The difference is nobody gives a hoot since Sammy is just making mediocre phones and nobody really expects them to be anything but.
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Samsung's Galaxy S6 Bends as Easily as iPhone 6 Plus
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Where are you getting this mysterious 44Lbs of pressure?!?
Thats what i would like to know.
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On an Apple based forum ? Hardly....
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Good job. But I'm sure you can easily reach the 1000 mark if you keep searching....
It would be nice to search posts by the people downplaying the whole matter here now on those threads at the time
But I don't have so much time to waste
The fact that you respond to me with similar comments and then post your statements like that, I'm fairly certain you're including me in your "assessment." If this isn't the case, I apologize. If I am, indeed, accurate, then all I can say it's tiresome and utter nonsense.
Then you didn't pay close attention.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/3/8341123/samsung-galaxy-s6-bendgate
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There are Apple users in thier 30 and 40s that do it just as much. And being 40 doesn't necisaarly mean they are a "professional".
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Sure they aren't
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PJWilkin is correct. TheVerge never featured it as a lead story. It was a small side box that quickly slipped down the page.
Engadget still hasn't covered the story.
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.
In less than a month you have managed to write more than 120 posts to promote or defend Samsung phones, so I suppose you are not one of the ordinary people whose opinion you are after.
If the Samsung phone has as little problems as the iPhone 6plus regarding bending, than it should be just fine.
The test is still entertaining after Samsung made the comment about bending at the keynote.
I had an iPhone 6+ that bent in my front pocket at the end of Oct 2014. I didn't notice when it happened and it came to my attention when I was changing cases.
Apple was very gracious and replaced my phone in-store without question with a new one. According to the Apple Store Genius, in several weeks after the iPhone 6+ came out, every Genius had seen at least 3 phones bent without other abuse done to the device in normal use.
I don't put much faith in these sorts of tests as they are not indicative of real-world use. It is a combination of force and torque that bends these phones and if there is a weak point, such as the volume buttons, then bending will happen.
Apple was very gracious and replaced my phone in-store without question with a new one. According to the Apple Store Genius, in several weeks after the iPhone 6+ came out, every Genius had seen at least 3 phones bent without other abuse done to the device in normal use.
I don't put much faith in these sorts of tests as they are not indicative of real-world use. It is a combination of force and torque that bends these phones and if there is a weak point, such as the volume buttons, then bending will happen.
No, just no. He is on Blackberry payroll! Lol
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This has nothing to do with Google. It's a Samsung phone.
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Except it was a very real problem to the people it happened to.
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Irony at it's finest here folks.
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And yet they did. Ironic.No phone bends in a pocket, unless you sit on it.....
But I can clearly see that haters gonna hate, even in front of scientific proofs.
Amazing.
Don't be a liar that's not true i'm not defending any brand, anyone can check my posts.
Now, do you want me to talk garbage about Samsung here? That would please you? ok...
1) Phones full of bloatware, being the cell provider ones the worst.
2) Phones that need an antivirus like windows? really? that's just lame.
3) Firmware updates? sure but only you need to wait months for them when you are on a third cell carrier while they fill the new firmware with their bloatware again.
Pleased? I'm not, you lying about me it's not cool.
As a matter of fact i'm here on these forums because i have an ipad air 2 that POPS randomly, still waiting for a solution from Apple, i own products of both companies.
And sorry for the rest of you guys who quoted me too, it wouldn't be healthy for this thread to reply each one of you, me i've already said what i think about this bending matter.
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When will people make phones that aren't made of one sheet of glass? I mean, I would prefer to had a thicker phone, but that can't be so easily bent. Seriously, **** the current phone industry.
The sad part, they still say those things about Android.
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You claim you have never been to an Android site, but also claim very few Apple users do. Unfortunately, you would be wrong. So very wrong.
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This bend test is laughable since it doesn't mimic real world and is click bait for the layman. Any device is vulnerable when pressure is applied in the center but that's not how pressure is applied in the pocket which is inwards from the top and bottom edges. True test is if there will be failures from normal use which was an issue with iPhone 6 and 6+. So far even S6 Edge has tougher glass and frame than iPhone 6.
https://youtu.be/DpsyGweP5so
https://youtu.be/DpsyGweP5so
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Nah, the fallacy of your logic is that those same threads are populated only by Samsung fanboys. I think the cognitive dissonance is in not realizing how much you are contributing to this completely inane subject. You don't believe in bendgate (psst here's a secret, I don't either) but continue to contribute to a useless conversation which keeps it going. Samsung is a company, it's not a neighbor who kicked your dog. Why people cry like stuck pigs when someone says something bad about their phone (of all things) baffles me endlessly.
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Not sure why that's relevant.
I don't know the dimensions of the iPhone 6 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, but the whole bendgate argument is just dumb. However, if you really want to end the argument, you have to compare the dimensions. The longer a phone gets and the thinner it gets in depth, the easier it is to bend.
Compare which phone is longer and thinner in depth and you will find the truly better phone against bending. So, in this "argument", lets just say that the worse phone for bending since they seem to bend at about the same pounds of pressure - would come down to dimensions. If one is longer and the thinness (depth) is about the same, the better phone would be the longer one. Let's end this dumb debate.
EDIT: I looked it up and although I prefer the iPhone, here are the dimensions.
iPhone 6 Plus 6.22 x 3.06 x .28 - tested
Galaxy S6 Edge 5.59 x 2.76 x .28 - tested
Galaxy S6 5.65 x 2.78 x .27
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Wait, Wait, wait ..... So after Samsung invented Bendgate, vaunted how their phones don't bend, and Fandroids walked into Apple stores and purposefully bent on display iPhones for fun, to mock, or to 'expose & inform' customers or whatever -- Samsung's new Galaxy S6 folds like a cheap suit? This is Irony, right? Or is this coincidence? Oh, tell me it's irony. There needs to be a commercial welcoming Samsung back in time with Alanis Morissette singing her track in the background. Perhaps a Xerox copier in the background. This means, we get to walk into Samsung stores and bend their phones on display too, now right?
Buy the one you like best because the internet (hard to believe) is never going to be the best bet for which phone is better.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/04/01/iphone-6-galaxy-s6-speed-test/
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s6-best-android-153840035.html
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you started well, then went for a total shift in logic and finished totally off the track...
No it wasn't an issue at all, is the real response to this. Just like it isn't a real issue for Samsung either.
After the viral crap died down, you didn't hear of Bending at all despite a further 120M Iphones selling in the next 5 months that says something.
Great that you accept a different standard of testing for Samsung (you own, off the cuff one) rather than lab testing. That's how all engineering should be done, from the gut (sic).
Lets be clear, they both bend eventually (shatter in the case of Samsung), but neither will do it under typical use.
The issue is not bending, it is Samsung and Androites being ironic hypocrites in all this.
LOL #### this thread man. So, now Samsung invented bendgate? Lol. Funny thing, it wasn't just Samsung that made fun of the bending thing. HTC, LG, among others did it too. But they're overlooked and all the hatred is thrown at Samsung. LOL hilarious. Then you have one of the posters talking about how "we should go to Samsung stores and bend their phones" like this is some sort of US vs THEM war or something. What in the actual **** is going on around here? LOOOOOL #####
Samsung always invents an angle to attack Apple with since their phones suck and don't sell.
Uh... it is Us vs Them. What is the point of a commercial who point and plot is basically -- "Hahaha, look at you. You're standing in line for an Apple phone that doesn't have XYZ or ABC or 1234! You're stupid!" Regardless, of what the ***-gate of the day it's always a variation of that. Are you seriously going to say PC vs Mac, Android vs iOS, Glorious PC gaming master race, isn't us vs them?
The hypocrisy is continued though by the apple defenders. It's amusing to see some cry "hypocrisy" for Samsung (which I don't disagree with) while committing the same sin they are accusing others of. The gloating over some stupid lab test which is useless in the real world is very telling.