so they can make an even better iPhone next year that doesn't require an Otter Box hard case to survive normal daily FRONT POCKET usage. Or do you not actually want to have a better iPhone in the future?
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Did your phone get bent while you had it in your front pocket?
 
Are people serious?

I really cannot believe that this conversation has been going on for two days [or at all for that matter]. There are so many things that we own that we would not carry in our pockets because of fragility and/or just being cautious.

Yes, I do understand that the majority of people carry or have carried their phones in their pockets, but it really is common sense that bending would occur with the way the iPhone 6+ [or any device of a similar fashion] is constructed and/or designed (aluminum being quite a malleable material and the thinness only adding to the malleability being showcased).

It is mind-boggling though, that a ~200 pound person sitting on a phone or even creating that much pressure in their front-pocket would not think that this might happen to occur. It is just a lot of press-coverage for something so simply showcased and reasoned with.
 
Between the poor design, the problems with iOS 8 wifi, and the "fix" for iOS 8 rendering people's phones useless to the point where apple has to pull the update, I'd say someone's getting fired.

Bad for consumers and bad for investors. Lose lose.
 
kobalap said:
This isn't a physics problem. It is a design choice. Lots of phablets don't have this physics problem.

I'll spend less time in the internet, you spend less time make stupid excuses for Apple. Deal?

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Gold standards now include inconsistent and shifting white balance?

I'll be looking for that feature in my new D610.
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Last time I checked..correct me if I'm wrong..a D610 would not qualify in a competition of *smartphone imagery*
 
I mean, I have a 6 plus.

It has been in my jeans pockets every day since launch morning, for many hours a day.

It is not bent.


There were well over a million of the 6 pluses sold out of the 10 million overall.

Are there even 50? 100? confirmed cases of this yet?

This is a non issue.
 
I'm sorry but I put my iPhone 5s in my back pocket only if I got a case on it. Otterbox, lifeproof. The iPhone 5 had the same issue when it first came out. Apple is laughing At people because they feel you are the dummy if you sat on your phone. How you look with a iPad mini in your front or back pocket? Stupid! I'm still getting the iPhone 6 Plus with a belt clip. Let's focus on why iOS 8.0.1 was a #fail. Fix it Jesus.
 
I keep my iPhone 5S in my front pocket all the time. I hope the iPhone 6 will be OK when I upgrade to it.


I initially wanted the 6+ but I changed my mind due to its size - nothing to do with bending in my front pocket but rather thinking that it would be uncomfortable there.

I remember years ago with brick phones, motorola flips etc. that definitely wouldn't fit in my pocket. The first cell phone that sorta fit in my pocket was the Motorola StarTac. So we are used to having phones in pocket but now seem to be reverting back to the old ways with them being too large and gonna need large holsters, or maybe MC Hammer pants will come back in style!
 
Holy crap, the sky is falling!

Didn't this whole thing start with some guy in tight gimp leathers driving around a wedding for 18 hours with his phone in his pocket or something?

I don't see this becoming a common occurrence under normal use.
 
iPhone 4- Antenna Gate
iPhone 5- scuffgate
iPhone 6- Bendgate and Updategate

This is why the S models are more refined. :D
 
codydale said:
I really cannot believe that this conversation has been going on for two days [or at all for that matter]. There are so many things that we own that we would not carry in our pockets because of fragility and/or just being cautious.

Yes, I do understand that the majority of people carry or have carried their phones in their pockets, but it really is common sense that bending would occur with the way the iPhone 6+ [or any device of a similar fashion] is constructed and/or designed (aluminum being quite a malleable material and the thinness only adding to the malleability being showcased).

It is mind-boggling though, that a ~200 pound person sitting on a phone or even creating that much pressure in their front-pocket would not think that this might happen to occur. It is just a lot of press-coverage for something so simply showcased and reasoned with.
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No, your post is mind-boggling.

I love threads like this because they really test the limits of Apple apologists. Carrying a smartphone in your front pocket is perhaps the most standard and expected of use cases. Yet, you're convinced that it's "mind boggling" that some average Joe didn't figured out what Apple apparently also hadn't figured out. I mean, if this limitation so obvious then Apple should have known about it and warned people right? Or are we to believe that Apple didn't expect people would ever try to put their smartphone in their front pocket, like every other smartphone owner has been doing since smartphones were invented? Which is it?

Let me see if I can remember how Apple usually reacts to these embarrassing situations: "you're holding it wrong!"
 
It's a common sense thing. Smart phones have glass on one side; if you drop it on concrete, it's going to break.

You have a smart phone that is very thin and tall. It may bend if you sit on it. You have 3 choices at this point:
1 buy a good protective case
2 don't put it in a jean pocket
3 if you don't want 1 or 2, return the phone

There is no point of nagging on something you have purchased voluntarily and have ways to return it.

I can't help those who don't even have the phone and hopping on the bandwagon to have fun; party's over go home.
 
This thread = SOMETHING BAD WAS SAID ABOUT APPLE! LET'S ALL RACE TO DEFEND THEM!

Do you people have a hive mind? Or have you all set notifications to 'Something said a bad thing about Apple' so everybody can race to defend? I've had my htc one m7 and m8 in my pockets for hours, never a bend. I've known plenty of people with samsung notes that never bend.
 
Sign of Relieve (Kinda)

I have the iPhone 6 and I'm kinda glad that it can withstand a little more pressure without bending. Actually surprise more phones with thin profiles don't have this issue more widespread.
 
Zellio said:
This thread = SOMETHING BAD WAS SAID ABOUT APPLE! LET'S ALL RACE TO DEFEND THEM!

Do you people have a hive mind? Or have you all set notifications to 'Something said a bad thing about Apple' so everybody can race to defend? I've had my htc one m7 and m8 in my pockets for hours, never a bend. I've known plenty of people with samsung notes that never bend.
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I have a problem with the htc8. When I step on or jump on it really hard the screen breaks. are you going to defend htc? You shouldn't based on your logic.
 
aloshka said:
I have a problem with the htc8. When I step on or jump on it really hard the screen breaks. are you going to defend htc? You shouldn't based on your logic.
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Nice try, but in durability tests the m7 was thrown off a bus unto concrete. Go back to apologizing for Apple.
 
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