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Did the 5/5s design have much an issue with bending for that to play much a role one way or another?

It's not about bending, man
Bending issue was with the iPhone 6 only
7000 Aluminium series came on the Apple watch for the first time, and then on iPhone 6s, it looked sleek on both
 
It's not about bending, man
Bending issue was with the iPhone 6 only
7000 Aluminium series came on the Apple watch for the first time, and then on iPhone 6s, it looked sleek on both
The main reasoning behind it being on the iPhone 6s, aside from it being the "latest", was that it is actually stronger and helps with the potential "bending" aspect when it comes to thinner devices like the iPhone 6/6s line of iPhones. So if it's not really about that and mostly just about the latest and looking sleeker, it seems like it's of even less impact on it all.
 
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