Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets

[saboteur]

I bet they're faces also bend if someone slaps them with an iPhone.

Really, siting on ANY phone is a dumb idea!

 

[pscl]

um. no.

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

i really dont know how you sit, but if i sit down my phone is still really straight in my front pocket.

 

[Roessnakhan]

Well this certainly makes the iPhone 6C and 6C plus look attractive.

 

[michael31986]

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.

This is the stupidest video! who is actually sitting with their iPhone like that! omg i can't.

 

[Z00L]

On this (first to appear?) picture why is the infamous protruding camera ring BELOW the antenna lines?

 

[Anorax]

With the proliferation of mongo-sized smartphones a person really needs a shoulder holster.

Im feeling that

 

[bobob]

On this (first to appear?) picture why is the infamous protruding camera ring BELOW the antenna lines?

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Great catch!

 

[Roessnakhan]

On this (first to appear?) picture why is the infamous protruding camera ring BELOW the antenna lines?

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Bending phones and moving cameras!

 

[Moto G]

On this (first to appear?) picture why is the infamous protruding camera ring BELOW the antenna lines?

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Last night, I thought "What if the phone they were bending was a CLONE?"

Altogether possible.

 

[ppnkg]

52 pages of pointless discussion. As Sir Jony would put it, the design will invite you not to stick your phone in your pocket

 

[michael31986]

On this (first to appear?) picture why is the infamous protruding camera ring BELOW the antenna lines?

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Proof of fakers!

 

[Moto G]

Proof of fakers!

Like proof were needed...

 

[michael31986]

I have to admit, I initially dismissed these reports as it seems obvious to me that if you carry something as big as the iPhone 6+ around in tight pockets that the stress could make it bend.

However I just checked my normal iPhone 6 - its hardly been in my pocket as I've not been out much since I got it and I don't wear tight jeans either - and mine too has a very slight bend/warping.

Its very hard to capture but you can see the rocking caused by the bend in this video:

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/lukeredpath/view/17361221

And I tried to capture it in this picture:

https://twitter.com/lukeredpath/status/514776878822219777

Device hasn't been out of the case since I got it either.

Maybe there is something to this? Seems crazy that you can't even carry it in your pocket without bending it.

i see nothing in that picture and the video.. I don't even hear it moving in the video. people need to stop obsessing imo.

 

[BobertKennedy]

52 pages of pointless discussion. As Sir Jony would put it, the design will invite you not to stick your phone in your pocket

That's not an acceptable conclusion: the iPhone 6+ is a great phone with a serious design flaw. There wouldn't be 52 pages of discussion (pointless or otherwise) if there was not a problem. As for Ive, his design team trumped design over function - and the end result is a fundamentally flawed product.

 

[Moto G]

There wouldn't 52 pages of discussion (pointless or otherwise) if there was not a problem.

You seem not to understand teh internehtz

 

[bookwrath]

I have to admit, I initially dismissed these reports as it seems obvious to me that if you carry something as big as the iPhone 6+ around in tight pockets that the stress could make it bend.

However I just checked my normal iPhone 6 - its hardly been in my pocket as I've not been out much since I got it and I don't wear tight jeans either - and mine too has a very slight bend/warping.

Its very hard to capture but you can see the rocking caused by the bend in this video:

http://www.mobypicture.com/user/lukeredpath/view/17361221

And I tried to capture it in this picture:

https://twitter.com/lukeredpath/status/514776878822219777

Device hasn't been out of the case since I got it either.

Maybe there is something to this? Seems crazy that you can't even carry it in your pocket without bending it.

My normal iPhone 6 is doing the same thing... It has not been dropped or mishandled in any way. I've had it in the leather case since day one and it has not been placed in my back pocket at all. I've got it in a hard polycarbonate case now with the hope that it will provide some reinforcement to the chassis.

Glad I purchased Apple Care+ on this thing.

 

[ThatsMrsGeek2U]

Thinner phone made of aluminum which is a malleable metal. Can't say that I'm surprised. Disappointed yes, surprised no

Aluminum gets a bad wrap for being malleable but in fact this is super alloy dependent and 7000 series is stronger than most steels in common use.

From a pure metallurgical standpoint there is no excuse for this.

Industrial design, which Jony is on the top of the field in, is not about looks, it's about the balence and relationship between how it works, looks, interacts and serves its use with the user and the world.

From a industrial design standpoint there is no excuse for this.

 

[Liquorpuki]

Today I learned phones are not pocketable and I've been doing it wrong for 10 years

Thanks Macrumors!

 

[roadbloc]

OMG - it's happening to cars too now!!!

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Cars are designed to bend/crumple when crashed. I'm certain the iPhone wasn't designed to bend when put in trouser pockets.

 

[BobertKennedy]

For the record, I will not carry my iPhone 6+ in my pant pocket. It's too fragile. It's too thin. It's too gorgeous. It will be buried deep in my briefcase, encased in bubble wrap.

 

[Mildredop]

So let me get this straight. A phone that wasn't designed to go in a pocket is being damaged by putting it in a pocket and people are blaming the manufacture? Oh okay just wanted to double check.

Since when was it not designed to go in a pocket?! Where was it designed to go?

"Control the music on your iPhone without taking it out of your pocket." That's from Apple's website about the Watch, so Apple clearly think the iPhone is very likely going to go into people's pockets.

 

[bookwrath]

On this (first to appear?) picture why is the infamous protruding camera ring BELOW the antenna lines?

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The person is holding the phone with the camera-side corner slightly lower than the side with the mute/volume switches...

 

[Ries]

You are all wearing it wrong!

 

[BobertKennedy]

Aluminum gets a bad wrap for being malleable but in fact this is super alloy dependent and 7000 series is stronger than most steels in common use.

From a pure metallurgical standpoint there is no excuse for this.

Industrial design, which Jony is on the top of the field in, is not about looks, it's about the balence and relationship between how it works, looks, interacts and serves its use with the user and the world.

From a industrial design standpoint there is no excuse for this.

Agreed. Clearly there's not enough torsional rigidity. As I've stated before, I think the design team overlooked this in the design phase. Perhaps this is a case of minimalist design philosophy run amok? For whatever the reason, the outcome is really unacceptable.

 

[Anorax]

Is this thread really turning into a debate about what to and what not to put in our pockets. It does appear that there is a weak point in these phones.

Are you really trying to set up Apples defense about how we are now putting our devices in our pockets wrong......

not at all - I was just trying to determine if these sort of tests were ever applied to any other apple products.
There may very well have been torsional weaknesses to some degree all along which just never got this kind of attention. I don't drink the apple kool-aid but it may be quite unfair to blame apple for a broad lack of common sense regarding devices which deserve a reasonable extra level of care. I do happen to be perfectly willing to take an extra level of caution in order to use this device.
on the other hand, the obsession with thin has obviously found its limitation