At first I was erring on the side of user error, but the more of these posts I see the more I actually believe in there being a real design flaw here.
Sure, "BendGate" was obnoxious and hyped up in the beginning. People purposely bending iPhones didn't help the case of those whose phones actually bent with normal use, even "babied" use. The fact of the matter is that we can expect an aluminum phone to bend when you purposely, with all your might, attempt to do so. The problem is when the phone bends regardless of going out of your way to be careful NOT to bend it.
I also can't even entertain the folks who respond to these bending claims by saying that people shouldn't carry the phone in their back/front pockets. Really? Should Apple come out with a special iPhone 6/6+ fannypack? Where else would someone carry their cellphone? What an idiotic suggestion. It's a phone. If you can't carry it in your pants pocket without bending it or WORRYING about bending it, there's a serious issue.
There have been 8 or so iPhone models prior to the 6 and 6+ and none of them have had widespread bending issues. I'm starting to really believe that there's a design flaw with these phones and at some point Apple is going to be forced to REALLY address it.
