iphone 6 bending defect

Cassady said:
"OMG --- Apple is doomed! DOOMED I tell you. People are bending their phones. Millions and millions of them. They drive with them in their pockets - and they bend. They dance with them - they bend. They bend over, and yes, they bend. They LOOK at them - and they bend. They stress-test them by applying brute force with their BARE hands, and they bend. Oh the humanity! DOOMED I tell you.... But wait - there is a solution: I could buy a plastic S4. OMG! I am saved - why have something built from metal and glass, that could bend, if I can have plastic that won't. It's perfect. Because, as a former Apple sheeple, I cannot think for myself in any event - so breaking out of the iOS straitjacket, will allow me to think on my own! You know, cos as a sheeple, I couldn't - so I would just keep on sitting on my phone, bending it. Rejoice. Rejoice. No more design-flaws for me -- SAMMY's, here I come!!"

>> said no-one, ever.
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:D
 
Rickster said:
I asked in the S4 thread if anyones S4 had bent, none of them have bent.


And the initial iPhone 6's weren't bent by hand, don't be silly.
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Like this entire thread is anything other than silly? Does anyone here **honestly** think that ANYONE is going to NOT buy an iPhone 6, because it might bend if you don't look after it? Seriously?

Or is this just a case of people wanting to "do the right" thing, and make potential buyers 'aware' of that 'Design flaw'? Like Antenna-gate, and all that?

Whatever.
 
Samsung may count their blessings that the Galaxy's do not bent. Apple would have taken them to the cleaners for patent infringement.
 
Cassady said:
Like this entire thread is anything other than silly? Does anyone here **honestly** think that ANYONE is going to NOT buy an iPhone 6, because it might bend if you don't look after it? Seriously?

Or is this just a case of people wanting to "do the right" thing, and make potential buyers 'aware' of that 'Design flaw'? Like Antenna-gate, and all that?

Whatever.
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Probably not, but if anyone looks for a quality built phone they would be a lil stupid of they go for the 6. In my opinion, Apple messed up this time. My wife had both the 3GS and 4S and admittedly, they feel like good quality strong phones. Now this is where the "iSheep" or "Sheeple" comments come from is that they would still go out and pay in excess of R15k for a flimsy phone that is definitely not the same quality as their predecessors. I sincerely hope that knowing this is a bad build quality phone, that those who do get one and bend it will just smile and say "Oh well, I knew this might happen".
 
Rickster said:
That is deliberate bending, im talking about when in normal use, it doesnt bend.
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That's the same bending using 2 hands as the 6 Plus video that's being shown everywhere.

This was the video that started it all:

[video=youtube_share;znK652H6yQM]http://youtu.be/znK652H6yQM[/video]


There were also links to XDA of people claiming their S4's bent just carried in a pocket...
 
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Dave123 said:
That's the same bending as the 6 Plus video that's being shown everywhere.
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Re-read my post, I said that there were iPhones bending from people having them in jeans, the deliberate videos are useless.

There were also links to XDA of people claiming their S4's bent just carried in a pocket...
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Like a handful of people, wow.
 
Rickster said:
Re-read my post, I said that there were iPhones bending from people having them in jeans, the deliberate videos are useless.



Like a handful of people, wow.
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Apple has come out and said they have received 9 complaints. Wow.
 
OGroteKoning said:
Probably not, but if anyone looks for a quality built phone they would be a lil stupid of they go for the 6. In my opinion, Apple messed up this time. My wife had both the 3GS and 4S and admittedly, they feel like good quality strong phones. Now this is where the "iSheep" or "Sheeple" comments come from is that they would still go out and pay in excess of R15k for a flimsy phone that is definitely not the same quality as their predecessors. I sincerely hope that knowing this is a bad build quality phone, that those who do get one and bend it will just smile and say "Oh well, I knew this might happen".
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I don't understand how you can be so categorical about that? Of course, you might be right - but until I've actually managed to hold one personally (have you?), I would prefer to withhold any comments about build quality... A few(?) bent phones from people who drove around with an enormous phone in their pockets for hours, surely cannot say much?

A lot of bandwagons being jumped on here, imo.
 
Cassady said:
I don't understand how you can be so categorical about that? Of course, you might be right - but until I've actually managed to hold one personally (have you?), I would prefer to withhold any comments about build quality... A few(?) bent phones from people who drove around with an enormous phone in their pockets for hours, surely cannot say much?

A lot of bandwagons being jumped on here, imo.
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No, and I honestly don't want an iPhone. As far as I know, this didn't happen to any of the other iPhones previously released (or did it?), yet you defend then profusely.

I would say, yes - it does say something. People driving with phones in their back pockets are iDiots
 
OGroteKoning said:
No, and I honestly don't want an iPhone. As far as I know, this didn't happen to any of the other iPhones previously released (or did it?), yet you defend then profusely.

I would say, yes - it does say something. People driving with phones in their back pockets are iDiots
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I'm not defending Apple. I just get annoyed (with anything, really) when things blow-up and objectivity scoots out the door.

When I upgrade, if I manage to bend it (and I'm so bloody forgetful/clumsy, I might just) - expect me back here (with no objectivity in sight), ranting like the silly arse I would have been - and then by all means, join in with the "I told you so's"... :)

But to answer your other question - when I had a look at this thread on the pc - somewhere below MyBB threw out related-links --- and can you guess what one of them was about? Bending of the 5/5S (I forget which one now)... That was a storm in a teacup.

THIS story *might* have more to it, given how simple physics (and the amount of idiots in the world), suggests that a bigger, thinner phone will probably be more prone to bending if you're not careful.

But I still cannot see how that comes down to a design flaw/bad build quality. Common sense must surely pick up some of the slack at some point?

If you can fit a NOTE 3 (or whatever other phablet) in your pocket for hours of driving without anything happening to it - well then, happy for you. I would however question why, in the name of all that is Holy, would you do that to yourself, but that's a question for another day. The fact that I might have to actually think before doing the same with an iPhone 6+, is hardly going to be the end of the world, for me.

Bottom line - I still cannot fathom how anyone would go "I won't consider the iPhone 6+, coz might bend".
 
Cassady said:
"OMG --- Apple is doomed! DOOMED I tell you. People are bending their phones. Millions and millions of them. They drive with them in their pockets - and they bend. They dance with them - they bend. They bend over, and yes, they bend. They LOOK at them - and they bend. They stress-test them by applying brute force with their BARE hands, and they bend. Oh the humanity! DOOMED I tell you.... But wait - there is a solution: I could buy a plastic S4. OMG! I am saved - why have something built from metal and glass, that could bend, if I can have plastic that won't. It's perfect. Because, as a former Apple sheeple, I cannot think for myself in any event - so breaking out of the iOS straitjacket, will allow me to think on my own! You know, cos as a sheeple, I couldn't - so I would just keep on sitting on my phone, bending it. Rejoice. Rejoice. No more design-flaws for me -- SAMMY's, here I come!!"
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Finally you see the light.
 
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