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It's bent! 6 plus

I just hope the 6S is a little tougher. My 6 plus has been warped for months but I just bend it back when it annoys me. I have AppleCare plus and could have it exchanged but it will just happen again.

Everyday use on all of my other phones meant that I would tie my shoe with jeans (not skinny) on with my phone in my pocket. For the 6 plus, this is not normal use. Just pretend the 6 plus is a pack of crackers in your pocket. Keep your legs straight so they don't crack.
 
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ricktat said:
I just hope the 6S is a little tougher. My 6 plus has been warped for months but I just bend it back when it annoys me. I have AppleCare plus and could have it exchanged but it will just happen again.

Everyday use on all of my other phones meant that I would tie my shoe with jeans (not skinny) on with my phone in my pocket. For the 6 plus, this is not normal use. Just pretend the 6 plus is a pack of crackers in your pocket. Keep your legs straight so they don't crack.
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How do you bend it back? I had to reschedule my appointment for Monday evening but if this is an easy process I'd try it I guess. I'm a little nervous to break it further though..
 
gewawd said:
I've used my iPhone 6 Plus naked for about half a year. I wear skinny jeans and sometimes bend over when reaching for things with the phone on my front pocket. And guess what, no bend. No matter how paranoid I am when I look at it.

However, I have seen too many reports of users under questionable normal use with their phones bending to deny that the iPhone 6 Plus does not bend under specific circumstances.

You can't blame people for having reactions when their phones are bent. It's their investment after all. And didn't some guy from reddit already explain why the phone is only bending on the same side?

http://blog.gsmarena.com/redditor-explains-aluminum-iphone-6-bends-plastic-note-3-doesnt/
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Thank you for the link, it was an interesting read.
 
thefredelement said:
How do you bend it back? I had to reschedule my appointment for Monday evening but if this is an easy process I'd try it I guess. I'm a little nervous to break it further though..
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Don't try to bend it back, you might do more damage. Just hang in there until your appointment. Let us all know on this thread how you get on.
 
thefredelement said:
How do you bend it back? I had to reschedule my appointment for Monday evening but if this is an easy process I'd try it I guess. I'm a little nervous to break it further though..
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I have never had the bend near the volume button. I say warped because mine is more top to bottom not side to side. If you lay it flat on a table you will see from corner to corner than one is about 3mm off. So mine looks like it's laying on the camera lens, even when then camera lens is hanger over the tables edge. Or when I have it in a case and lay it face down on a table, it rocks back and fourth.
 
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Wanted to share my experience today. My iPhone 6 has the weird screen clicking issue so I took it in. Apple said the phone was bent. I have no idea how as Ive had it for 2 weeks and in a tough armor case. I wear loose shorts and all. They replaced it for me and said unless its bent in a large degree, they just replace them.

Anyways the new one is fine..for now.
 
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GrumpyMom said:
The location of that bend and the type of bend it is, is exactly where I would have put a bend in my iPhone 6Plus and the kind of bend that would have resulted had I not noticed my phone flexing as I was trying to remove it from its case one day.

I've since learned how to put on or take off the case without risking a bend.

If you don't use a case, and it appears you do not, then my best guess is that you bent it while removing it from the car mount somehow.

That doesn't look like an "oops I sat on my phone" bend to me.

We should be able to place the phones on car mounts without incurring this kind of damage. This is ridiculous. I hope you get a replacement free from Apple, and as long as you're polite and reasonable, I imagine you would.
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Even if he used a case it would be just the same. I have a case on my 6 Plus. I'd call Apple right up politely and square it out with them. I actually do have Apple Care Plus but even if I did not I feel it reasonable to have my device replaced for free.
 
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TN-AppleFanGirl said:
Even if he used a case it would be just the same. I have a case on my 6 Plus. I'd call Apple right up politely and square it out with them. I actually do have Apple Care Plus but even if I did not I feel it reasonable to have my device replaced for free.
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I meant if he didn't bend it taking it out of the case, since it appeared he doesn't use one, then he could have bent it taking it from the car mount. Sorry, I was unclear.

I agree with you, this is something Apple should take care of for him. This phone is ridiculously easy to bend in normal use compared to previous designs. It's too thin for how tall and wide it is.
 
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I put my phone in a case. If someone tells me I may have or did "bend" my phone taking it "in or out". I'd say hog wash but let's say it were the truth. I've had many phones. I was not always an iPhone user not until the 4s. If I used $150-300 phones for years with "no bending" problems. Why would I except "bending" from a $800 iPhone
 
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You had it in your skinny jeans hanging halfway out of your back pocket, and sat down...of course it will bend
 
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AndrewR23 said:
Whatever. This forum had a 600000 page thread along with a huge one on Apple support from millions about cases where it was scratched out of the box. Not something for Apple to admit.

The iPhone 4 had serious issues I don't even remember if they admitted that the phone was flawed. Instead they gave out free cases.
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As far as I know, Apple never officially acknowledged it. Apple store employees did eventually admit it (or at least a few of them did when I mentioned that I had an iPhone 4). This was the worst phone I have ever used - regarding reception. The case I used did nothing to improve reception. The problem was more than attenuation - it was a poorly designed antenna system. I believe it had only one antenna (for cell service). The Verizon version fixed this, and the 4S that followed - with dual antennas.
 

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Bending hasn't been an issue for me on my 6 plus. I do keep it in a case though mostly because way too slippery without one but I certainly understand if you don't want to keep yours in one. I also purchase Apple Care on every iPhone so I am covered for anything and everything (except theft). I definitely recommend that you get the Apple Care Plus, especially if you are going to keep the phone without a case.
 
All the "you had it in your jeans" are people that missed the bus. Bending is not just caused by this alone. We are supposed to think deeper.
 
thefredelement said:
At the time they said there were only 9 bent iPhones. I've been researching this for a bit and while it's impossible to know the number of phones that became bent I am fairly sure there are more than 9.
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...that were reported to AppleCare.
 
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