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.
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.
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.
So it does bend... but will it blend?!
Samsung could not wait to get their hands on a 5.5 and pay someone to bend it #
Smh! Conspiracy!
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.
Is it spelled Bend-Gate or Bent-Gate?
Just registered http://twitter.com/bendgate for filing complaints.
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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.
If he did work for NASA, the astronauts would never survive re-entry because the ceramic tiles would be too thin...
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.