Most of the people here probably weren't born yet in 1991.I remember Sgt. Slaughter.
Haha, Slaughter was awesome. Him vs Hulk Hogan was cool lol
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Samsung's Galaxy S6 Bends as Easily as iPhone 6 Plus
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Haha, Slaughter was awesome. Him vs Hulk Hogan was cool lol
It was last year when the Iphone 6 came out. You shouldn't laugh at people if you're designing something similar... That seems obvious isn't it. But, hey, not to Samsung
Wait, how did they reference the S6 back then? I thought it just came out. I know other Samsung phones which have been compared 1) take greater force to bend and 2) because of the materials bend back to normal so Samsung was actually right, although right about something this stupid isn't necessarily a plus. Obviously the S6 bends pretty badly when subjected to what amounts to an obvious amount of force, but I don't recall Samsung specifically calling out the iPhone bending in relation to the S6.
It was on their keynote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_m-U-WXIHA&t=16m50s
While it didn't make reference to how much, they did say "This stuff will not bend"
Lol I just don't take this crap seriously at all. I'm not gonna defend Apple or Samsung for that matter, like I'm on their payroll.
So you have no opinion at all. If you have, why not defend your position, I mean in that situation, why comment at all.
Since your whole comment is a putdown, in which you claim to above putdowns, finishing with the non sequitur with a "I'm buying this non Apple product" statement. I'm going to tag this as a meta comedy!
Btw, I don't give a crap that this phone bends or not. Neither phones from Samsung or Apple will bend in normal use.
What bothers me though is this constant need to assert that Apple users are somehow slavishly cultish, or on the payroll (and you mostly did the same thing here, bravo for being ironic without prodding).
You're bending over backwards way more than either Apple or Samsung's latest phones combined.
The title on this thread misinforms a little, they are talking about the Galaxy S6 edge! not the normal model.
Playing devil's advocate here, but remember when Samsung fans were saying "The iBend bends at less than the S5 because Squaretrade didn't bend the phone at the weak point of the phone"? Wonder that weak point is on the S6.
I don't think you get it! MAn! Didn't think this needed instructions.
That's like a car company like say Nissan stating their cars are better than Honda because they are stiffer (claiming this means less body roll, noise) and the next year releasing a car that's less stiff because it saves weight, and then being called on it. Maybe what that hypothetical Nissan initially said wasn't true, that the stiffness had little impact on roll and noise within operating constraints (real world use).
The issue is here is hypocrisy. If not bending more than the Iphone 6 last year was important, why isn't it important this year? You think the S6 was designed in the last month, they were saying this about the Iphone 6 while designing a phone with similar spec. That's the whole thing.
It just demonstrates that this really wasn't an issue last year, as Apple stated (and Samsung knew it because one of their next phone had similar to worse specs);
Seems all the Android communities are dark on the issue...
At least, more dark than when the 6/6+ bent...
The iPhone supposedly bent in the jeans pocket of someone, so yeah, there you go.
I have already stated my opinion. Once again, I think this entire ordeal is stupid. The bendgate thing was stupid. Did some iPhones bend? Yes. Was it overblown? Yes. Was the gapgate crap with the Note 4 overblown by the Apple faithful? Yes. Is this bending crap with thr GS6 Edge overblown? Yes. You're asking "why comment at all" Well, this is a public forum...is it not? I'm just not one to be all #TeamApple or any other brand for that matter. These people aren't paying my bills. You think Apple honestly gives a damn about anybody on here defending them? The day you stop buying Apple products is the day they stop giving a damn about you.
I don't mind giving Apple or Samsung props. I love my 6+ and I also preordered the GS6 Edge. Phenomenal device. Hell I don't mind calling them out on BS. But this "I must defend *insert company or brand*" ****, is just not my style. This is basically no different than Beliebers who defend Bieber like he's paying for their future car or something. I personally never understood it. Don't think I ever will. I buy Apple products. I buy Samsung products. I have no insane loyalty to either brand.
If somebody here likes Samsung, that doesn't make them a troll. It doesn't mean they are "too poor to afford Apple" Those are the comments that I've seen on this forum and I can't help but SMH. It's not that serious. You like Apple? That's cool too. Discussing and debating is perfectly ok. It's the hardcore defending of a certain brand like that brand is owned by your parents is what I don't understand.
It's interesting that in the videos of people bending their 6 Pluses, they had their thumbs in the middle. The picture in the article makes it seem like the S6 can bend by doing bending it at the edges.
Ahh, yep you are absolutely correct. Samsung looks stupid for saying that, I totally agree.
And no one owns the S6 yet, so, there is no reason to believe they won't bend in pockets either.
No I get it, I just wanted to see where they compared to the S6. Just on your posts alone that doesn't exist, and the phones before the S6 didn't bend, or took more force and at least bent back so there was no hypocrisy, at least back when bendgate happened.
Someone did point out Samsung specifically saying the S6 doesn't bend and that IS hypocrisy and Samsung has pie on their face right there.
And I agree, the iPhone bending is NOT an issue. You take a small amount of morons who put their phone in their back pocket and sit on them, then they cry that their phone bent. Other than that putting a narrow force of 110lbs bending a phone is NOT a freakin issue for either the iPhone or the S6, it's just silly to make it an issue. But I understand where you are coming from and I agree that Samsung is being hypocritical and should have just kept their mouths shut.
LOL Google dug their own grave on this one. While intentionally bending a phone isn't and shouldn't really be a test for anything, Google spread the myth by artificially encouraging YouTube videos of people breaking iPhones.
Now? This 'troll' mentality is gonna come back to bite them because all their phones are subject to the same standard. Seriously, no phone manufacturer should have to make a phone that's gonna withstand damage that can only occur through deliberate abuse of the device.
Now? This 'troll' mentality is gonna come back to bite them because all their phones are subject to the same standard. Seriously, no phone manufacturer should have to make a phone that's gonna withstand damage that can only occur through deliberate abuse of the device.
Except that's a leap in logic.
Whether it's an issue or not has nothing to do with manufacturer or who said what. It's an issue if customers have an issue with their phones. Clearly some did. Not that I care (I really don't) but I don't believe their have been users that have had issues with the S6 yet - right? But if and when they do - it will be every bit of an issue FOR THEM than any individual that has an issue with the iPhone.
Samsung took advantage of the situation they were presented with. Maybe they had tested their phones - maybe they hadn't. Maybe they didn't test their phones with machines but had field tests with lots of people putting their phone through it's paces. Who can say.
But you're making some assumptions here.
Hypocrisy only if it was planned. And even if it was - who cares? So many things are said at keynotes that are condescending (true or not) to the competition. Apple, Samsung, HTC, Sprint, T-Mobile - all of them do it. It fires people up.
