If you take reasonable care of your phone it will be just fine. If you want peace of mind get Apllecare + and then if you find yourself stuffed in a car, you can laugh like hell!
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New Video of Bend Test iPhone 6 Plus
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If you take reasonable care of your phone it will be just fine. If you want peace of mind get Apllecare + and then if you find yourself stuffed in a car, you can laugh like hell!
Yep, baseless. I stand by that. There's no evidence of any significant number of people experiencing bent phones under normal use.
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Except that there's no lack of comprehension going on here at all. Trying to draw a 1:1 between "intentionally bent it" and "got bent in normal use" is bogus. It doesn't bear up to even cursory scrutiny.
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I don't want to return it. I love my 6 Plus. I am just trying to determine how this will affect my usage of the device. Given many of the responses I have gotten I see there is no point in trying to have a discussion about this.
Seems to me that it shouldn't impact your use of the device at all unless you're in the habit of trying to bend it in half a lot.
we finally know why the Phone bent so easily compared to others:
Right Before it was bent:
As soon as he starts to bend, the Phone does not bend permanently but the screen pops out and the internals holding the phone together come apart and above the aluminium leaving the aluminium without the internal structure intact. The aluminium at this moment is STILL intact but the screen and internals are bulging out:
At this point the Phone has not bent permanently but the Screen and the internals are a full half thickness of the phones out of its place thus leaving the aluminium reinforcements compromised.
Now the Phone gets bent fully when the entire screen is flush out and the aluminium reinforcements attached to the screen has been compromised with the screen popping out
Also notice his thumbs become white. Thumbs don't become white until there is an excessive force applied.
Right Before it was bent:
As soon as he starts to bend, the Phone does not bend permanently but the screen pops out and the internals holding the phone together come apart and above the aluminium leaving the aluminium without the internal structure intact. The aluminium at this moment is STILL intact but the screen and internals are bulging out:
At this point the Phone has not bent permanently but the Screen and the internals are a full half thickness of the phones out of its place thus leaving the aluminium reinforcements compromised.
Now the Phone gets bent fully when the entire screen is flush out and the aluminium reinforcements attached to the screen has been compromised with the screen popping out
Also notice his thumbs become white. Thumbs don't become white until there is an excessive force applied.
"I'm barely pushing on it at all"
Hands shaking from physical exertion... looks like he was giving it all he had...
Hands shaking from physical exertion... looks like he was giving it all he had...
This is pointless editorializing. What makes it excessive? Just because his thumbs turn white? Am I exerting excessive force when I'm holding onto a suitcase handle and my fingers turn white?
You can say a significant amount of force, but using "excessive" is well, excessive.
Who cares if it's weaker than previous generations of iPhones? It's still stronger than other phones on the market and you don't see people crying about them The m8 is one of the best selling android phones on the market and is weaker than the plus. Why is no one crying about it? Because obviously android users, unlike Apple users, are smart enough not to bend the phone on purpose.
Except apple has already announced they would replace phones bent under normal use. LMAO! Getting a 6 won't stop the bend issue if you are hell bent on bending it.
I am quite sure the same pressure applied in that same manner to many other similar sized phones would result in some damage. Holding both ends while applying pressure to the center maximizes the force, and is far beyond any normal abuse.
Unfortunately, I think the publicity is attracting idiots and vandals who are now getting their jollies by visiting Apple stores and bending phones.
Maybe given the past complaints of problems like this, Apple should have engineered more strength into the phone. Like others have said, I suspect Apple will do a better job of this in future models. The obsession with thin designs has certainly created some public relations problems for Apple.
It hasn't been brought up too much, but I wonder who these people are who are wiling to destroy a very expensive phone to make this point, as ridiculous as it is.
Unfortunately, I think the publicity is attracting idiots and vandals who are now getting their jollies by visiting Apple stores and bending phones.
Maybe given the past complaints of problems like this, Apple should have engineered more strength into the phone. Like others have said, I suspect Apple will do a better job of this in future models. The obsession with thin designs has certainly created some public relations problems for Apple.
It hasn't been brought up too much, but I wonder who these people are who are wiling to destroy a very expensive phone to make this point, as ridiculous as it is.
then it begs the question, why would Apple continue to make the phone so thin and decide to use aluminium?
Heck, paper is great and lightly, do car companies use them to make cars?
When was the last time you applied that much force to your phone while using it normally?
Logical fallacy. The iPhone isn't a tank. It isn't meant to be one. Aluminum isn't the strongest material available. It doesn't have to be, because in normal use for a cell phone it's durable enough.
why are you laughing your ass off? I never stated that getting a 6 would prevent bending issues, i don't want a 6 anyways....and sure Apple has said they would replace phones bent under normal use..I have seen one post on MR where someone bent their phone because they kept it in their back pocket like they had done with all their previous phones and Apple did not replace their phone. Of course that is only 1 case, and carrying a touchscreen device in your back pocket is a very bad idea but still Apple did not replace their bent phone under "normal" use....in fact, I believe the Genius instructed him to purchase AppleCare+ and file a claim to have it replaced which is essentially fraud on the Genius' part
you know it's 'durable' how?
base on videos I've seen, it's anything BUT durable.
and yes, it's logically to put an device to the extreme situation for the sake of testing. Unless people here actually think it's "ridiculous" for car's crash testing too.