iPhone 6 Wobble Test

[Cloudsurfer]

In my experience it depends in what table you press the phone down on.. My phone only wobbles on two out of five tables in my home, which more likely means the table is not straight rather than the phone.

In other words, if the phone wobbles it does not by definition mean it is bent.

But even if the phone was bent enough to wobble slightly I wouldn't care. As long as the phone looks straight it's fine.

 

[PSB136]

Having the camera lens protruding out, and the front glass slightly curved, seems to make the compass level feature obsolete (or useless, to be harsher). Seriously.

 

[justindavis098]

It's never going to end.

 

[localboy28]

OMG mines is terrible it's so bad it's unusable wtf


Edit : my table was wonky

 

[Eileen89]

No. Face down on a flat surface, my iPhone 6 does not wobble at all.

 

[Jayson A]

Just because the screen is curved around the edges doesn't mean it's not flat in the middle. If your iPhone wobbles, on a completely flat surface (try a glass table for example) then it's slightly twisted. Twist it back and enjoy a flat phone again.

Also, this is something that you can't see with your eyes, but it proves that the iPhone 6 will bend in your pocket over time and become slightly twisted at least.

 

[TomTomHatesCats]

You said "facedown", not screen down. The face is the "Apple Logo". It is their logo, the face of the company.

I filed the camera lens down so it doesn't stick out.

This is a pretty hilarious troll job, if that is, in fact, what you're doing.

 

[kingofwale]

iphone 6+ wobbled within 2 days (returned it quickly and got iphone 6)

iphone 6, luckily nothing yet. but i am sure it will eventually since I do put my phone in my front pocket (as everyone should)... that's why I got applecare.

 

[wxman2003]

Do no use a wood table top. Wood has grain and imperfections. You could have a perfectly level table, but not a perfectly flat table. I tried mine on a wood table top. Table was level. However, if i moved it around the table, sometimes there would be a slight wobble, other times no wobble. Use a glass top. A perfect place would be on the ceramic glass top of a stove. Just leave the stove off The surface is smooth and flat.

 

[Surf Monkey]

Also, this is something that you can't see with your eyes, but it proves that the iPhone 6 will bend in your pocket over time and become slightly twisted at least.

Unless you set it up as a controlled experiment it doesn't really prove anything at all, actually. There are far too many variables at play to say with any certainty that 1) the phone in question is actually bent and 2) it was "bent over time in your pocket."

See, these kinds of assumptions are how hysteria gets fed.

 

[jlake02]

I've always had a case on it so I don't really know

 

[wxman2003]

One can't assume a slight wobble is outside of specs. An aluminum frame can be slightly twisted in assembly or production. I would like to see a controlled test with phones right out of the box, not a month later after people read the bendgate threads and then decided to test. The slight wobble could have been there since day 1.

 

[Surf Monkey]

One can't assume a slight wobble is outside of specs. An aluminum frame can be slightly twisted in assembly. I would like to see a controlled test with phones right out of the box, not a month later after people read the bendgate threads and then decided to test. The slight wobble could have been there since day 1.

Exactly. And the aluminum is only one of many factors.

 

[Jayson A]

One can't assume a slight wobble is outside of specs. An aluminum frame can be slightly twisted in assembly. I would like to see a controlled test with phones right out of the box, not a month later after people read the bendgate threads and then decided to test. The slight wobble could have been there since day 1.

It's very easy to twist it back into the correct shape. Hardly any pressure was put on the iPhone.

Also, after I fixed it, I checked it again the very next day on the same surface and it was twisted again. I barely ever put this phone in my pocket for more than a few minutes at a time and I try not to walk around too much with it in my pocket. It's usually just on my desk at work because I'm afraid of damaging it.

 

[Surf Monkey]

It's very easy to twist it back into the correct shape. Hardly any pressure was put on the iPhone.

Also, after I fixed it, I checked it again the very next day on the same surface and it was twisted again. I barely ever put this phone in my pocket for more than a few minutes at a time and I try not to walk around too much with it in my pocket. It's usually just on my desk at work because I'm afraid of damaging it.

Which proves what, exactly? You're missing his point. Your experience isn't a controlled test. It's anecdote. We don't know all the variables involved to it's next to impossible to draw many conclusions from it.

 

[uwdude]

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

Ok, ok, I know that's dating me...

 

[noobinator]

Tables aren't usually perfectly flat nor is the ground they sit on. This thread will not accomplish much.

 

[Jayson A]

Which proves what, exactly? You're missing his point. Your experience isn't a controlled test. It's anecdote. We don't know all the variables involved to it's next to impossible to draw many conclusions from it.

It proves that while my iPhone is in my pocket, it tends to twist a bit. When I twist it back, it's fine for about a day until I put it back into my pocket and let the twisting commence.

Like I said. It's EXTREMELY easy to twist it back to normal again. It's almost TOO easy which would explain why it's out of shape in about a day.

What else do you want? I'm giving you REAL WORLD data, not LAB data. Twisting and bending a phone in a lab doesn't exactly mimic what happens in day to day life.

I know that different surfaces aren't always flat, but every table I put my iPhone on, made it wobble just the same, so I'm fairly certain it was the iPhone and not the table surface. Like I said, I fixed it, but it doesn't stay fixed.

 

[Surf Monkey]

It proves that while my iPhone is in my pocket, it tends to twist a bit. When I twist it back, it's fine for about a day until I put it back into my pocket and let the twisting commence.

Like I said. It's EXTREMELY easy to twist it back to normal again. It's almost TOO easy which would explain why it's out of shape in about a day.

What else do you want? I'm giving you REAL WORLD data, not LAB data. Twisting and bending a phone in a lab doesn't exactly mimic what happens in day to day life.

I know that different surfaces aren't always flat, but every table I put my iPhone on, made it wobble just the same, so I'm fairly certain it was the iPhone and not the table surface. Like I said, I fixed it, but it doesn't stay fixed.

I don't think you're understanding what we're saying. It's about unknown variables.

For example: we don't know whether your phone came from the factory that way. Or if something you did caused the initial twist. Or if there's some specific thing you're doing each day that puts extra force on it that twists it.

And so forth and so on. I'm not saying that your account isn't accurate. What I'm saying is that you're making a lot of assumptions based on it and then attempting to universalize the conclusions you're drawing from them. That's problematic to say the least.

 

[Jayson A]

I don't think you're understanding what we're saying. It's about unknown variables.

For example: we don't know whether your phone came from the factory that way. Or if something you did caused the initial twist. Or if there's some specific thing you're doing each day that puts extra force on it that twists it.

And so forth and so on. I'm not saying that your account isn't accurate. What I'm saying is that you're making a lot of assumptions based on it and then attempting to universalize the conclusions you're drawing from them. That's problematic to say the least.

The problem is... I'm not going to subject my own personal phone, that I paid money for, to find out how easy it is to bend it. All I can do right now is tell you how I'm treating it and what my findings are.

 

[McDaddio]

I'm not anal retentive enough to place the screen faced down on a hard, flat surface to perform the "wobble test," subjecting it to scratches.

I found that it is really hard to use the phone when it is screen down. I can use it for Siri, but not much more.

Do people here use their phones or just look and them and touch them and see if they respond to their touch with a gentle, sensual, wobble?

 

[Surf Monkey]

The problem is... I'm not going to subject my own personal phone, that I paid money for, to find out how easy it is to bend it. All I can do right now is tell you how I'm treating it and what my findings are.

No one is asking you to.

 

[vgamedude]

I found that it is really hard to use the phone when it is screen down. I can use it for Siri, but not much more.

Do people here use their phones or just look and them and touch them and see if they respond to their touch with a gentle, sensual, wobble?

Pretty clear that that's not the point of this at all.

 

[ClarkWG]

It proves that while my iPhone is in my pocket, it tends to twist a bit. When I twist it back, it's fine for about a day until I put it back into my pocket and let the twisting commence.



Like I said. It's EXTREMELY easy to twist it back to normal again. It's almost TOO easy which would explain why it's out of shape in about a day.



What else do you want? I'm giving you REAL WORLD data, not LAB data. Twisting and bending a phone in a lab doesn't exactly mimic what happens in day to day life.



I know that different surfaces aren't always flat, but every table I put my iPhone on, made it wobble just the same, so I'm fairly certain it was the iPhone and not the table surface. Like I said, I fixed it, but it doesn't stay fixed.

Most tables are flat enough. Quit looking to place the blame elsewhere. I concur the phone twists very easy.

 

[McDaddio]

Pretty clear that that's not the point of this at all.

yes it is.

are you using your phone and is it working or are you staring at it looking for a wobble?

This is just a modern day version of Hawthorne's The Birth Mark