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Wow... (Bent iPhone 6)
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Why are you asking me as YOU proclaimed there were only 10 and then later said 12. So you have searched the WHOLE INTERNET???
I had the exact same bend on my iPhone 6. Last month I noticed random "phantom" screen touches that almost deleted some of my apps. It only happened for a couple seconds then went away. I pulled the phone from it's case to inspect it and noticed the bend. Took the phone to the apple store on 8/25, told them about the phantom screen touches and the bend...walked away with a new phone....Genius bar said I was just in time on my warranty.
PS, my phone has been in a Spigen Air Cushion since day one and always carried in my front pocket.
PS, my phone has been in a Spigen Air Cushion since day one and always carried in my front pocket.
Because phones shouldn't go in pockets right? If you can't put a phone in a pocket it is weak.
Face it White knights. The iPhone 6 was a weak phone in many ways. Apple noticed this and fixed it. How you can even try to argue this boggles my mind. Especially at this point with a new phone released that SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE BENDING ISSUE!
Apple used 7000 series to make the body lighter as well as reinforcing the weak spots. They could have used the existing aluminium but adding the 3D Touch layer would have significantly increased the weight.
And almost half of them are in this very thread that has been open for hour. Imagine that! What a coincidence.
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We are a year out, and if this bending issue was so real sales would have been affected which was not the case with the iPhone 6.
Is there really any reason to have this discussion again?
Show me proof that the bend issue on the iPhone6 is a real issue.
Not something that happens to 1 phone out of 100,000 and could easily be attributed to misuse.
If this was a real issue we would hear more outcry about it for MONTHS. If this was a real issue there would be MILLIONS of iPhone's bending and tens of thousands of complaints on the internet.
Nice try though. Must be hard to see that the iPhone6 is the best selling phone of all time.
Then you're blind. Follow the shadows and lights of the surface. And the line which divides glass and aluminium. You'll see.
I have no idea what the exact number is. But I do know it is VERY LOW compared to the 200,000,000 iPhone6 sold.
If this was a real problem we would see MILLIONS of bent phones. Quick searches on the net only show a few hundred bent phones and a few dozen that are verified. You have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting a bent iPhone 6.
Looks like you sit on your phone in your back pocket.
Its been proven that the iPhone can take 80 pounds of force, which way more than enough for normal use.
The only proof I need is that Apple made a stronger phone. If there was no issue they wouldn't have done this.
Sorry yea the 7000 is stronger but they made it from 7000 to eradicate the bending issues, not because of the harder presses due to 3D Touch. That has nothing to do with the outer shell.
Bend gate was definitely a widespread issue. It wasn't a localised issue as people's phones were bending all over the globe = widespread.
I never made any mention of the phone being longer and wider. I just said the likely reason the phone is thicker is because of the extra electronics for 3D Touch. When the screen assembly is thicker, the whole phone has to be thicker as a result. I don't doubt Apple took the opportunity to make the phone stronger at this point, though, but I'd guess (and not assume) that was a secondary benefit. And that was in response to Arn saying the phone was thicker to make it stronger. I felt like that was a pretty strong statement to make.
So I'm not sure what your argument is here. Or if you are arguing a point, it shouldn't be pointed at me.
I'm not saying the bending issue doesn't exist but many things are done because of the reaction of the public. Even if Apple feels the phone is engineered properly and will not bend, they would still strengthen it to avoid bad PR and keep people happy.
Apple is using harder glass this year also. Does that mean there was a problem with the glass last year? LOL.
Companies are always improving on the materials they build their devices with.
Is the A9 faster than the A8? Duh. Does that mean the A8 was a bad processor? Hell no.
Its called PROGRESS. You should try it sometime.
I have no idea why you have so a hate grudge against the iPhone6.
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That's a strong assumption, too. We'll see when the bend tests come out, but an iPhone 6s Plus WILL still bend. Physics are still in place here. I wouldn't be surprised to see some stronger parts inside the phone, though. The additional thickness of the phone (likely due to the 3D Touch/screen assembly differences) give you more room to work with inside. If the parts that were in the 6/6 Plus are in the 6s/6s Plus but bigger, that would account for more strength and resilience to bending.
I never made any mention of the phone being longer and wider. I just said the likely reason the phone is thicker is because of the extra electronics for 3D Touch. When the screen assembly is thicker, the whole phone has to be thicker as a result. I don't doubt Apple took the opportunity to make the phone stronger at this point, though, but I'd guess (and not assume) that was a secondary benefit. And that was in response to Arn saying the phone was thicker to make it stronger. I felt like that was a pretty strong statement to make.
So I'm not sure what your argument is here. Or if you are arguing a point, it shouldn't be pointed at me.
mis read your post then apologies. Yes I agree the phone is slightly thicker due to 3D Touch.
All I'm saying is the 7000 shell is thicker to lesson the blow of any potential bending issues.
Apple clearly made a conscious decision to make the shell thicker to make it stronger so there will be less bending!
Wait wait. You argued for 28 pages that Apple shouldn't make 32gb the default because it is not needed and would hurt profits. But they would redesign the housing just because progress?? Something they have never done in an S release they just decided to do? Surely this cost more in R&D than swapping a 5 dollar memory chip.
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Unbox therapy have already tested the shell for the 6s.
Totally agree it will still bend but it will be less susceptible to bending (also due to the millions of people worldwide that now know about the 6 bending issues thus taking more care of their 6s's).
Apple added the 3D touch panel and the taptic engine. They had no choice but to redesign the case.
And just because Apple did one thing one year does not mean it will do it FOREVER.
The 32GB debate is a whole other topic. That has more to do with pricing.
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Then why is Apple still going to sell the iPhone 6/6+ for the next 12 months?
If it was such a flaw in design would they not make the 6/6+ out of series 7000 also?
LOL. Just admit you have an illogical bitter hate against the 6
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