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Thank you MacRumors for making a non issue a major issue as per media

I am pretty surprised Macrumors decided to run an article based on the experience of so few users and unverified by any actual usage tests.

If I put my phone in my back pocket and sat on it to make it crack, would it be newsworthy too? Crackgate?

On the subject of the 6 Plus I can look at it and tell that it wouldn't comfortably fit into most of my jeans pockets. Wouldn't squeeze it in there to try and force it either. If that's what caused these 4 people's phones to bend then they need to recall basic physics.
 
lordofthereef said:
Based on your posts I have read today (and in the past, to be honest), I think you should look in the mirror man.

Whether this is an issue or not, a lot of your responses are down right demeaning. Carry on, or don't. Whatever. I just felt it had to be said.
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Honestly I was gonna say the same to you.
 
erzhik said:
So people buying $600 phones and bending them in their own pockets after just 2 days is a non-issue? What's an issue in your book? A bending $600 phone is more than a simple issue. Stop being such a fan boy, jeez.
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and how many people are doing this?

it has nothing to do about being a fan boy, but people lie about what happens. do you really believe everything on the internet? One guy said he put it in his back pocket and sat down with it in there....ever heard of common sense?

It's like when the first iPhone came out and the screen was GLASS and people complaining that the screens would crack over a simple drop. well duh...it's GLASS.

Phones nowadays are fragile as it's either metal or glass. Sure, sit on the plastic phones from 2008, but a little common sense should tell you that doesn't work with metal or glass
 
Bobby Corwen said:
Honestly I was gonna say the same to you.
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You were? That's perplexing. I hadn't been posting much at all, especially not about the bending issue.

In any case, you are the one attempting to call people out about "hatred" and fanboyismsand all that jazz. If you find a post by me doing the same I am happy to publicly apologize for it.
 
CEmajr said:
I am pretty surprised Macrumors decided to run an article based on the experience of so few users and unverified by any actual usage tests.

If I put my phone in my back pocket and sat on it to make it crack, would it be newsworthy too? Crackgate?

On the subject of the 6 Plus I can look at it and tell that it wouldn't comfortably fit into most of my jeans pockets. Wouldn't squeeze it in there to try and force it either. If that's what caused these 4 people's phones to bend then they need to recall basic physics.
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I think the Macrumors front page post was reasonable.

Its just a reminder like heads up! The phone is bigger now! more pressure points.

I dont agree you can't put it in your "pocket" because that is completely based on the type of clothes you tend to wear.

From the beginning we established you can't have a Plus with skinny jeans.

Macrumors just emphasized that.

Its the trolls in the threads that are over-doing it, and making a mockery out of Apple fans who are trying to explain why this is all normal.

The only significant angle is the hater angle. Thats whats wrong here.

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lordofthereef said:
You were? That's perplexing. I hadn't been posting much at all, especially not about the bending issue.

In any case, you are the one attempting to call people out about "hatred" and fanboyismsand all that jazz. If you find a post by me doing the same I am happy to publicly apologize for it.
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When I see the hound avi on the left, I know its gonna be a judgmental comment on the right...

just saying...

Ive noticed that pattern for a while now. :)

but you're a cool poster so its all love.
 
Immiddx said:
We don't know if this is a real problem. 3 out of millions having this "problem" doesn't mean it's a real world problem...
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In all fairness, the apologists stopped counting at 3. Everyone after that has been deemed a troll.
 
" wahhh don't attack the poor multinational corporation they can't handle it ;( I must go defend them on the Internet!"
 
CrAkD said:
Lol local news is now picking it up. Apple has a mess on their hands now
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LOL "local news" also reports on Bigfoot.

Then again, more people have seen Bigfoot then have bent their phones in a loose front pocket, so maybe they're onto something...

Don't sit on your phone and try to blame it on being in your front pocket.
 
Someone on another thread was talking about putting his phones in his back pocket(s) and sits on them as well, all his devices.

Now, originally I figured it was a troll, because who would put their phone in their back pocket, regardless?

I think common sense has escaped people.
 
Its a shame how they are so gullible. It seems like their mindset is that the phone will shrivel and bend over time. Its really not an issue if people have common sense...
 
Bobby Corwen said:
Please don't quote statistics or math to these people.

Their only interest is to imagine a worst-case-doomsday-scenario, and work back from that, trying to make it real and tie together clues to matriculate the insanity in their head.

Its pretty much the same as what people who watch a lot of FOX NEWS like to do and about the world ending...

Same exact bs.
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You're kidding, right?

First you forcefully ask someone what they don't get about NON-ISSUE.

You asserting something doesn't make it true. What don't you get about PINK SKY? See?

Then you accuse them of behaving completely illogically. What about burying one's head in the sand is logical?

Now this?
A: No one has said the world is ending. You're doing everything to deflect, create straw men, and virtually any other violation of rational discourse one could choose.
B: If you're going to go ahead and bring math and statistics into it, then go ahead. 3 people on MacRumors have reported it occurring. Given the vast # of people that DON'T use (or even know about) MacRumors, and further, the number of 6+s there are in the wild compared to regular 6s (10%? Maybe 25?), then STATISTICS would show that if you extrapolate that out to the number of phones actually in-use (hint: NOT 10 million, as has been *ordered,* but significantly less than that), and the number rises ABOVE 3, not below.

To paraphrase your own words, don't make something a non-issue because you don't want it to be.

And Apple will still be fine and the sun will still rise tomorrow, and I'll still take receipt of my 6+ if/when it ever ships and I don't expect the bends to be an issue. That doesn't mean it's not possible, since logically, assuming the same materials, the thinner any of these devices gets the more likely things like this will occur. I'm glad any number of instances comes to light because they're cautionary tales for the rest of us. Better that than LALALALALA I CANT HEAR YOU!
 
Bobby Corwen said:
I think the Macrumors front page post was reasonable.

Its just a reminder like heads up! The phone is bigger now! more pressure points.

I dont agree you can't put it in your "pocket" because that is completely based on the type of clothes you tend to wear.

From the beginning we established you can't have a Plus with skinny jeans.

Macrumors just emphasized that.

Its the trolls in the threads that are over-doing it, and making a mockery out of Apple fans who are trying to explain why this is all normal.

The only significant angle is the hater angle. Thats whats wrong here.

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Dude see the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znK652H6yQM and stop trying to deflect. Apple F'ed up. Phone shouldn't bend that easy.
 
Bobby Corwen said:
No thats illogical.

We DONT have that conclusion yet.

What do you not comprehend about NON ISSUE and NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT?
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One, you have no idea how illogical this is or isn't because you don't have enough data.

Two, go tell those people who have a phone bent how this is nothing to worry about. I'd be willing to bet that they think it's an issue.

Three, I comprehend that you don't want it to be an issue so you capitalize it thinking that will somehow help your point. As to whether it is an issue, you have absolutely no idea at this point in time because you don't have the data.
 
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I don't think the so called victim is telling the truth. If you sit on a long phone in your tight jeans' back pocket it's going to break. But of course now that person is going to say that he or she didn't do anything excessive to it, creating a "gate" in the media to get the phone fixed for free. And MacRumors gets clicks. Ugly.
 
This phone is a high priced device that isn't meant to be tossed around and sat on. It's not a brick like the first few iPhones. You aren't bending this phone if you're taking proper care of it. If you wanted a phone you could abuse, stick with an old iPhone 4 in an Otterbox Defender. You could knock someone out with one of those things.
 
haruhiko said:
I don't think the so called victim is telling the truth. If you sit on a long phone in your tight jeans' back pocket it's going to break. But of course now that person is going to say that he or she didn't do anything excessive to it, creating a "gate" in the media to get the phone fixed for free. And MacRumors gets clicks. Ugly.
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Yep, that's what I think too.

There is just no ****ing way that a phone being in your front pocket would bend like that as long as it's vertical.

Perhaps though if the phone went landscape in your front pocket of your tight jeans (is that even possible?) and you sat down with your leg pressing up against the middle with a lot of force, but you would feel that and you're an idiot for not pulling it out of your pocket or making it vertical so it doesn't bend in that case.
 
scrtagntman said:
In all fairness, the apologists stopped counting at 3. Everyone after that has been deemed a troll.
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Even being very generous, how many are there? 5? 10? 100? Even a few thousand out of millions sold is still grossly insufficient to establish any kind of concerning trend.
 
I almost feel ashamed to post this, but:

I've had my iPhone 6 plus since last Friday and try as I may, I can't seem to get it to bend. I'm thinking about returning it. It must be defective:eek:

I've tried:
- Walking around Atlanta with it in my shorts pocket all weekend
- Flying from Atlanta to Orlando Sunday night with it in my pocket when not in use.
- Driving with it in my pants pocket.

No luck....I can't get the sucker to bend! It's all very upsetting!!!

Any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong? I'm willing to try anything at this point!!!
 
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Xultar said:
Let me get this straight. Apple lauds how thin the phone is. When there is a problem with it people want to blame the users?

Men have to put the phone in a pocket. They don't carry purses. What are they supposed to do? Carry it in a shirt breast pocket when they go to the men's room? But then it may fall in the toilet. Use a holster? What if they snap it? Is it still the users fault?

Blaming the user for doing something with their device that they are supposed to be able to do without worry is pretty lame. It is giving apple a pass they don't deserve. Apple is a billion dollar corporation that prides themselves on innovation, manufacturing excellence, & quality products. They should be appalled that this is an issue because it shines a light on their testing process.

Shorter: Telling people they aren't supposed to put their phone in their front trouser pockets is ridiculous. Just plain old ridiculous.
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With Apple iPhone users like you, I am moving to Android
 
hasanahmad said:
With users like this who needs Samsung, Apple's own users will make a non issue (bending iphones) which are statistically insignificant right now into a major issue with major publishers of news outlets using only macrumors as their examples and no where else . lol: so toxic
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Pointing the finger is being a helpless victim. That's Apples role. Unless you've been hired and paid to be their excuse maker.
 
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