Please stop whining!! There's a small group of drama queens in here that's driving me insane. Good god, what the hell. BTW, I cracked the back of my 3GS eventually by sitting on it repeatedly. OMG, the universe just ended there and then. I also know a few other people who cracked their plastic Android phones; so please stop the shrill hysteria dear group of dancing trolls.
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Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets
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Please stop whining!! There's a small group of drama queens in here that's driving me insane. Good god, what the hell. BTW, I cracked the back of my 3GS eventually by sitting on it repeatedly. OMG, the universe just ended there and then. I also know a few other people who cracked their plastic Android phones; so please stop the shrill hysteria dear group of dancing trolls.
NBC News has picked up the story.
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/...phone-6-prone-bending-some-users-find-n210051
I guess now since it's out there we'll just have to see what happens over a longer period of time.
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/...phone-6-prone-bending-some-users-find-n210051
I guess now since it's out there we'll just have to see what happens over a longer period of time.
whiners
We're a society of whiners. We want a thin phone but we'll whine when it bends when we sit on it. We wait for days in line to be the absolute first people to get new technology and then we whine when there are bugs. We want a huge screen and then whine when we can't reach the far corner with our thumbs.
We're a society of whiners. We want a thin phone but we'll whine when it bends when we sit on it. We wait for days in line to be the absolute first people to get new technology and then we whine when there are bugs. We want a huge screen and then whine when we can't reach the far corner with our thumbs.
So much about "premium" aluminium vs. "cheap" "plastic" LOL...
#WillItBend
https://twitter.com/bendgate
- iPhone6+ bend test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znK652H6yQM
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3 bend test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwM4ypi3at0
#WillItBend
https://twitter.com/bendgate
#Microgate
Developing news story.
We've just learned that the iPhone 6 and 6+ might not be microwaveable. A small but growing number of people have reportedly fried their brand-new iPhones just days after the launch, when putting them in a microwave oven for only a couple of minutes.
The iPhone 6 and 6+ are hardly the first Apple products with these problems. We saw the same hysteria over microwaved iPhone 5 units and later, the 5s. And in fact, the iPod touch has had a similar problem. And Apple isnt the only one.
While its absolutely possible that the thinner, larger iPhone 6 and 6+ may be prone to microwaving, all weve seen so far are early reports from a few people. Weve reached out to Apple to see if they have anything to say, and well get back to you when we know more.
Developing news story.
We've just learned that the iPhone 6 and 6+ might not be microwaveable. A small but growing number of people have reportedly fried their brand-new iPhones just days after the launch, when putting them in a microwave oven for only a couple of minutes.
The iPhone 6 and 6+ are hardly the first Apple products with these problems. We saw the same hysteria over microwaved iPhone 5 units and later, the 5s. And in fact, the iPod touch has had a similar problem. And Apple isnt the only one.
While its absolutely possible that the thinner, larger iPhone 6 and 6+ may be prone to microwaving, all weve seen so far are early reports from a few people. Weve reached out to Apple to see if they have anything to say, and well get back to you when we know more.
The iPod touch 5th gen is actually a pretty similar design, and nothing ever came of similar accusations of "accidental" bending (I'm at almost 2 years and bend-free here.)
Well it's the user's fault. It's not a piece of solid steel, it's a smart phone made out of aluminum and glass. You buy the biggest god damn phone on the planet, and then proceed to put it in your tightest jean pants and start sitting everywhere. What do you expect will happen?
You really should read that article again cause these people had their phones in their front pocket, not in their back pocket.I will take a metal and glass built smartphone than a plastic one. I'm not idiotic enough to slap it on my back pocket and sit on it. This is a sophisticated piece of technology, and if you treat it like a piece of plastic, like a back pocket comb from the 70's, then yeah it will break or bend when you sit on it. Go sit on your Laptop, Flat screen TV, Tablet...see how that holds up.
Well you can do it with every other similar sized phone without any problem.
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Apple can't change the design now though can they? That's just the same as admitting your 10m+ units already shipped are faulty lol.
Ive and Cook will be burning the midnight oil over this one!!!!
We should run a poll for predicting Apple's response:
1) You are bending it wrong
2) Everyone else's phone bends when pushed hard enough
3) free i-pants for everyone!
4) ????
Ive and Cook will be burning the midnight oil over this one!!!!
We should run a poll for predicting Apple's response:
1) You are bending it wrong
2) Everyone else's phone bends when pushed hard enough
3) free i-pants for everyone!
4) ????
So what if it's a little bent? Does it stop working? This will probably make it more comfortable in my hand! Stop the whining already!
Metals react differently than plastic. Big surprise. Wow, you just found that out and told the world!! You must be a hero of science!!! (sic)
Metal presses actually act the exact same way as what happens when you sit a long time on your phone. With not so surprising results. So, what IS your point. Then could use thin steel and you'd still get a bend if you sit on it long enough with enough pressure.
Most plastics would would crack, instead of bend, eventually under the same pressure BTW.
Design flaw? Sorry junior, but anyone familiar with aluminum knows a large applied force will impose the stress/strain curve to failure.
In lamens terms, walking on sheet metal buckles. Imagine planting your rump on it and applying the Force of your body on it.
The lack of basic science background in America and beyond is beyond comical.
There already is.... People complain about a phone that bends when un-natural forces are applied to it? Ummmmmm common sense isn't very common I guess.
Actually I'll go farther here and say that if the frame is at all warped or bent, a fractured display isn't going to be far behind.
I'd stay clear from this iteration of the iPhone
which is a shame as I think the drive for thinner phones isn't fundamentally a bad idea.It's almost as if Apple could not decide whether they wanted to copy the Note 3 or the LG Flex.
It is estimated that 90% of iPhones in the field use cases. It makes it more personal. I would not be surprised if the old "most beautiful and vilnerable when naked" mindset went into the most recent iPhone designs.