Normal is whatever a typical consumer decides it is. Not Apple, not fanboys. If routine front pocket carrying results in bent phones, Apple has a big PR problem... and blaming customers is not how you effectively deal with a PR problem.People seem to have an interesting view of what "normal usage" is.
Not many engineers would believe that a phone would bend without them doing anything to it.
Unless....Uri Geller was nearby.
Not many engineers would believe that a phone would bend without them doing anything to it.
Unless....Uri Geller was nearby.
Normal is whatever a typical consumer decides it is. Not Apple, not fanboys. If routine front pocket carrying results in bent phones, Apple has a big PR problem... and blaming customers is not how you effectively deal with a PR problem.
I can't believe comments like this are real. Depressed about human race now
All you people saying that the phone won't bend itself so the OP is lying need to stop. Nobody is saying that the bend happened magically without force being applied to it. The OP and others are saying it happened under normal use, which is possible. Learn how to argue correctly instead of using a strawman argument. You're making yourselves look like fools.
OP is lying .... Learn how to argue correctly instead of using a strawman argument. .
But I know that nothing UNUSUAL has happened to my device that would cause it to bend. It almost never sits in my pocket. I absolutely do not put my phone in my back pocket. In the car, my phone sits in the middle console. It's never dropped. It's never been put under pressure.
Explain to me what happened then?
My iPhone 6+ has also bent, though not as drastic as the OP. When I lay my phone down face first on a flat service, the phone can be rocked back and fourth between two diagonal corners. I also have never dropped it or placed it in my back pocket. I wear loose fitting jeans and only carry the phone in my left front pocket.
I'm going to wait it out for now, but the bend has steadily been getting worse. I'm going to wait for things to calm down and then take it
Normal is whatever a typical consumer decides it is. Not Apple, not fanboys. If routine front pocket carrying results in bent phones, Apple has a big PR problem... and blaming customers is not how you effectively deal with a PR problem.
Far worse than straw man they're also using ad homenem attack, which while effective on low IQ types, those of us that are watching what is going on here are getting very very angry.
Key word being 'if'.
Nobody has proven or shown in anyway whatsoever that carrying your phone in your front pocket (regular fitting pants) has caused any bending.
Normal is whatever a typical consumer decides it is.
seriously, when someone crashes in a car do they blame the car for the dent?
The better comparison would be if the car dented while driving to the store without hitting anything, and it was just the normal driving that caused it to dent. In that case you bet it would be a design flaw.
Likewise, for all devices, nobody has proven or shown in anyway whatsoever that carrying your phone in your front pocket (regular fitting pants) has not caused any bending.
Learn what a stawman argument is and try to avoid using it. You clearly have no idea what it is if you think what I said was a strawman argument.You used a strawman (people saying the OP is lying) to claim that people aren't arguing correctly by using a strawman.
Funny!
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Do you own a cat?
Only if you believe a lot of people are lying. While a popular rationalization here on MR, I am confident Apple isn't taking the issue that lightly. Perception is reality, Apple is a company built on perception, they have to take this seriously.Key word being 'if'.
Nobody has proven or shown in anyway whatsoever that carrying your phone in your front pocket (regular fitting pants) has caused any bending.
They've brushed off some minor complaints. But even with small things like "you're holding it wrong", which was about an issue that is common on other phones, Apple pretty quickly stepped up and tried to mitigate the problem (cases for everyone).One would think so, but Apple seems to think since they've gotten away with it in the past they still can. It's a different world now.
Only if you believe a lot of people are lying. While a popular rationalization here on MR, I am confident Apple isn't taking the issue that lightly. Perception is reality, Apple is a company built on perception, they have to take this seriously.
They've brushed off some minor complaints. But even with small things like "you're holding it wrong", which was about an issue that is common on other phones, Apple pretty quickly stepped up and tried to mitigate the problem (cases for everyone).
Only time will tell how big a deal this really is. My company is buying me whichever model of iPhone I want, but I'll be on the hook for accidental damage, so I may spring for Applecare+ just to be safe. Not like it's expensive, and one out-of-warranty replacement would be almost double.
Likewise, for all devices, nobody has proven or shown in anyway whatsoever that carrying your phone in your front pocket (regular fitting pants) has not caused any bending.