So Apple made a super-thin phone out of a malleable metal without any structural integrity, and didn't consider that it could bend under stress.
Can't believe the Apple defenders here at the moment. No wonder people claim we're a cult.
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Samsung, HTC, BlackBerry, and Others Mock 'Bendability' of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus
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So Apple made a super-thin phone out of a malleable metal without any structural integrity, and didn't consider that it could bend under stress.
Can't believe the Apple defenders here at the moment. No wonder people claim we're a cult.
Once again, this is why I never buy a new Apple design. ALWAYS kinks to work out. That said, I expect this problem to disappear fairly quickly (and definitely by the time I get my 6s).
lol at everyone that is going to suffer through a year with obselete technology because of this, just upgrade, then upgrade again when the 6s comes out. apple gave me $310 for my 5s when I got the 6, so even though i had early contract fee, my phone was still cheaper than $199.
the retina HD screen alone is worth the upgrade (for the image quality, not the size), it is so good it looks like a fake display model compared to the 5s. don't punish your eyes for the next year.
I am calling all people idiots that do not respect their own property and try to use it properly. People that use their phone normal and experience issues with it are of course not in this category..
I had an HTC One M8 and I tried carrying it in my pocket, but it was too uncomfortable for me. It beats me how someone would like to carry an even bigger phone in a jeans pocket, but I guess everybody is different. The fact is that a phablet should be carried in a different way..
I think one, or both of us is confused. Im saying I would never put it past Apple to pay people to troll on competitors. I completely agree Apple will do the right thing due to the publicity of this "bad batch" of iPhones. People have already claimed to get replacements for free under warranty.
It's a shame to see companies PR pumping out crap like this. If it's not your product then you have no place to talk about it. Consumers can bash it all they want but you aren't gaining fans by pretending you are down with the consumers!
've seen the videos and you would have to be a douche to manage to bend the thing, I don't quite get it. Most people don't have the issue its just a few people. If it were me I would have avoided putting SIM card on the side and put it on top instead or at the top side of the phone, also the volume buttons could have been reduced in size and reinforced.
I've said before but like the apple watch it should have come in steel options too!?
've seen the videos and you would have to be a douche to manage to bend the thing, I don't quite get it. Most people don't have the issue its just a few people. If it were me I would have avoided putting SIM card on the side and put it on top instead or at the top side of the phone, also the volume buttons could have been reduced in size and reinforced.
I've said before but like the apple watch it should have come in steel options too!?
hey i don't care if apple sells millions of phones, i just want my phone to not bend when i put it in my pocket. i usually sit in the car and then take the phone of out of my front pants pocket, i'm not sure whether i can do this now with 6 + , still undecided whether to order 6 +.
I just wish they made the iphone 6 and 6 + with the iphone 4 design minus the antenna gate.
I just wish they made the iphone 6 and 6 + with the iphone 4 design minus the antenna gate.
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Couldn't said it better. They are more android users signed up at Macrumours as thier device don't get much attention like <software updates> after like 0-2yrs if lucky.
Oh, cheap phone makers are jumping on Apple because an iPhone can be bent?
The phrase "Methinks thou dost protest too much" comes to mind.
A $900 Galaxy Note is cheap? Just HOW rich are you?
we don't know if it is bad. I am sure that you want to be bad. Joined one month ago to bash new Samsung's competing model. Clever, lol
If you insist that iPhone 6 plus is bad, give me exact evidence of how it happened, under which circumstance, by what force applied? how the story was prepared for feed to press; how the journalist FOUND about 1 bent phone; why without ANY proof simultaneously many news sites are INSISTING that the phone was broken WITHOUT any documented proof and that ALL plus models BEND? Who paid for headlines? Who paid for story placement? the news dissemination? It costs a lot, you know.
yeah, super embarrassing...
I'm not surprised. The fact that people still go around touting Apple Quality, precision, attention to detail and flawless software in spite of all the dropped balls in all those areas is what gets me. I'm not surprised there either, the masses are never the most intelligent bunch, just the largest.
Now THAT IS actually funny.. Kudos (as it is true
Haha. Glad I can make your lips bend into a smile.
so 10 phones out of 2 million?
Samsung is reaching. Of course their phones can't bend they're like bricks.
I saw how hard those guys were trying to bend the phone on purpose. I don't see it as being a big deal. People shouldn't be sitting on their phones anyway.
Samsung is reaching. Of course their phones can't bend they're like bricks.
I saw how hard those guys were trying to bend the phone on purpose. I don't see it as being a big deal. People shouldn't be sitting on their phones anyway.
But didn't those PC v. Mac commercials give a bad name without referring to a specific incident? Some people have gone years without getting a virus on a Windows computer. Just saying.
Over 20 years of people using pocket phones prove you wrong.
Of course, Apple does not have that much experience.
So in saying my point isn't valid you went and proved that neither is the point every Android fan makes in saying that they dominate global market. You're talking hundreds of phones and their sales and plotting them against the sales of 2-4 current iPhone models available. If it's not legitimate to plot one phone model against another in sales then it certainly isn't a legitimate argument to compare based on OS either.
