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Samsung, HTC, BlackBerry, and Others Mock 'Bendability' of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus

RedBear said:
Victim-blaming is illogical. Even if it were true that only idiots that abuse their iPhones are bending them (and it isn't true), the other manufacturers of similarly-sized devices are not having "bendgates" of their own. Therefore Apple rightly deserves to be mocked and raked over the coals for what is, at the very least in comparison to other manufacturers, a very serious engineering screw-up. Even if one could objectively say that it isn't a design flaw (and it most certainly is), they have put out a product that is weaker than their competitors products and made themselves look quite foolish in the marketplace. Apple fans should consider that to be unacceptable on the part of Apple, rather than being obnoxiously dismissive of the concerns of the market. The many thousands of bent iPhones that will soon be in the wild will each be excellent advertisements for Samsung. Is that what you want? It matters little how they became bent, only that they are bent, and they aren't being bent on purpose (except for that one idiot on YouTube). The people accidentally bending them are fellow Apple/iPhone fans, not idiots and deliberate saboteurs.

If you are truly Apple fans and want to have even more excellent iPhones in the future, which the competition cannot mock even if they try, it is only logical to join the chorus of those who are acknowledging and mocking bendgate. Let the competitors have their day (month/year) of gloating and mocking. Help Apple learn the lesson that they strayed a bit too far this time in the pursuit of thinness and lightness, without paying sufficient attention to durability for the product's intended purpose of being a personal phone that you carry with you at all times. If it is not suited for that purpose next time they should market the Plus as a smaller iPad mini that can coincidentally make phone calls, not as an iPhone.
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iBug2 said:
Apple should be really worrying if it's indeed that many.
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Indeed they should, and indeed there will be. Consider the following:

1. There will soon be tens of millions of iPhone 6 Plus units in the wild in the next several months. Based on some preliminary data I estimate they will be around 10% to 20% of total iPhone 6 sales. Therefore, tens of millions.

2. Many bent i6+ units will wind up with cracked screens, and thus be very likely to be rejected by Apple "Geniuses" for warranty replacement.

3. Many users with bent i6+ units will have already stretched their budget to get them and will not be able to afford to pay for a non-covered replacement (or AppleCare, for that matter, which might have allowed them to replace it for $79).

Ergo, I believe it's a very safe bet to say that within a few months there will be many thousands of bent iPhone 6 Plus units in the wild that Apple will refuse to replace and users cannot afford to replace until their contract expires. Possibly even many tens of thousands eventually. Probably still a fairly small percentage of the overall number of units sold, but each one will be in the wild for months or even years, and each one will be a terrible, negative advertisement for Apple's supposed build quality for anyone who sees it.

Apple deserves the mockery it is receiving, and it will unfortunately go on for years, long after it is actually relevant.
 
aloshka said:
I am going to sue apple for creating a phone that when put into my front pocket causes me pain when I sit down. It digs into my thigh. WTF?!!? For an $800 phone, this should not happen!!!
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Stop wearing tight pants LOL
 
so it is unfortunate that the phone can bend from being in your pocket (im surprised this beast even fits in a pocket), and yes it is technically an oversite by Apple (not sure how they would have known to test for this). However, its common sense that such a thin device made from aluminum is somewhat fragile (all phones with glass screens are) and any phone could break if sat on (i remember sitting on my first nokia cell phone accidentally and it completely busted in half requiring me to buy a new phone)...
 
Boston007 said:
Stop wearing tight pants
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I was being sarcastic. This is the complaint everyone has. America is full of idiots like this, suing coffee-serving companies because they spill coffee on their laps and apparently it's too hot, suing a landlord because they were testing just how how the water gets with their genitals (all real examples by the way). I guess companies can put chemicals in the water, that when spilled cool off immediately.

I guess darwinism is failing. We are protecting and even rewarding idiots...
 
Quu said:
This whole thing is pretty funny to me. I hope Apple or Tim Cook make a public response. :D
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Not much they can say or do. A fix will require an entirely new design, it's not like they can add more aloominium reenforcement since there's no dead space inside. They are stuck with a defective flagship iDevice for the next year.

Anyways, this isn't news to Apple, engineers raised holy hell but were vetoed by Ive. There is no one at Apple to tell Ive when he is full of 5h!t.
 
aloshka said:
I was being sarcastic. This is the complaint everyone has. America is full of idiots like this, suing coffee-serving companies because they spill coffee on their laps, suing a landlord because they were testing just how how the water gets with their genitals (all real examples by the way).

And now, because a huge phone digs into their thighs and eventually breaks.
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Yah man, I know and I agree with what you said here.
 
What the heck is a Blackberry? Do they make things?

Of course, while competitors take pot-shots, iPhone will outsell each and every one of them in their segment. Sure, there might be more Android devices, but Apple doesn't compete at all price-points.
 
Swytch said:
so it is unfortunate that the phone can bend from being in your pocket (im surprised this beast even fits in a pocket), and yes it is technically an oversite by Apple (not sure how they would have known to test for this). However, its common sense that such a thin device made from aluminum is somewhat fragile (all phones with glass screens are) and any phone could break if sat on (i remember sitting on my first nokia cell phone accidentally and it completely busted in half requiring me to buy a new phone)...
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What a load of BS.

1. I sit on my 4S all the time and it's fine. Steel and thick gorilla glass do not bend or break from daily use. I have no idea where I'd carry a phone if not in my pockets since I do not and will not carry a purse.

2. How could Apple have know to test the durability of a mobile phone in a pocket? Good God man, listen to yourself!

3. Technically an oversite? Again, where are we supposed to stow these phones when we walk around? Not every shirt has a special smart phone pocket, so what do we use? Purses and fanny packs? Hold it in a hand all the time?

4. It's common sense that a thin aluminum device is fragile, yet you wonder how Apple would have know to test the durability of such a device?

This fanboy apologism is so flagrant and disgusting it's beyond words. I cannot believe people would enslave themselves to a company in such a way, and I say this as someone who has used Macs since the 80s and never owned a Windows computer in my life.
 
Boston007 said:
NICE set bro:
nMP 6-core 32GB / 1TB SSD | Dual 27" TB | iPad rMini | 5S 64GB ColorWare Yellow/Black
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:)

Oh, have to switch it to 6+ Silver 64gb.. but thanks, love it! Expensive, but my life revolves around the equipment and is my income.
 
I just sent this to Mr. Chen of RIM.

I sent an email to Mr. Chen of Blackberry. Lets see if he responds.

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Rogifan said:
I'd be curious to know how many people actually have this issue. Just because it's making a lot of noise on the internet doesn't mean its a widespread problem. Are we hearing about lots of people returning bent 6 Plus phones to Apple stores?
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Looks like there were 9. New thread on MR front page. (guess 10 including youTube dude that did it on purpose :) )
 
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jlake02 said:
Yet NONE of them will sell anywhere close to 10M units in the opening weekend.

That's really gotta annoy them to no end. :cool:



:apple:
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And you know why? Unlike Apple that ONLY releases their phone once a year, so they can have the Apple store show off lines because their phones are out of stock. Other companies like to release multiple phones throughout the year.

I remember when Steve Jobs indicated why Apple was no longer going to MacWorld due to the expectation that Apple had to release a product every year in January. For the past several years, Apple releases their phone in September, than 2 months later the iPads are release, just like clockwork.

It does not matter if iOS8 is faulty and draining battery life on your phone, we need to release once a year. Perhaps if Apple do a way with this once a year nonsense, people would be able to use their phones with iOS 8.0.1.
 
rGiskard said:
What a load of BS.

1. I sit on my 4S all the time and it's fine. Steel and thick gorilla glass do not bend or break from daily use. I have no idea where I'd carry a phone if not in my pockets since I do not and will not carry a purse.

2. How could Apple have know to test the durability of a mobile phone in a pocket? Good God man, listen to yourself!

3. Technically an oversite? Again, where are we supposed to stow these phones when we walk around? Not every shirt has a special smart phone pocket, so what do we use? Purses and fanny packs? Hold it in a hand all the time?

4. It's common sense that a thin aluminum device is fragile, yet you wonder how Apple would have know to test the durability of such a device?

This fanboy apologism is so flagrant and disgusting it's beyond words. I cannot believe people would enslave themselves to a company in such a way, and I say this as someone who has used Macs since the 80s and never owned a Windows computer in my life.
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1. the 4s is tiny. Can't compare. I can put a tiny piece of cardboard in my pocket and it wouldn't bend. I put a huge piece of cardboard and it will bend because it doesn't fit in the pocket.

2. Maybe apple has skinny people working for them :)

3. It does not bend when you just walk around. WTF is with everyone just saying that they walk with it in their pocket and somehow magically bends 90 degrees. It bends when a heavy person sits on it, or has it in their front pocket and uncomfortably has it poke their thighs until it breaks/bends

4. I don't think Apple expected people to throw the phone, sit on it, step on it, run it over with their cars...
 
ghettochris said:
I think it was a design choice, not a flaw. Maybe not a good one for a lot of people, but I would rather have a slightly fragile 6+ than a tank of a phablet that is impossible to bend in a pocket. i expect slight tweak or improvement in the 6s, then finally dealt with in the 7. See antennagate for how things like this play out.
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Chris. I agree it was a conscious design choice... that unfortunately contains structural flaws. It is what it is. Bolded: If you only had two choices then your argument would hold water. As is, the false binary you present rings hollow. Too thin and tank aren't the only options. Is the 5S a tank? Honestly I really can't think of a recent flagship that would be considered a tank. The thickness of the 6+ could have easily been a carryover from the 5S and I doubt there would have been a single complaint. The phone would have been stronger and less likely to have an issue.

Everything in a 24 hour new cycle eventually gets replaced by something else. So saying it will play out like antennagate is a bit rhetorical don't you think?
 
ghettochris said:
if your 5s is in good shape, you should be able to walk into an apple store and get a 6 for about $100 out of pocket cost.
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Just offtrack a bit, you could sell your phone on craiglist for $300 if your phone is still in good condition and you have all accessories. So you will walk out of Apple store with a 6 and zero out of pocket. You still have to pay for activation and sale taxes though.
 
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