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

Leonard1818 said:
Plus... how is it "surprising" that a shorter piece of metal takes more force to bend than a longer piece? (in reference to the line starting "surprisingly...")
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I don't know man, am really getting worried about humans.

I would have thought it was obvious to 21'st century humans that longer and thinner objects bend easier then shorter or thicker objects. Apparently not!

Funny how the guy compare it with other brick smartphones, lol.
 
Surprised

I'm actually just surprised someone has a pocket big enough to fit a 6+ in...
 
Apple's obsession with thinness:

MKBHD makes some good points. Not touched on is also the fact that the cutouts for the buttons on each side also weakens the overall structure of the chassis. And that appears to be where they start bending.

A lot can be said about this. First, people do really dumb things with their devices. There is only so much abuse any device can take and people seem to think their gadgets are indestructible, or just don't think at all. Almost any smartphone you see owned by a person under the age of 18, has a broken or spider-webbed glass front. I see it all the time. So, a little common sense is in order, and I don't think this is as big a problem as it's being made out to be.

But, having said that... Apple could've built a slightly thicker and perhaps, stronger phone. When the 6 first came out, and I saw the protruding camera lens, I thought this is a little too much. Apple has an unhealthy obsession with thinness. With every new product comes a video by Ive that usually has the word "thin" in the first sentence. I really don't think users are concerned with a millimeter or two, but Apple certainly is. While I appreciate their design philosophy to get things as thin as possible, I don't want them to lose sight of function over form.

I love Apple products, I got my Apple factory tech certification in 1986 and have been in IT since the early '90's. I'm not a design engineer, so perhaps a millimeter or two wouldn't have made any difference. But sometimes I worry they make thin products just for sake of being thin.

I'm currently a happy 5s owner, and since I'm on the "s" track, perhaps the 6s will take some cues from this current design and build in a little extra strength and durability. And I would sure love to see that camera bump gone :)
 
This guy...

This moron is on here again with his "scientific" bend test. Hey smart guy things bend when you apply enough pressure, especially to a weak point. Everyone, no scratch that, MOST everyone knows that.
 
Put the phone in a case. Use some good judgement and common sense and you'll have no problems
 
So glad I do not have a 6 Plus - design flaw - probably because the battery or some other part inside does not go all the way. There is a weakspot while there is not the same weak spot in iPhone 6.
 
For those who want to know the real reason why the iphone can bend and not the htc (or any other good phone), it has nothing to do with the quality of the material because they all have very similar Modulus of elasticity (alu and magnesium are both around 65GPa, steel is at 205GPa) and similar length.

It 's all about the shape. You can google "moment of inertia"

basically a thin/flat surface will get orders of magnitude more resistance if you slightly bend it.
 
rGiskard said:
Not that Apple cares, but I want Ive replaced by someone who's genius lies at the intersection of form and function.
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I agree, wholeheartedly!

Ive served the community very well and I respect him for that but he's on his way out.

When I saw the leaks, months ago, I thought it was one of the ugliest phones I have ever seen.

Now the HTC One is sexy. Not the 6/6+, not even remotely.

It looks like it's make of stamped aluminum. Ie: cheap. The corners also have too much of a radius. Looks like the Apple Leapfrog version of the iphone. There is no sexiness to it.

The whole point of CNCing a block of aluminum is to cut down on secondary processes and have the freedom to design the most gorgeous device ever. Also, there is the strength aspect.
Apple failed on all three fronts. The price went up, it got uglier and the strength isn't there.
 
I drove my car into the sea

its got all rusty, smells like seaweed, and things are starting not to work on it any more.

I intend to sue the manufacturer.

My stupidity must be their fault.
 
OK, so to sum up iP6+:

-poor design (Camera above surface)
-ugly lines on the back side
-average battery life
-bending issues

and now also 8.0.1 brick software

Tim Cook's response: let's give his employees additional vacation !!
 
The video would have been much better if he used a machine to do the bending with a force gauge. Would be interesting to see the actual numbers that it takes to bend/break the phone.
 
Bends phone in hands, hands visibly shaking under the strain.

Compares rigidity of a number of different phones by bending said phones by hand.

Firstly, if you're going to compare phone bending, at least TRY to do it in a slightly scientific way, even if it's with a rope and some weights.

Secondly, has nobody ever considered that putting enough pressure on the phone to bend it while it is in your pocket is going to be very uncomfortable, if not painful???
 
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rsocal said:
There will be battery cases out that should take care of what your looking for.:apple::cool:

I hope they never fire Jony Ive, he's an amazing designer and even if this is a design flaw the engineering team would be the blame.

However, I still think it's just not going to be a big problem with most people.:apple:
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Allright, I may have had gone overboard with this , but as a construction engineer, I can't help but noticing that the architect would always go for a building that has no support beams , have glass walls and hopefully would hang in the mid air supported by pure faith. If it's a engineers fault, it's because they've should told Ive that it's too thin or material wouldn't withstand pressure. It's alluminium , for christsakes... They should've gone with same thickness of iP5, murder everyone with battery longetivity, and forget about weight...
That's one thing, another one is that it's just a few instances in 2 million phones already in hands ...
 
Erasmus said:
Secondly, has nobody ever considered that putting enough pressure on the phone to bend it while it is in your pocket is going to be very uncomfortable, of not painful???
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Uncomfortable maybe, but I doubt it'd be particularly painful. The phone has no sharp edges and it's pretty thin. Probably wouldn't feel much worse than a wallet in a tight pocket. I think you also overestimate the strength of aluminum, especially in such a thin and long construction.
 
It only took me 2 seconds to realize the iPhone 6+ wasn't a pocketable phone. It's not Apple's fault. Even if they made the phone out of titanium and it was twice as thick, it would still bend, if someone sat on it! Ha! :)
 
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rcha101 said:
I'm actually just surprised someone has a pocket big enough to fit a 6+ in...
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Granted, I don't have a phone in my iPhone 6 Plus silicone case yet, but here's some proof that we do exist. Doesn't feel bad in the slightest, but I'm 6'3" and wear jeans that actually fit me properly, so that's a thing.

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Thank god there's the internet. Otherwise, how would we be able to know that aluminum bends easier than steel ? Who would have though it.
 
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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When, (on a rare occurence that I'm drunk beyond reason) , I put my iP5 in my backpocket (which is never) , and forget about it, and try to sit , I always (which is never , or one time) , jump in mid air .... and the first thing I think is "I'm stupid!" and not "Apple should've forseen this" .. but that's partly 'cause buying iPhone in my country is not casual money. ... My point being, people should take care of their expensive ****!
 
I just don't get how these phones keep bending like this if (if I'm not mistaken) most people put their phones in their pocket upside-down with the screen facing the leg.

Wouldn't logic dictate, then, that the phone would bend inward from the front? I might be wrong, but I question the bending problems' normality because it seems to happen in an uncommon use case, and I haven't seen any pictures that show the display curving inward.
 
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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When, (on a rare occurence that I'm drunk beyond reason) , I put my iP5 in my backpocket (which is never) , and forget about it, and try to sit , I always (which is never , or one time) , jump in mid air .... and the first thing I think is "I'm stupid!" and not "Apple should've forseen this" .. but that's partly 'cause buying iPhone in my country is not casual money. ... My point being, people should take care of their expensive ****!

When I first saw iP6+, my 1st thought was "It's awesome" , and ammediately after that "That giant thing is never gonna go in my pants pocket ever, should I buy it? " (besides not having money for it)


jonblatho said:
Granted, I don't have a phone in my iPhone 6 Plus silicone case yet, but here's some proof that we do exist. Doesn't feel bad in the slightest, but I'm 6'3" and wear jeans that actually fit me properly, so that's a thing.
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Meaning , that thing is not built for hipsters with thight pants.... which is weird, 'cause it should be ;-)
 
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