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I'm sure the other drivers around you would have problems should your phone ring and you decide to try to fish it out of your pocket on the road. Take the phone out of your pocket while driving. That's a safety third issue you're describing.

Or you can, I dunno, not talk on the phone while driving. Other drivers around you would appreciate it.
 
Really? My HTC One M8 is primarily aluminum and I keep it in my pockets all the time without any bending, and I have had it since release day 6 months ago.

Your HTC One M8 is 32% thicker than an iPhone six plus.
 
Ah right.. It's company's fault that you put your aluminium iPhone in a place where it will be produced lots of pressure and it gets bent!

You must be one of those users that puts their laptop in a pillow or on top of a blanket blocking the air, and then blame the manufacture when it burns out…


If it bends is your fault, not Apple's… Apple or any other company shouldn't be blamed for improper handling from customers.

I hope this is snark, because otherwise, wow, just wow.

A phone is the one mobile device people take wherever they go. It should be durable enough to survive a journey in a pocket. My 4S is in perfect condition after years of traveling in my back pocket far away from vital organs. I sit on frequently (try not to, but forget), no problem.

I understand that a larger device will inherently be less durable, but that's an engineering challenge for Apple, not the consumer. Apple charges a premium for these devices, so they should be premium devices, not delicate curiosities.
 
You're right. I'd imagine rocket scientists are busy building rockets, and somewhat over/mis-qualified for an industrial design role at Apple. Incidentally, noone expects Jony Ive to want to go and work for NASA, as it may not be his bag.

If he did work for NASA, the astronauts would never survive re-entry because the ceramic tiles would be too thin...
 
Guys your wearing it wrong.

bendgate should help push this look through... choose your own handbags
 

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Ok, so if you abuse your phone then it will get bent. Either you need to lose weight or you need to learn how to take care of your devices. This is not the manufacturers fault for not thinking of every stupid thing someone might do with the device, if so gun companies would have been out of business centuries ago.

Yes this definitely! There needs to be screening for anyone trying to enter an Apple store: "Sorry sir, too fat for an iPhone, you'll need to leave. Now!"
 
If he did work for NASA, the astronauts would never survive re-entry because the ceramic tiles would be too thin...

He doesn't though so... ya know? ;)

Also, iPhone part design != desigining shuttle tiles - I can't imagine anyone expecting an iPhone to survive re-entry into earth's atmosphere, nor do I envisage shuttles or rockets bending in people's pockets to be a problem.
 
Ah right.. It's company's fault that you put your aluminium iPhone in a place where it will be produced lots of pressure and it gets bent!

You must be one of those users that puts their laptop in a pillow or on top of a blanket blocking the air, and then blame the manufacture when it burns out…


If it bends is your fault, not Apple's… Apple or any other company shouldn't be blamed for improper handling from customers.


It's not improper handling to put a phone in your pocket.

The funniest part about all of this is Apple's entire motto of "it just works" and now we have all of these geeks on here who live in bubble that are acting like people are morons for not accounting for the iPhone 6's schematics featuring aluminium casing/dimensions and how it may or may not bend under certain traditional mobile phone storing conditions.

Here's a litmus test question. If Apple addresses the durability in future models will they be admitting to a flaw in design?
 
Sensuously ..!?
Thin aluminum device is bendable !? Wtf
People want a block of brick for a phone ?
Stop abusing your phone and get a life !
 
Not quite sure why you quoted me?

The fact of things as they stand is that this is not an issue until a significant percentage of iPhones are bending....100,000 would be 1% of phones sold so far so until there are somewhere in this region of bent phones it isn't an issue that would worry me.

I'm entirely confident that carrying your iPhone in a pocket is not an issue for most, unless of course you're wearing those silly over tight jeans.

Just agreeing with you on the statistics. 100,000 = 1%, imagine how insignificant 3-4 would be.

Sorry - I switched topics in my second paragraph so I understand your question of why I quoted you.
 
It's not improper handling to put a phone in your pocket.

The funniest part about all of this is Apple's entire motto of "it just works" and now we have all of these geeks on here who live in bubble that are acting like people are morons for not accounting for the iPhone 6's schematics featuring aluminium casing/dimensions and how it may or may not bend under certain traditional mobile phone storing conditions.

Here's a litmus test question. If Apple addresses the durability in future models will they be admitting to a flaw in design?

or accepting users are dumber than they gave credit?

more than one way to look at it ;)
 
All I can say is....this did NOT happen from just resting in one's pocket. Nope. Sorry.

As per usual, the victim has exaggerated their story out of indignation.
 
All I can say is....this did NOT happen from just resting in one's pocket. Nope. Sorry.

As per usual, the victim has exaggerated their story out of indignation.

Glad it's not in Diggnation :p - they've finished the show anyway, so...

(yes, I know what indignation is - this is British humour... or an attempt at it :) )
 
I'm sure the other drivers around you would have problems should your phone ring and you decide to try to fish it out of your pocket on the road. Take the phone out of your pocket while driving. That's a safety third issue you're describing.

Us safe drivers leave the phone in the pocket where it belongs the entire time we are driving
 
I hope this is snark, because otherwise, wow, just wow.

A phone is the one mobile device people take wherever they go. It should be durable enough to survive a journey in a pocket. My 4S is in perfect condition after years of traveling in my back pocket far away from vital organs. I sit on frequently (try not to, but forget), no problem.

I understand that a larger device will inherently be less durable, but that's an engineering challenge for Apple, not the consumer. Apple charges a premium for these devices, so they should be premium devices, not delicate curiosities.

You (and lots of people on this thread) are mixing two different things…

Yes, Apple should work on making durable hardware, that's no question…

But, Apple (or any other manufacturing company) cannot be held responsible if you sit for 18 hours, with tight pants on your iPhone and it bends! That's improper usage… Big time!

In that line of thought of yours, Apple should also design their phones to survive without a scratch when they are thrown into purses with coins, keys, and countless liquids… They should design their phones to survive when they are thrown to a school bag with 2kg's books and keys and anyother stuff a student might put in it… etc etc etc.. That's wrong…


Again i ask… If you use a laptop on top a blanket and it burns because you blocked the air… Who's fault is that? Yea, Apple or Asus or whatever should design a laptop with the air vents away from the bottom, but… It was your misusage of the laptop that burnt it out…


Bottom line, no one is arguing that Apple shouldn't try to design durable hardware… But that has its limits… And using a aluminium phone in a tight pocket while sitting is, in my opinion, after that limit…
 
Lets blame it on those awful tight low-waisted pants with those stupid narrow legs and men with big fat legs............... ;) Sounds to me like his pants was too tight and those pockets were overly stuffed.
 
I hope Applecare includes some... flexibility.

Hey, at least the camera "bulge" (oh please) is no longer a "problem" :D
 
I can't for one minute not think that Tim Cook and co didn't take one look at the iPhone Johnny presented and say hmm what if... and then try to bend them. Finally going yep they will bend but look at how much force we had to apply, its not an issue.

Disclaimer : that is if 1000's of bent iPhones don't turn up. I don't think they will but its early days.
 
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