Samsung's Galaxy S6 Bends as Easily as iPhone 6 Plus

[smorrissey]

Reallly... Most of the raucous came from a guy who bent the phone with his hands in an edited clip. He got millions of hits on youtube. Even if you had a guy posting crap like that (phone bent by sitting on it), why would you believe it?

At least here, they're actually using test equipment to test the phones and not some random guy off the street in a dubious picture or video.

In all likelyhood, both the Iphone and Samsung will be fine in normal use. There was no bending issue at all; just some clown with a video camera and a naive crowd.

This just demonstrate that thin phones no matter the brand will bend under significant pressure... Duh!

Why? click this:

https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=...a=X&ei=AIwgVbH_IcLcsAX0l4G4Bg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

See?

Mmm, that's exactly one of my points i really doubt that at least the iphone 6+ doesn't bend under normal use. I doubt that.

Now try showing me similar Galaxy S6 edge bend pics. Not a stupid machine which can bend anything you put under it. Duh!

 

[Keirasplace]

Why? click this:

https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=...a=X&ei=AIwgVbH_IcLcsAX0l4G4Bg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

See?

Mmm, that's exactly one of my points i really doubt that at least the iphone 6+ doesn't bend under normal use. I doubt that.

Now try showing me similar Galaxy S6 edge bend pics. Not a stupid machine which can bend anything you put under it. Duh!

Your doubts mean nothing. A "stupid" machine is actually more believable and more real than that clip. That's how it is. That's how engineering works. That you can't live with that is your own problem. I'm not in the business of fixing your lapses in logic.

BTW, I don't believe either the Iphone or the S6 has major issues; yet, you continue you point beyond all logic when it is not needed.

 

[smorrissey]

Your doubts mean nothing. A "stupid" machine is actually more believable and more real than that clip. That's how it is. That's how engineering works. That you can't live with that is your own problem. I'm not in the business of fixing your lapses in logic.

BTW, I don't believe either the Iphone or the S6 has major issues; yet, you continue you point beyond all logic when it is not needed.

Now try showing me similar Galaxy S6 edge bend pics posted by ordinary users like you...i'm bored of your machine... i want to read real people complaints.

 

[JobsGang]

Now try showing me similar Galaxy S6 edge bend pics posted by ordinary users like you...i'm bored of your machine... i want to read real people complaints.

How? It's not out yet.

 

[jacobj]

We need the unbox therapy guy to try to bend it. Anything can bend with a machine. How easy is it to bend with your hands?

Why? Does a machine have the ability to apply some physical force of nature that the human hands don't have access to?

 

[perkedel]

that's some really high attention to detail copying they got there, down to the bending

 

[smorrissey]

How? It's not out yet.

Exactly, people needs to wait a little more before starting to destroy it... Let's wait for real people commenting about this phone. A testing machine doesn't tell the whole story.

Let's see how easily it bends inside real people pockets....if it bends of course.

 

[XVentura]

That article misses the whole point of bendgate.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus bent at the volume rocker area under only 44lbs of pressure. That was the weak spot. That was where it always bent in reports and where multiple videos were made.

Of course, all phones bend under extreme pressure, but the S6 and S6 Edge does not seem like has any particular weak point in its construction.

So does the S6 bend? Of course, under extreme pressure. Will it bend in normal use like the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus? I doubt it.

This article is rubbish because it failed to tell the readers that the concern about the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus was that it bent under moderate pressure at the volume rocker area. That was the particular weak spot that other phones do not have. There wasn't a huge furore about the phone bending in other places, the furore was over the volume rocker area and the relatively weak reenforcement there, which meant it bent under only 44lbs of pressure.

 

[JayIsAwesome]

Well said. I'm also "amused" by those that, to me, come off as insecure because they are the ones bringing up Apple's competition in threads that completely irrelevant. As if the only way they can feel better about themselves and the products they own is by putting down the competition even when the story has nothing to do with the competition. "But Samsung..." "But Microsoft..." "But Google...." "But Pebble..." "But..." and so on.

Agreed. It's ridiculous and also funny, for all the wrong reasons.

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You've been here 10 minutes. Not paying attention very well.

Whatever you say dude, lol

 

[kalsta]

Sigh... if it says Galaxy S6 on the thread's title but on video they are testing the Edge, what do you think about that? something missing right?

I think it's misleading if what you're saying is true. I couldn't tell an S6 from a very slim bar of soap I'm afraid—interest in Samsung's phones for me is fairly small.

The point of my comment still stands though. I was replying to people who dismissed a carefully controlled test in favour of anecdotal reports of phones bending in bum pockets. You've raised a completely separate issue.

*Edit: Only just noticed you were one of those people! So you shifted the goalposts with your reply!

 

[kalsta]

it says Galaxy S6 on the thread's title … what do you think about that?

I think you're clutching at straws, since it's made very clear, in both the article and the video, that the test was done with the Galaxy S6 Edge. I also think you should have written to Mitchel Broussard, the author of the MR article, rather than me, if you had a problem with the article title.

 

[Max(IT)]

Here's the difference:

This is an Apple site. At various points in history, it has been swarmed with Apple-owner-hating jerks. The name of the "opposing" company doesn't matter, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, whatever. If they hate Apple, fine. If they hate the iPhone, fine. If they hate ME because I own a Mac, that is going to annoy me.

Point 2....I've never been to an Android site to make fun of Google, or Samsung, certainly not owners of their phones. Few Apple fans have done so. Hell, there are no active "We Love Microsoft" sites, so where would we do so for them?

So, why do a holes come here to do it to me?



I can see why nobody plays chess, anymore. Idiocracy, a documentary.

Great post #

I'm an active user of many non-Apple websites. There are some trolls, but nothing compared to the very vocal community of haters on this forum.

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My wife and I both heavily abused our IP4's, I still have an old one kicking around as an emergency phone. Man those things lasted. The ip5 was junk in terms of durability, like I said it gouged with any light drop, not scratched but gouged. The ip4 also had that quality, mechanical watch feeling of solidness which is kind of hard to explain, even to this day when I pick it up I get a little dopamine rush, that is until I turn the screen on hehe.

The only durability issue I saw on the iPhone 5 was the coat of the black one, but the phone was sturdier than all-glass iPhone 4. And I bought the white/silver for that reason
To be honest, I can't remember any durability issue for any iPhone.

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Completely agree - which is why everything else in this thread is really noise. At the end of the day, there's no "controversy."

Oh sure, today there's no controversy because Samsung is "involved" too..... In September it was a first world problem ....

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No I think he hit the nail on the head. It's literally 15 pages of people saying "Derp derp what do the Samsung fans have to say now?..." I can understand the derision towards Samsung who's foot is firmly in it's mouth now, but it's weird how seriously some take it and how much blame they ascribe to a few people on a web forum, as if they are responsible for the media at large.

I don't care about Samsung.
I don't think the galaxy S6 had any bend issue.
And I'm not going to buy a Samsung's phone anyway.

I do care about the mess Apple haters did, do and will do at every Apple's product launch about non existent issues, on this forum.

 

[djgamble]

Great post #

I'm an active user of many non-Apple websites. There are some trolls, but nothing compared to the very vocal community of haters on this forum.

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The only durability issue I saw on the iPhone 5 was the coat of the black one, but the phone was sturdier than all-glass iPhone 4. And I bought the white/silver for that reason
To be honest, I can't remember any durability issue for any iPhone.

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Oh sure, today there's no controversy because Samsung is "involved" too..... In September it was a first world problem ....

Oh for sure... I get that people will choose *insert product* over Apple. What I don't get is why they'd then devote days/weeks/months to attacking people who choose Apple gear (on their own forums for discussing their love for Apple stuff.)

I can happily say I've never gone to a forum for a product I have actively chosen to buy Apple instead of and attacked people who chose it (let alone tried spreading FUD about it being inferior to my Apple product.) Somebody's gotta be pretty insecure to bother doing that...

 

[Max(IT)]

Why? click this:

https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=...a=X&ei=AIwgVbH_IcLcsAX0l4G4Bg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

See?

Mmm, that's exactly one of my points i really doubt that at least the iphone 6+ doesn't bend under normal use. I doubt that.

Now try showing me similar Galaxy S6 edge bend pics. Not a stupid machine which can bend anything you put under it. Duh!

Did you at least watch your own link ? 90% of the pictures are fake or purposely bent iPhones....

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Oh for sure... I get that people will choose *insert product* over Apple. What I don't get is why they'd then devote days/weeks/months to attacking people who choose Apple gear (on their own forums for discussing their love for Apple stuff.)

I can happily say I've never gone to a forum for a product I have actively chosen to buy Apple instead of and attacked people who chose it (let alone tried spreading FUD about it being inferior to my Apple product.) Somebody's gotta be pretty insecure to bother doing that...

Yep. I'm fine with people choosing Samsung, or Microsoft, or whatever over Apple.
What I can't understand are people spending literally hours here to criticize almost everything Apple does, basically posting in every thread where Apple is somewhat "under attack". And usually they claimed neutrality with phrases like "posting that from my iPhone" ...
Apple isn't perfect. Far from that.
But if you only criticize them, well, maybe you are in the wrong forum (and/or bought the wrong product for your needs).
My two cents.

 

[samcraig]

Great post


Oh sure, today there's no controversy because Samsung is "involved" too..... In September it was a first world problem ....

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I don't care about Samsung.
I don't think the galaxy S6 had any bend issue.
And I'm not going to buy a Samsung's phone anyway.

I do care about the mess Apple haters did, do and will do at every Apple's product launch about non existent issues, on this forum.

What do you even mean stating some people believed it was a first world problem?

You're very fixated on the notion of Apple "haters" which is cubby because many of those I believe you THINK are Apple haters are not. They just differ in opinion than you and you seem to think your opinion is superior.

Also, your passive-aggressive posting is less than desirable.

 

[jtmarine73]

We need the unbox therapy guy to try to bend it. Anything can bend with a machine. How easy is it to bend with your hands?

Being that it's bigger than the iPhone 6, but glass on both sides, I'd like to see it withstand the fat guy sitting with it in his back pocket while at the Golden Corral buffet. It won't bend, it will shatter!

 

[Donoban]

That article misses the whole point of bendgate.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus bent at the volume rocker area under only 44lbs of pressure. That was the weak spot. That was where it always bent in reports and where multiple videos were made.

Of course, all phones bend under extreme pressure, but the S6 and S6 Edge does not seem like has any particular weak point in its construction.

So does the S6 bend? Of course, under extreme pressure. Will it bend in normal use like the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus? I doubt it.

This article is rubbish because it failed to tell the readers that the concern about the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus was that it bent under moderate pressure at the volume rocker area. That was the particular weak spot that other phones do not have. There wasn't a huge furore about the phone bending in other places, the furore was over the volume rocker area and the relatively weak reenforcement there, which meant it bent under only 44lbs of pressure.

Agreed.

If they were able to bend it with their bare hands then we would be able to compare apples to apples. A non story and I swear people are getting smarter at generate page clicks and video views... as soon as a product comes out you need to be in first to jump on something slightly controversial to generate traffic(money)...

Just wait for the flood of Apple Watch drop tests.....

 

[spinedoc77]

Great post #

I'm an active user of many non-Apple websites. There are some trolls, but nothing compared to the very vocal community of haters on this forum
I don't care about Samsung.
I don't think the galaxy S6 had any bend issue.
And I'm not going to buy a Samsung's phone anyway.

I do care about the mess Apple haters did, do and will do at every Apple's product launch about non existent issues, on this forum.

I think with 16 pages to this useless thread the Samsung haters/apple trolls are EVERY bit as guilty.

 

[lowendlinux]

Agreed.

If they were able to bend it with their bare hands then we would be able to compare apples to apples. A non story and I swear people are getting smarter at generate page clicks and video views... as soon as a product comes out you need to be in first to jump on something slightly controversial to generate traffic(money)...

Just wait for the flood of Apple Watch drop tests.....

I don't think there will be drop tests for the watch. It makes sense to drop test s phone since that does happen but not so much a watch.

 

[bobob]

I think with 16 pages to this useless thread the Samsung haters/apple trolls are EVERY bit as guilty.

Here are just a few of the iPhone "bending" threads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

Anyone want to guess how many pages these threads add up to?

517

...and as I said, those are just a few of the threads, I got tired of copying and pasting the links.


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Finally, this is one of the shorter threads, but it has my favorite title:

Is This Apple's Darkest Moment?

 

[Jsameds]

Surprise surprise, still no media frenzy over S-Bendgate. 6 months ago it was in newspapers, on TV, on tech blogs, on forums, on the radio for weeks and weeks until it died down. Hell even Conan did a parody of the whole thing.

Same thing happens to Samsung and it's just tumble weeds. Gotta feel sorry for Apple sometimes - they get roasted so much worse than anyone else in the industry time and time again.

 

[spinedoc77]

Here are just a few of the iPhone "bending" threads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.

Anyone want to guess how many pages these threads add up to?

517

...and as I said, those are just a few of the threads, I got tired of copying and pasting the links.


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Finally, this is one of the shorter threads, but it has my favorite title:

Is This Apple's Darkest Moment?

A complete waste of forum space lol, but it's obvious that is a 50/50 interplay with Samsung trolls AND apple trolls. But without that I suppose these forums wouldn't exist.

 

[Keirasplace]

I think with 16 pages to this useless thread the Samsung haters/apple trolls are EVERY bit as guilty.

You have a hell of a bad memory. Very bad. Someone did the count, there are more than 500 pages of comments on Apple bendING last year (I'd say its more like 800 if your patient enough to count that far).

So, you just did a false equivalency; cause we all know, a beat down is totally the same, as a slap, totally the same... Because a hand is involved in both.

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A complete waste of forum space lol, but it's obvious that is a 50/50 interplay with Samsung trolls AND apple trolls. But without that I suppose these forums wouldn't exist.

Right... A 30 to 1 ratio is "just the same"... Nice cognitive dissonance here bud.

 

[Donoban]

I don't think there will be drop tests for the watch. It makes sense to drop test s phone since that does happen but not so much a watch.

Doesn't matter. Anything to generate views/clicks to a page seem to be the go.

You can't tell me we won't see vids of people dropping the watch, taking a hammer to the watch, see how long it survives in a glass of water, and so on...

 

[Keirasplace]

That article misses the whole point of bendgate.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus bent at the volume rocker area under only 44lbs of pressure. That was the weak spot. That was where it always bent in reports and where multiple videos were made.

Of course, all phones bend under extreme pressure, but the S6 and S6 Edge does not seem like has any particular weak point in its construction.

So does the S6 bend? Of course, under extreme pressure. Will it bend in normal use like the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus? I doubt it.

This article is rubbish because it failed to tell the readers that the concern about the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus was that it bent under moderate pressure at the volume rocker area. That was the particular weak spot that other phones do not have. There wasn't a huge furore about the phone bending in other places, the furore was over the volume rocker area and the relatively weak reenforcement there, which meant it bent under only 44lbs of pressure.

Those videos are not credible, 44 pounds, what? What equipment was used, what credible org did the test? I sure want to see that test and not some random guys with videos that is visibly edited to make a buck (and yes, you make lots of money on youtube with this kind of video) (there are time jumps and who knows what happened to the phone pre-video).

The only credible test I saw is this one. By the way, unless you have a rock in your pants pressing exactly where you stated, your not going to get a breaking/bending point near the rocker, that's not how pressure is applied in a back pocket. If you have 35 pounds of pressure on you in a small point in your back pocket (half the weight stated in the consumer report article), then your probably in a lot of pain and your not going to continue to 70 pounds!

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/09/consumer-reports-tests-iphone-6-bendgate/index.htm

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Doesn't matter. Anything to generate views/clicks to a page seem to be the go.

You can't tell me we won't see vids of people dropping the watch, taking a hammer to the watch, see how long it survives in a glass of water, and so on...

The glass of water thing would be boring, pressure is pretty low. They'll dump it a swimming pool with a underwater camera and do a live broadcast were people take bets on when it will fail. In fact, that's a great idea for a new business I should go out and start it. You know, people betting on really stupid crap is a growing industry ;-).