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Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets
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You don't need to be an engineer to understand how good the right type of plastics can be.
The don't put Aluminium around a car to absorb damage, deform and with a minor impact spring back into shape, no they use plastics as they are lightweight and can be incredible strong.
You can engineer plastics to have pretty much any properties you want, all the way from a rubber ball thru to something very hard and brittle.
It's just gotten into people's mentality due to Apple that Aluminum is always best for everything. Sorry, it's not.
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Exactly.
As you go down in thickness, not only of the device, but of the material used to encase the device, you need to look at what materials can give you this thickness you want, with the lightness, AND at the same time give you strength, stiffness, AND an amount of flexibility so they can deform and come back into shape.
It's kinda funny, when we watch the Glass on these screens in lab tests being bent and coming back into shape. There is no way on earth Aluminium could bend that far and regain it's shape.
The right type of plastic/composite material could.
Yes....but it is a mass consumer item and when one designs a product for that mass all types of uses should be considered. Companies need to meet consumers half way, build a well engineered durable product and inform the consumer as to any special considerations of proper care, especially if a product changes in a manner that will skew that otherwise common knowledge.
I have been a loyal user of Apple products since 1992, I am not placing blame on them. But this thin phone thing is getting out of hand, literally and figuratively that is.
Amen!
Amen!
Being in the collision business seeing how all metals bend, how plastic breaks, cracks and glass shatters there is no perfect material yet! Not even carbon fiber!
The same people that are pissed about the possibility of iPhone 6/6 Plus bending, feel the same about their cars "it should not have bent so easy?" etc!
I deal with the same mentality people when they get in a car accident
Amen!
Being in the collision business seeing how all metals bend, how plastic breaks, cracks and glass shatters there is no perfect material yet! Not even carbon fiber!
The same people that are pissed about the possibility of iPhone 6/6 Plus bending, feel the same about their cars "it should not have bent so easy?" etc!
I deal with the same mentality people when they get in a car accident
It's simple mechanics, folks - leverage and fulcrums.
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"Your expectations are too huge", would be more apt.
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"Your pockets are just too small."
"Your expectations are too huge", would be more apt.
I don't think you want to get into the collision business with me! The coming back to shape you speak of is for less then 5 miles per hour and they are engineered to bend, as in absorb impact. They do not however, return to shape if unless its a very light impact, and that can be very misleading until the car is torn down to see hidden damage (bent metal, plastic & aluminum)!
I own 2 collision shops, been in the business 35yrs! Please don't parade your ignorance of this subject here!
BTW more and more cars are being made of aluminum, especially high end cars, as well as the new Ford truck!!!
Terrible design. Is this a problem with the 6 as well? If yes, I might cancel my order
Yes problem with both. Cancel your order.
Yes I think this is a part of it as well. With seemingly the vast majority of 6 Plus users not having a bending problem, nor any reports of bent phones being returned to Apple Stores, it seems these 3-4 users probably did do something abnormal to cause the bending. Of course they wouldn't admit to it, like you said.
I personally have never seen a bent iPhone over the past 6 years not caused by some extraordinary action and I've handled hundreds of them.
Stop posting the exact same thing over and over again. It's not covered unless it came out of the box bent-good luck proving that.
Exactly. It's no different than a kid covering up a story so they don't get in trouble. These people likely did something dumb with their phone in their pocket and now are attempting to make it look like a manufacturing defect because they want it replaced. Similar to someone spilling water in their phone and then trying to say they answered the phone in the rain and it stopped working. There is a reason Apple and pretty much any phone manufacturer doesn't accept this type of story and offer a free replacement. Now if 10,000 others come forward then there is an issue, but right now it's not even a legitimate story.
In an unrelated story I kept a Snickers bar in my back pocket during a 30 minute car ride. After parking I went to eat it and found it smashed and melted. Clearly they aren't making these correctly.
How many days will it be before Samsung makes a commercial about how their Note line of phones don't bend? I'm guessing they are in the meeting room right now and it doesn't take more than a few days. My guess, 3.
It's a Feature, Dammit!
The iPhone 6 Plus is designed to mold to the user's body. If your pants catch fire then get new pants.
The iPhone 6 Plus is designed to mold to the user's body. If your pants catch fire then get new pants.