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Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets

sundragon said:
Please do so over your head... comparing a polycarbonate phone with a crowbar...
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Stupid answer for your stupid answer. Do you know glass can break if you bend it? Do you know anything in the universe can break under certain conditions if you bend it? Comparing the Note 3 and the iPhone 6 show the superior bend characteristics of polycarbonate. Its a Fact!
 
Very amusing.

Looks like nobody at Apple bothered to see if the 6 Plus was, er, you know, um, structurally sound.

When it's in a pocket. Where phones go.

#Gumby6Plus #Getbent
 
macenied said:
It might be difficult to sit on a phone while wearing it in the FRONT pocket. It justs bends where it's weakest.

There is an online video where a blogger bends it with his hands. It does not bend where the most force is applied.
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One of the other things that was noticed is that it was slightly bent before he started. Maybe it was for the ‘benefit' of the viewers but maybe also he’d also been a ‘victim' of I'ves 'design' and not yet noticed?
 
An obvious design flaw/crap engineering most likely directed by ive. I Have the 6 plus so slightly worried although I'm hoping apple release a real cement programs for people in case it does happen. Working in an structural engineering environment like I do , engineering have to take into account every single possibility not matter how stupid or unlikely it is to happen. I'm guessing designing a phone should be similar? They have a responsibility to design a phone structure that can withstand every day life and have failed to do so, be that with a flaw in the design or a poor choice in design materials , it's still a flaw with the design and not the people who use it.
 
Robstevo said:
An obvious design flaw/crap engineering most likely directed by ive. I Have the 6 plus so slightly worried although I'm hoping apple release a real cement programs for people in case it does happen. Working in an structural engineering environment like I do , engineering have to take into account every single possibility not matter how stupid or unlikely it is to happen. I'm guessing designing a phone should be similar? They have a responsibility to design a phone structure that can withstand every day life and have failed to do so, be that with a flaw in the design or a poor choice in design materials , it's still a flaw with the design and not the people who use it.
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Not being funny but what does the italicised part mean?
 
Hate to say it but this is kind of funny. How do those poor saps who stood in line for four days feel now? Wow.

Hey, Apple will be making huge profits and that's all they care about. This is embarrassing though for a super expensive phone. Just terrible. 🙄
 
Moto G said:
It matters not one bit to Macrumors members who have an agenda or who haven't thought their argument through, properly, whether or not they sound silly, so long as they think they're right, that's all that counts... supposedly.
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This.

...and I'm sure we can forget about them manning up with an apology when the story is disproved and forgotten about.

I would have hoped that people would be less gullible after seeing the same type of story "happen" to pop up during every new iPhone's first week on sale.

It's simply another soon to be failed attempt by haters and competitors to slow down the sales of their nemesis Apple.
 
This is why these massive phones, from Apple and everyone else, are daft.

They seem to be selling like hotcakes, so I guess I'm just a luddite - but as far as I'm concerned a phone should be something that you can carry round in your pocket. If I wanted a big screen that I have to carry round in a bag I'd get an iPad.
 
bobob said:
This.

...and I'm sure we can forget about them manning up with an apology when the story is disproved and forgotten about.

I would have hoped that people would be less gullible after seeing the same type of story "happen" to pop up during every new iPhone's first week on sale.

It's simply another soon to be failed attempt by haters and competitors to slow down the sales of their nemesis Apple.
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I'd love to see a high quality iPhone 6. What they give to me is a delicate device I ( personally ) would not like to use as my phone, every day, everywhere. I'm sure there are more people thinking like me.

Apple should invest a little bit more money to provide good quality. Look at iOS relases & OS X releases as well, they are quite buggy. Will I buy something else because of the issues ? No - but I will wait.

The construction of the iPhone 4 ( beside the antenna flaw and this was real ) was great - glass front, glass back, steel frame. The iPhone 6 could be the better with saphire or ion-x glass and a titanium frame. Why it is not ? Profit margins.
 
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wizzerandchips said:
come on its a small tablet..who puts that in their pocket..my HTC desire will not go I'm my pocket as it sticks out ready for some one to steal
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Phones go into pocket. Period. If one don't know how to do phone that can't be carried in pocket is soon to be ex-mobile maker.
 
Freeks said:
Phones go into pocket. Period. If one don't know how to do phone that can't be carried in pocket is soon to be ex-mobile maker.
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I've never carried a phone in my pocket*. It's always in my hand.

* exception, inside jacket pocket or coat. Never been in my front pants or rear pant pockets. What are we twelve?
 
jthomps123 said:
Again, not buying it. My wife brings home her brand new/expensive work Dell all the time and its a crickety floppy POS compared to our macbook pro. We arent comparing tough-books to a microsoft surface... so quit moving the goal-posts.
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I agree with this, my 2010 MacBook Pro could knock out any WWF wrestler it I whacked them round the head with it, and I doubt it would have any damage after...

Taking a solid lump of alloy and milling it makes for one very strong laptop!

Anyway...

If you have an iPhone 6 Plus then this case should help with any possible pocket bending:


And as for consumer rights, here in the UK you could easily walk into an Apple store and claim it was not fit for purpose and get it replaced, we get pretty good consumer laws in the UK.
 
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pmasinvest said:
Not only the 6+..The 6 too.
This problem is real, and it is not the users fault. Please people, get real.
I carry my phone in my front pocket like millions of others.
I have an iPhone 6, not the 6+. I just checked and it is slightly bent. My wife's iPhone 6 is also slightly bent. I am not a hipster with tight pants. I am not overweight (some imply weight is the cause. I am a 54-year-old man at 5' 10' and 175lbs) and a person who has had every iPhone since launch day along with two early androids. I have never had any phone bend in my pocket..ever.
It is completely reasonable and common-place to carry a phone in your front pocket. The phone should not bend..period.
Lay the phone on a flat surface and rock it it from the corners. Both of ours teeter from top left, to bottom right. Unfortunately, I traded my 5s in at VZW and can't even go back under the 2 week return policy.
Apple, I am disappointed and upset.
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Are you sure it's not the extruded camera?

That's the way the phone is supposed to rock due to the camera, and may I ask why you don't have a case?
 
Jerz said:
Are you sure it's not the extruded camera?

That's the way the phone is supposed to rock due to the camera, and may I ask why you don't have a case?
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So don't I feel like a fool? That's exactly what it is. Post edited!! I got all panicky. Even thought about jumping ship for a second to..oh Jeez..never mind.
Thanks for the response. Faith in Apple returned!
 
ApfelSchaf said:
LOL, you are dude from "AppleInsider", right?

How is "Tallest Skill" taking this news? Foaming at the mouth about "trolls", I presume.

Is Daniel Eran Dilger already writing a 100000000000 word hit piece?

LOL... good old "AppleInsider".

😀
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I'm a Mechanical Engineer and NeXT/Apple Engineer alum. I could careless how an AI regular is taking the news. Your lack of knowledge about Manufacturing, Material Science and Machine Design is clear.

I've been a proponent against getting ultra-slim for the sake of ultra-slim since the 4s was released. Other than utilizing a more expensive composite that increased the transverse sheer strength while maintaining a high module of elasticity to avoid permanent deformation Apple would have to gone to a thicker frame with specific insets to transfer the load of stupidity [human ignorance by sitting on a phone or running with a phone in your pocket [naturally inhibiting the range of kinematic displacement] orthogonal to the perimeter frame beyond already used to protect against sensor/optics/speaker,etc fracture mechanics.

So far we have people complaining about the bands not as aesthetically pleasing to folks angry they can't expect the phone to maintain non-deformed shape, even after repeated static and dynamic loading of sitting on their phone.

This reminds me of people who were shocked to find if they sat on their laptop it most likely would damage the system.

What's disappointing is the obsession competing vendors have to attempt to sabotage the competition by inflating this as a design flaw.

Sorry, but if you are willing to spend $1000 for an unlocked smart phone and then abuse it you deserve the Darwin award.
 
pscl said:
guys... is no one curious about the spot where it bends?

i mean.. if this happend in that guys pocket while he is walking, sitting,... doesnt it bend the long way in the shape of your thigh?

the bending on the photos seems like they were sitting down while the phone was looking out of the pocket.

you guys know what i mean? no one thought about that?
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um. no.

the phone bends the same way your body does when u sit down - longitudinally.
 
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