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Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Accidentally Bending Their iPhones in Pockets

Isn't this just common sense? It's a fairly large, flat piece of metal. It's going to be susceptible to bending if the right force is applied in the right way. I can't help but wondering if your phone is so tightly packed into your pocket that your body is actually bending the metal casing of the phone, how is that comfortable for you in the first place?
 
Face it Apple fans... they f*cked up on this one.

It's okay to chastise poor engineering.

Why?

Because it'll force better engineering next time around.

STOP APOLOGIZING FOR APPLE!
 
regular 6 bent right out of the box

check my posts in the ATT preorder thread. page 503. I posted pics of a bent REGULAR 6 right out of the box, with stickers still on it, unactivated.

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hamish90 said:
My iPhone 6 (standard, not Plus) is bent and has a single hairline fracture from just under the volume rocker across the entire width of the phone. This appears to be where everyones phone is bending, mine has bent the glass outwards though and its made a tiny, but definite crack. Has this happened to anyone else's?
I have taken perfect care of it and just wore it in my jeans for a car journey.
I purchased AppleCare + but as a long time iPhone user (since the 3G upgrading every 2 years), this is a genuine disappointment.
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You are not alone. Check ATT preorder thread, page 503. I posted pics of my regular 6 bent OUT OF THE BOX, stickers still on it and unactivated. It hasn't even been in my pocket or handled.
 
Whiners.. It's never their fault, but always someone elses.

"Waaah!! my iPhone got scratched! Apple tex suxx0rs!"

Right, because you didn't scratch it, Apple did, right? :rolleyes:

"Waaaah! My iPhone is bent! Apple teh suxx0rs!!!"

Right, because it just bent all by itself didn't it? :rolleyes:

Anyway, it still works doesn't it! Quit moaning :D
 
Skoal said:
Not at all! Thick phone plus case equals thicker phone. Thin phone plus case equals thinner phone.
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I'd settle for thick phone with no case built like a tank and fashioned like a, date I say it, super model. Is that too much to ask???? :D Well, that's what Apple used to stand for...that's what made me a fan boy.
 
Pasha13 said:
check my posts in the ATT preorder thread. page 503. I posted pics of a bent REGULAR 6 right out of the box, with stickers still on it, unactivated.

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You are not alone. Check ATT preorder thread, page 503. I posted pics of my regular 6 bent OUT OF THE BOX, stickers still on it and unactivated. It hasn't even been in my pocket or handled.
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I saw in another forum someone found a hair on an iPhone 6 screen UNACTIVATED!
 
DemNoir said:
I saw in another forum someone found a hair on an iPhone 6 screen UNACTIVATED!
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HAHA! That's so funny. Fortunately, as noted, stickers still on it so will return for full refund. Sorry to burst your precious little iPhone bubble. If you want an iPhone that doesn't meet traditional Apple product tolerances, go right ahead. For me to want this phone now, it will have to be discounted. Check my pictures before you make lame jokes. This is a phone that was only handled by me as if it were a mint Wayne Gretzky rookie card (because I was going to sell it).
 
From Chat support with "Derek" from Apple a few minutes ago. Seems they are not officially acknowledging the issue, but I was reassured it would be covered as a hardware defect if it occurred.
 

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Luap said:
Whiners.. It's never their fault, but always someone elses.

"Waaah!! my iPhone got scratched! Apple tex suxx0rs!"

Right, because you didn't scratch it, Apple did, right? :rolleyes:

"Waaaah! My iPhone is bent! Apple teh suxx0rs!!!"

Right, because it just bent all by itself didn't it? :rolleyes:

Anyway, it still works doesn't it! Quit moaning :D
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I know right? The same **** was posted with the 4. With the 4s. With the 5. With the 5s. Not only that, but see it on all the HTC's, all the Samsungs, all the Nokias, etc.

A lot of people around here keep saying the 4/4s was so far the "best" design. But a quick simple search reveals that the same claims were made against it. Searching for as I said, Samsung, HTC, Nokia, Blackberry etc. reveals similar complaints on all models within the last few years.

Apparently yes, it is a bad idea to place the phone between your flesh and solid external material while exerting force or your own weight against it. Who knew. :rolleyes:
 
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cruciformme said:
From Chat support with "Derek" from Apple a few minutes ago. Seems they are not officially acknowledging the issue, but I was reassured it would be covered as a hardware defect if it occurred.
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Wow if this is real it shows amazing patience by Apple care.

I would have told you to grow up and stop whining. But That's why my career in customer service never took off
 
Art0fLife said:
I too have tried to bend a demo model in store. Well, not actually "bend" it, but see how much force I had to apply before it felt like it would actually do something. And yeah, it was way, WAY more than it would experience simply sitting in my jeans pocket as I stand, walk, sit down or rise from my chair. It would take something like leaning against the edge of a firm surface directly on the phone itself in your pocket. Way more than it would reasonably experience in day-to-day use. And that would bend or otherwise damage any smartphone we've ever had in our house. Sorry, but I just couldn't see it experiencing that much pressure in a normal person's jean pocket, even if they were tight as ****.

And like other's have stated, it is indeed awfully suspicious that a supposedly wide-spread problem consists of the same few photos being posted over and over again. This really is starting to sound more like the 5s/5 issues of people bending their phones through some sort of act or accident, and then trying to pretend it was simply just sitting in their pocket and "I din do nuffin it was just in my front pocket when I sat down!"
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Yes, I gave one a little test at the Apple Store too - - there's no way it's bending in some guy's suit pants or in anyone else's.

This is one rumor that's clearly BS.
 
bobob said:
Yes, I gave one a little test at the Apple Store too - - there's no way it's bending in some guy's suit pants or in anyone else's.

This is one rumor that's clearly BS.
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Exactly. I don't even know at what point it would start bending. I know it would, seen the videos, and it's common sense. But I stopped trying once I had exerted several times the force it would ever experience in "normal use". I mean, yeah, if you're a 200 pound guy, have it in your pocket and are dumb enough to lean against the corner of a table, maybe. Or some kind of outside the norm accident/shipping event. But normal use? In the average person's pants just sitting at their desk or in the car? Nah. (well, unless you prop your leg against a solid surface in the car maybe?). Or I guess if you are dumb enough to put a phone like that in your back pocket and sit in a chair (especially a solid one) but then of course that'd be like slamming your car into a barrier and thinking it wouldn't get damaged.

But yeah, anyone that claims you just put it in your front pocket and sat down and turned it into a boomerang is simply full of ****. Unless that floor model was some sort of super strong one off custom display mega machine.
 
I hear if you don't take it out of its box it reduces the chances of bending by 99.9%
 
Art0fLife said:
Exactly. I don't even know at what point it would start bending. I know it would, seen the videos, and it's common sense. But I stopped trying once I had exerted several times the force it would ever experience in "normal use". I mean, yeah, if you're a 200 pound guy, have it in your pocket and are dumb enough to lean against the corner of a table, maybe. Or some kind of outside the norm accident/shipping event. But normal use? In the average person's pants just sitting at their desk or in the car? Nah. (well, unless you prop your leg against a solid surface in the car maybe?). Or I guess if you are dumb enough to put a phone like that in your back pocket and sit in a chair (especially a solid one) but then of course that'd be like slamming your car into a barrier and thinking it wouldn't get damaged.

But yeah, anyone that claims you just put it in your front pocket and sat down and turned it into a boomerang is simply full of ****. Unless that floor model was some sort of super strong one off custom display mega machine.
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But but there are pics on the Internet and stuff and somebody tweeted it!
 
DemNoir said:
Wow if this is real it shows amazing patience by Apple care.

I would have told you to grow up and stop whining. But That's why my career in customer service never took off
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Yeah, jerks don't make it very far in customer service. I can be one sometimes, too. Derek, on the other hand, directly answered the concern in a way that made me still want to be a customer and keep the device. Props to him.
 
Luap said:
Whiners.. It's never their fault, but always someone elses.

"Waaah!! my iPhone got scratched! Apple tex suxx0rs!"

Right, because you didn't scratch it, Apple did, right? :rolleyes:

"Waaaah! My iPhone is bent! Apple teh suxx0rs!!!"

Right, because it just bent all by itself didn't it? :rolleyes:

Anyway, it still works doesn't it! Quit moaning :D
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Art0fLife said:
Exactly. I don't even know at what point it would start bending. I know it would, seen the videos, and it's common sense. But I stopped trying once I had exerted several times the force it would ever experience in "normal use". I mean, yeah, if you're a 200 pound guy, have it in your pocket and are dumb enough to lean against the corner of a table, maybe. Or some kind of outside the norm accident/shipping event. But normal use? In the average person's pants just sitting at their desk or in the car? Nah. (well, unless you prop your leg against a solid surface in the car maybe?). Or I guess if you are dumb enough to put a phone like that in your back pocket and sit in a chair (especially a solid one) but then of course that'd be like slamming your car into a barrier and thinking it wouldn't get damaged.

But yeah, anyone that claims you just put it in your front pocket and sat down and turned it into a boomerang is simply full of ****. Unless that floor model was some sort of super strong one off custom display mega machine.
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Just once, no. But daily repeated use over time maybe. Metal fatigue with constant pressure over time.
 
linuxcooldude said:
Just once, no. But daily repeated use over time maybe. Metal fatigue with constant pressure over time.
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I can see that, if it was getting a LOT of pressure over a long time. But again, after having felt it in my hands and exerting force purposefully trying to make it flex or bend... Just can't get behind the claims that someone just sat down with a phone in their front pocket and it bent in less than a full day. The one thing I could think of that might explain it would be if it was against a solid edge while you sat. But then that would happen to almost any modern smartphone in that case. I know it can bend. I'm just saying after trying it, no way that would happen to the vast majority of people in regular use. Or testing.

Or if they got an abnormally weak phone, or the floor model was abnormally strong.
 
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