The Bendguy Cheated You Again.

[MH01]

What about the ones showing damn near every cell being bent to the point of breaking? What about those? Here's a hint: if you break a phone, it will break. If you 100 pounds of pressure on only end of a phone, it will bend.

Any phone will break, with enough pressure, not sure how that is suppose to be comfort to me, owning an iphone 6.

I frankly could not give a crap about all the other manufactures. I replaced my 5S with a 6 Plus, and I am concerned that the plus is way less durable than a 5S. My Benchmark is the 5S.

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You really think you're putting 70 pounds of force through the tip of your pelvis into the three inches or so of iPhone in your pocket? Really?

You talking about your biggest muscles in you body, your legs and the weight of your torso coming together. 70 pounds is nothing in that scenario. Unless your super skinny The bigger you are, the bigger are the forces that will be at play in that area.

 

[saab9573]

You've never picked up your both of your feet to place them on a footrest or coffee table? Never spun around in a swivel chair while picking up your feet? Never leaned to one side so that you're only sitting on one half of your body? Never sat on a hard bar stool? All regular scenarios, I would think.


Why is that so hard to believe? 70 pounds is nothing, not to mention any lever action that could be possible.

All that but you still can't explain how you would transfer 70 pounds of force in a single concentrated point to your phone through your ass....

 

[Erasmus]

You've never picked up your both of your feet to place them on a footrest or coffee table? Never spun around in a swivel chair while picking up your feet? Never leaned to one side so that you're only sitting on one half of your body? Never sat on a hard bar stool? All regular scenarios, I would think.

With a large chunk of metal in my back pocket? No, no I haven't. If I was sitting on a chair with a large phone in my back pocket, and wanted to get more comfortable, I would remove the phone.

Why is that so hard to believe? 70 pounds is nothing, not to mention any lever action that could be possible.

What lever action? The largest lever action possible in this case is half the length of the phone. Unless you regularly bolt steel plates to the end of your phones...

And 90 (ftfy) lbf applied over an area of a few square cm is hardly nothing. It would be extremely painful.

 

[saab9573]

70 pounds is nothing, not to mention any lever action that could be possible.

Someone that know this guy to show him in person how painful it would be 70 pounds of force through his pants.......

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With a large chunk of metal in my back pocket? No, no I haven't. If I was sitting on a chair with a large phone in my back pocket, and wanted to get more comfortable, I would remove the phone.







What lever action? The largest lever action possible in this case is half the length of the phone. Unless you regularly bolt steel plates to the end of your phones...

Hahah trying to explain plain physics to 10 year olds is tough.....

 

[munakib]

Bendgate - give this time and in 3-6 months if people start returning their iPhone6Plus atleast we can end the doubts. I have a 6+ and I do believe it will bend if I keep it in a tight pant pocket so I got the AppleCase and AppleCare+, if ***** happens in the next 2 years, apple's getting me a new one.

 

[quagmire]

This saab guy is a funny as the guy in the other thread who genuinely suggested that people change the type of clothing they wear to 'adapt to Apple products'.

Like how you're wearing those pants with barely any pockets so you can adapt to societies latest fashion craze?

 

[arliu]

right now i'm actually trying to break in a pair of raw selvedge jeans i just got, so paranoid my phone will bend in the pocket cuz the denim is very stiff

 

[Zxxv]

That's exactly my point. You're assuming that there were a bunch of them and acting accordingly. So are a bunch of people. But there is no evidence of bends in every day use. As I said, I'm aware of a grand total of two reported here. Do you think two bent phones warrants this level of uproar? When Antennagate was happening practically everyone with an iPhone 5 could easily replicate the problem. In this case? Two.

Kinda speaks volumes IMO.

Is this what you want? Bookmark and keep watching I guess. Could be a fake site. I don't know.

http://www.oneofthenine.com

 

[saab9573]

Is this what you want? Bookmark and keep watching I guess. Could be a fake site. I don't know.



http://www.oneofthenine.com

Ah the site that includes in the list iPhones that have been bent on purpose in Apple stores and even includes the iPhone that was bent on purpose by Unbox Therapy...

Ok if it makes you happy.

Still where's the rest of the 10M sold phones so far??

 

[Zxxv]

Ah the site that includes in the list iPhones that have been bent on purpose in Apple stores and even includes the iPhone that was bent on purpose by Unbox Therapy...

Ok if it makes you happy.

Still where's the rest of the 10M sold phones so far??

It doesn't make me happy at all. I'd guess most people if their iPhone bent wouldn't even know about that site. They'd go to apple. i just posted it for reference so he can bookmark it and check again later so he has more info available.

 

[saab9573]

It doesn't make me happy at all. I'd guess most people if their iPhone bent wouldn't even know about that site. They'd go to apple. i just posted it for reference so he can bookmark it and check again later so he has more info available.

The owner of that site obviously has an agenda.

Spending time and money on something like that is proof enough the site is not being run by an individual...

The guy has been scouring the Internet for cases of bent phones.

Tr number is so little he even was forced to include phones bent in Apple Stores and even the Unbox Therapy phone.

That is laughable!!

Move along...

 

[Zxxv]

The owner of that site obviously has an agenda.

Spending time and money on something like that is proof enough the site is not being run by an individual...

The guy has been scouring the Internet for cases of bent phones.

Tr number is so little he even was forced to include phones bent in Apple Stores and even the Unbox Therapy phone.

That is laughable!!

Move along...

Twitter or Facebook would be a better indicator. Twitter mostly. But I found the link while reading arstechnica and thought of the poster I responded to and thought they may find it interesting to watch.

 

[lke]

Even a kid could bend an iphone 6 + search for the video

Apple needs to fix the internal design to stop this

 

[Rafterman]

Also, Consumer reports confirms bendgate. Only 70lbs of force to bend an iPhone 6+. 140lbs for the Samsung.

70lbs isn't much at all. Sit on an iPhone 6+ on a soft chair and it should bend.

70 pounds it quite significant when you are a moron and sit on your phone.

 

[Surf Monkey]

I am more worried about the people who said theirs bent in their pockets.

Where are these people? Where?

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Twitter or Facebook would be a better indicator. Twitter mostly. But I found the link while reading arstechnica and thought of the poster I responded to and thought they may find it interesting to watch.

Know what would be a really great indicator? A forum where thousands of Apple customers come discuss products, get support and whatnot. A forum like, oh, I don't know... Mac Rumors Forum?

So, how many people HERE have bent their phone in their pocket? Can you name one? Even ONE?

 

[FrankieTDouglas]

Consumer reports did a scientific test and said "All the phones we tested showed themselves to be pretty tough". So I didn't want to make a new bend thread but I have to. The bend guy cheated us again on the 2nd video. He used arms and full leverage when bending iPhone 6 plus but used only fingers when trying to bend Moto X. Given enough force or leverage, you can bend or break anything. See the how to bend tutorial video.

How to bend tutorial video: http://youtu.be/k8I9hTMfmeg
Bend guy's 2nd cheating video : http://youtu.be/gJ3Ds6uf0Yg
Bend guy's 1st fake video : http://youtu.be/znK652H6yQM

Two 12 year old boys bent an iPhone 6+ at an Apple store in the UK.

But I guess it's so hard to conceive of the idea that the phone is bendable.

Give up on the conspiracy theory.

 

[Bahroo]

Beyond ridiculous. I sincerely feel embarrassed for you.

You can exert force not only with your arms, but your upper back too through your thumbs with your arms straight out in that position. You could argue he put less pressure on the iPhone than he did on the Moto X actually. Regardless, you can see the stress on his thumbs when he puts pressure on the Moto X, something your stills don't show. If anything, you're trying to cheat Apple fans, by making them think this is fake. You're the fraud here.

Guys like the OP make the rest of us Apple fans look silly. You do us a greater disservice than the Bendgate guy. He's putting new info out there, you're making us all look like clowns who'll do anything to avoid confronting inconvenient truths.

Also, Consumer reports confirms bendgate. Only 70lbs of force to bend an iPhone 6+. 140lbs for the Samsung.

70lbs isn't much at all. Sit on an iPhone 6+ on a soft chair and it should bend.

There has been already chair tests and real world pocket tests of the 6 Plus (even in one video this guy was riding his boke, doing everything with the 6 Plus in his pocket, recording himself and it was fine at the end of the day)

6 Plus holds up just fine

The Galaxy Note 4's gap in its screen is a much more serious issue then "Bendgate" as the gap in the Note 4's could ruin your phone (completly takes away the IP67 water and dust resistance, light leakage, dust getting very easily inside ruining electronics)

 

[1968]

So I didn't want to make a new bend thread but I have to.

No. No you don't.

 

[saab9573]

Two 12 year old boys bent an iPhone 6+ at an Apple store in the UK.



But I guess it's so hard to conceive of the idea that the phone is bendable.



Give up on the conspiracy theory.

12 year olds???

They're 17...

oh no..... two teenagers managed to bend an electronic device 7,1mm thin made of glass and aluminium...

Would you have them believe it!!

 

[jpeg42]

So, how many people HERE have bent their phone in their pocket? Can you name one? Even ONE?

A few people did in the "has your iphone bent" poll thread from last week. And there is one on the front forum page right now. Don't have to look too hard.

 

[MrXiro]

Wake up.

And if you're seriously advocating that it's ok for a company like Apple to make a mobile phone after a million generations that is fragile and to use a case to protect something that is fragile you're insane. This is a failure of product design.

Actually, Apple's smartphones should be effectively waterproof and incredibly durable by now. These are features that this category of consumer product demands as smartphones travel everywhere with people in call kinds of conditions.

HTC One M8 has the same rating as the 6 Plus according to the CR report... where is your torch to burn HTC to the ground? Metal phones will bend.

 

[Surf Monkey]

A few people did in the "has your iphone bent" poll thread from last week. And there is one on the front forum page right now. Don't have to look too hard.

Sounds pretty incidental to me. Out of all the owners we have here, fewer actual cases than you can count on your fingers.

 

[jpeg42]

Sounds pretty incidental to me. Out of all the owners we have here, fewer actual cases than you can count on your fingers.

Sure, but your request was "Can you name one? Even ONE?"

 

[Zxxv]

12 year olds???

They're 17...

oh no..... two teenagers managed to bend an electronic device 7,1mm thin made of glass and aluminium...

Would you have them believe it!!

there not 17.
15 at the most. theyre still in uk senior school and that ends at 16

 

[v3rlon]

everyone who has any issue with a phone down to and including just wanting a new one is now going to bend it and take it back to the store, so even a rash of bent phones will not be good data here.

Just accept that people will go on about this for this generation of phone, whether or not it is a real problem for you or I. I never had an antenna issue either.