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Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by huuu »

eyko wrote: post #6
huuu wrote: post #5

It's amazing that people think nothing can happen to a phone. Years ago I sold phones. People wanted money back because they drowned a Nokia in the toilet. Or complained the device stopped working after they dropped it from a great hight. Nowadays people complain something will bend when you apply a lot of force to it.

It's not an unreasonable expectation seeing as a different phone of a similar form factor does not bend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FwM4...

Well the Samsung Galaxy S4 will bend. And so will other phones.

Large and flat will bend, break or crack. It's just the nature of things.

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by ghaff »

dalai wrote: post #3
nicholassmith wrote: post #2

The mild level of hysteria over this has been interesting. It's a slab of thin aluminium that has a large surface area, a consistent amount of pressure is going to cause bending. I'm personally surprised that the glass didn't crack on some of the pictures.

True, but I would assume that most people have a reasonable expectation that their phones will not get damaged in typical usage scenarios. And yes, I do think that putting your phone in your front pocket is typical. In my view that means that there is a design flaw.

Assuming accuracy of reports, etc. But, yes, if it's relatively easy to bend a phone even slightly by putting it in a normal (for reasonable tightness values of normal) front pocket, that's questionable. Though--I would add--not because as many regurgitated articles suggest because Aluminum is a "soft, bendable metal" or because the heat in one's pocket softens the metal.

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by Nursie »

That's a shame, and not something I've experienced with my Galaxy Notes of various generations. You'd think it would be tested for this sort of thing.

Though who knows, maybe some folks have had problems with these devices and it's just not widely reported. Given the high profile launches and expectations of flawlessness from Apple (rightly or wrongly), it may well come under increased scrutiny.

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Post by kalleboo »

nicholassmith wrote: post #2

The mild level of hysteria over this has been interesting. It's a slab of thin aluminium that has a large surface area, a consistent amount of pressure is going to cause bending. I'm personally surprised that the glass didn't crack on some of the pictures.

So the conclusion is: buy a slab of plastic instead, it'll hold up better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwM4ypi3at0

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by pritambaral »

So I just tested this on a few non-aluminium bodied phones, i.e., plastic and glass bodied phones. Plastic is more elastic (etymological irony) than aluminium and returns to its original shape.

I wouldn't have believed if someone claimed my plastic-glass phone wasn't perfectly straight when in my pocket, because I'd never witnessed it bent, and truly believed it sturdy enough to not easily bend.

I guess Apple's miss was that aluminium is less elastic, and the larger/taller your phone the more linear deflection it suffers.

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Post by mambodog »

It's almost like they'd be better off making the glass less flexible so it would just crack when people bend it too much, and then they'd know they did the wrong thing. The fact that the phone can bend like this without breaking might mean they don't realise that they've subjected it to an unreasonable amount of force.

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by zelos »

easytiger wrote: post #10
kubiiii wrote: post #9

Maybe the bending is a consequence of a better than average shock proof design. Not an apple fan boy here but I find hard to believe that a top selling phone would go on the market without extensive mechanical testing.

Funny, as I'm yet to meet an iPhone 4 that didn't have a smashed screen

That's mainly because of the magical super-slip coating on the glass back, isn't it? I swear my iPhone 4 used to slide off level surfaces.

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by terhechte »

easytiger wrote: post #10
kubiiii wrote: post #9

Maybe the bending is a consequence of a better than average shock proof design. Not an apple fan boy here but I find hard to believe that a top selling phone would go on the market without extensive mechanical testing.

Funny, as I'm yet to meet an iPhone 4 that didn't have a smashed screen

Mine, I got it when it came out in 2010, used it every day since end of 2013 when I got the 5s. Screen is still in perfect condition, so is the back side.
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