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Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets
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There is no such thing as the ultimate phone. Even if you found one for yourself, I am sure you will be bored of it in a year...
It might be of interest to some to look into cases manufactured by Really Right Stuff, out of San Luis Obispo, CA. They make high-end tripods and got into the iphone case making business. Their cases are made from machined aluminum. Pricey, but then again it may be worth it.
I'm not sure what their plans are for iphone 6/+ cases, but I'm thinking such a case on the new iphones might add a little bit of strength.
http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/s.nl/sc.26/category.557/it.C/.f
-Dan
I'm not sure what their plans are for iphone 6/+ cases, but I'm thinking such a case on the new iphones might add a little bit of strength.
http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/s.nl/sc.26/category.557/it.C/.f
-Dan
Screen from the 6, design from the 4 with the thinness of the 5. Now that would be something.
Time for Apple to finally use Liquid Metal! (It's flexible, and not malleable.)
Either that or finally start making the iPhone thicker again, making it 41% thicker would generally increase its resistance to bending by 2. (Assuming that bendability is roughly inversely proportional to the square of it's thickness and that the iPhone behaves as if it is actually solid all the way through.)
Making the iPhone a little thicker could easily double or triple the battery charge too!
Either that or finally start making the iPhone thicker again, making it 41% thicker would generally increase its resistance to bending by 2. (Assuming that bendability is roughly inversely proportional to the square of it's thickness and that the iPhone behaves as if it is actually solid all the way through.)
Making the iPhone a little thicker could easily double or triple the battery charge too!
it must have had something putting pressure. Like keys or something, because I'm sorry a phone would not just bend that easily, unless you forced it into the pocket.
Phone isn't even strong enough endure in a pocket? I guess it belongs in a museum then...
I got the solution! Apple should have Jimmy Fallon make another commercial warning people about the dangers of tight pants and their iphones. He already made a song about the pants:
Jimmy Fallon & Will Ferrell - Tight Pants Song
Jimmy Fallon & Will Ferrell - Tight Pants Song
That's a HUGE pocket!
This issue has been around since before smart phones. Prior to the touchscreen smart phones, I had the Samsung Trace, which actually broke in half for this reason. (I'm 5'2" and 110 at the time) After that I got it replaced and basically alternated the direction it faced in my pocket, daily.
I was a genius at an apple store for a few years, and I did have many people come in to get backplates replaced because they would "spontaneously" shatter. This was the result of the same issue. You could tell by the pressure point being almost directly smack in the middle of the back plate.
Now, the thing I find ironic is that this article speaks specifically to the 6+. My thought is, any person whose pants pocket is big enough to house that device, probably shouldn't be sitting on any piece of technology, much less one so thin. (Unless it is a very unfashionable fanboy who still plays D&D and wears JNCOs)
This issue has been around since before smart phones. Prior to the touchscreen smart phones, I had the Samsung Trace, which actually broke in half for this reason. (I'm 5'2" and 110 at the time) After that I got it replaced and basically alternated the direction it faced in my pocket, daily.
I was a genius at an apple store for a few years, and I did have many people come in to get backplates replaced because they would "spontaneously" shatter. This was the result of the same issue. You could tell by the pressure point being almost directly smack in the middle of the back plate.
Now, the thing I find ironic is that this article speaks specifically to the 6+. My thought is, any person whose pants pocket is big enough to house that device, probably shouldn't be sitting on any piece of technology, much less one so thin. (Unless it is a very unfashionable fanboy who still plays D&D and wears JNCOs)
And the same will hold true for virtually all iPhone 6 pluses as well. Honestly, if you're putting enough force on a phone to bend it, it should be very uncomfortable. That should be your first clue. I'm going to have to blame the owners for these incidents unless it becomes really common.
PS: people have bent the HTC One m8.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one-m8/381873-bent-m8.html
Well maybe most people were duped into thinking they were buying a serious phone, not a "TOY".
Thinner phone made of aluminum which is a malleable metal. Can't say that I'm surprised. Disappointed yes, surprised no
It's covered by the included one year warranty... Back it up, take it to an apple store, and they'll give you a new one!
I get it, don't sit on your phone in your pocket. Sure, aluminum is a more malleable metal. HOWEVER, who could have honestly predicted that their iPhone would actually bend to a noticeable degree from simply sitting on it in your pocket? I certainly never would have thought that would be enough pressure to permanently alter the shape of the phone.
Everyone with the high and mighty "Well OBVIOUSLY you shouldn't put in your pocket" posts needs to get over themselves.
Everyone with the high and mighty "Well OBVIOUSLY you shouldn't put in your pocket" posts needs to get over themselves.
My Nokia 1520 is a bit thicker and less prone flex and I suspect it has an issue with a conner of the screen sometime whacking out when you try to touch it, a By product of getting slightly bent in pocket, a hazard with these larger phones, but the iphone definitely feels a bit more malleable than the 1520
Just another reason I'm not upgrading. Nothing about this phone is appealing. More fragile screen, more prone to bending, all so I can have the inconvenience of some unnecessarily large screen that sticks out of my pocket and has an ugly aesthetic/design that can't compare to the Leica-esque quality of the previous 2 generations?
RIP Steve.
RIP Steve.