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Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by pcarmichael »

antimagic wrote: post #33
Nursie wrote: post #24

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.

As a counter-point, independant testing indicates that the iPhone 6(+) is the toughest iPhone yet: http://blogs.wsj.com/personal-technology/2014/09/22/iphone-6... I think we're at least going to have to put an asterix on the tale of the guy that bent his phone in his pants pockets. Until it's been reliably reproduced, I for one won't be jumping to any conclusions.

Looks like it is possible, but takes a pretty decent amount of force: http://youtu.be/znK652H6yQM

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by defective »

YokoZar wrote: post #39
georgespencer wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I do think that putting your phone in your front pocket is typical Correct. And for, hm, probably 99.98% of the 10m iPhone 6 users created over the weekend, that isn't an issue. You're drawing a misleading comparison between putting your iPhone in your pocket and it becoming bent out of shape. What happens when you put your phone in your pocket is crucial: exerting sufficient pressure to bend (as opposed to flex) t…

As an aside, if after one weekend 0.02% of people's iphones have bent, then within one year we would expect a good million bent iphones out there.

Not if it's a matter of a persons typical usage patterns exceeding some sort of structural limit. If 0.02% of people typically put too much pressure on the phone in their pocket, and 99.98% of people do not, then the 0.02% will have any iPhone 6 rapidly fail, and the 99.98% will see failures only after an unusual incident or after receiving a weaker than normal phone, and thus at a much slower rate.

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by lh7777 »

personZ wrote: post #90
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.

The mild level of hysteria over this has been interesting It is a brand new, $1000 consumer device. As haughty and rich as we all present ourselves, it really supremely sucks if you're the person whose brand new device got bent -- regardless of your available spending cash, it's a major bummer, moreso if you have a 2 year contract ahead of you and a dead device. That is why there is a "hysteria". Gorilla glass (not s…

I'm not worried. 14 day return policy + AppleCare = no risk that that I'm stuck with a bad/dead device.

If this turns out to be a major problem that doesn't happen to me initially, I'll return the phone. If it's not that widespread but I'm among the unlucky ones who ends up with a bent phone over the next 2 years, Apple will replace it for free (or worst case charge me $79 if they think it's my fault).

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by mitchty »

girvo wrote: post #75
easytiger wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Mine. Had it since launch. Not even a scratch on the screen either.

Which just goes to show, different people (ab)use their devices differently.

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by joezydeco »

MatthiasP wrote: post #51
rickdale wrote: post #37

Think about the person that waited in one of those long lines that I dont understand and now their walking around with a warped cell phone. In all seriousness. Why do people stand in those lines? What can you do with the phone that you can't do with another phone? Is it just a material thing?

You can sell the phone in China for $3000, that is why.

This is what the iPhone launch looks like, now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_BznBwktw

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by collyw »

personZ wrote: post #90
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.

The mild level of hysteria over this has been interesting It is a brand new, $1000 consumer device. As haughty and rich as we all present ourselves, it really supremely sucks if you're the person whose brand new device got bent -- regardless of your available spending cash, it's a major bummer, moreso if you have a 2 year contract ahead of you and a dead device. That is why there is a "hysteria". Gorilla glass (not s…

If the glass bends, and they marketed it right, it could have been a cool feature. It is Apple, they managed to market the Shuffle for basically having almost no user interface and complete lack of features compared to anything else on the market.

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by collyw »

rickdale wrote: post #37

Think about the person that waited in one of those long lines that I dont understand and now their walking around with a warped cell phone. In all seriousness. Why do people stand in those lines? What can you do with the phone that you can't do with another phone? Is it just a material thing?

So they can feel a sense of achievement, as the staff clap them on the way in.

Re: iPhone 6 Plus bending in pockets

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Post by collyw »

huuu wrote: post #21
eyko wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That's exactly what I expected to happen to Macbook Air's when I first saw how thin they were. (I was wrong)
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