iPhone 6+ bendgate issue.

I'm a skinny jeans type of guy and I've been putting my iPhone 6 plus in my front pocket and no bends have happened yet.

I presume Apple will replace bent phones. but I can see this being a hassle if it happens often and easily.
 
Is tight jeans a trend now, I thought that was 10 years ago maybe. Not an issue without a lot of pressure on the iphone I'd guess like sitting on it. This kind of thing is why I cant own anything nice till they issue indestructible editions
 
DeathStorm said:
Are you seriously asking why someone would want to put their phone in their pocket? Pause for a moment and consider why you're asking such a question.



That is not the issue, all devices are built with certain tolerances in mind be it a toy car or a steel girder and it doesn't reflect badly on Apple, Samsung or whoever if in extreme situations their device becomes damaged.

What does reflect badly on them is if their device has problems under normal conditions. We have people on the forum saying their phone is bent from normal use, that sounds (emphasis on the sounds) like poor design.

It's also not what you expect from a company which goes to such great lengths to extol the virtues of its design standards.
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Yes I accept it maybe a bad design flaw in it's ability to bend, but a smaller phone be it original iPhone all way to 5s i've placed in my pockets of jeans etc. But come on the iPhone 6+ is huge, I've not seen any of my mates who have the larger Samsung's pull them out of their jeans pockets purely on the basis they've said it's uncomfortable. They said it's like putting a iPad mini or Samsung Tab in your pants, if you want that uncomfortable feeling in your pocket all day long go for it.

I for one am still awaiting my iPhone 6+, for one I have the common sense to place a larger item in the chest pocket where I know it won't feel as uncomfortable, be it in a jacket pocket or more than likely my bag while I'm at work.
 
It's quite clear that in amidst of the leak paranoia Apple is just not field testing their equipment outside of the lab. We can argue that at that price the i6 should not only not bend in fingers, but also be water and dust proof, not have camera lens exposed to impact and with bezels and margins that massive the screen should have simple, stylish protective edge, but it didn't happen. Their competition at half the price point managed all the above, Apple just clearly does not have pre launch test stage established well enough to save themselves from crucial mistakes. IOS 8 launch suffered from the same - in the end half of new features had to be pulled just to make it on time for i6 launch.

The point is - mistake or not - £600 -1000 price point demands much better attention and Apple is now stuck with this design for two years and I bet within days and weeks to come they will come up with some sort of aluminium bumper that will be given for free just like they did with antennagate thing few years ago.
 
Huge blunder from Apple if these reports are true. I bought a Galaxy S5 and it seems quite well built couldn't really imagine it being bent like the IPhone 6.

The sales have been so good for the IPhone in such a competitive market I wonder if this will hurt future releases?
 
lucarocks92 said:
The sales have been so good for the IPhone in such a competitive market I wonder if this will hurt future releases?
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Nope, their are more than enough people who will jump on the next Apple release just because it's Apple for it to make no difference what so ever.
 
lucarocks92 said:
The sales have been so good for the IPhone in such a competitive market I wonder if this will hurt future releases?
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It won't even effect this release, let alone the next.

You can see it with some posts here, Apple has a cult, not a userbase. With the 4 we were told they were holding their phone wrong, now we are not to put our phone in our pockets.

£600 and I can't put it in my pocket? It's a joke. A £600 phone should not be so poorly constructed, it is just that simple. My Nexus 5 is half that price and isn't bendy. My mum has a £10 Nokia and you could build a bomb shelter out of it.

But it is Apple, so we must use the things we buy off them in the way they tell us. Even when it's the opposite of how everyone on the planet uses their phone.
 
Av8 said:
Yes I accept it maybe a bad design flaw in it's ability to bend, but a smaller phone be it original iPhone all way to 5s i've placed in my pockets of jeans etc. But come on the iPhone 6+ is huge, I've not seen any of my mates who have the larger Samsung's pull them out of their jeans pockets purely on the basis they've said it's uncomfortable. They said it's like putting a iPad mini or Samsung Tab in your pants, if you want that uncomfortable feeling in your pocket all day long go for it.
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I have a very hard time taking this point seriously, as long as you don't have especially small pockets you really shouldn't have a problem as I managed to fit a Note 2 into my pockets and that was wider and deeper.

Most of the time I wouldn't even notice it was in my pocket, it's only if you stretch so it gets put under pressure (big strides up stairs etc) where it was uncomfortable. I am not arguing this is the optimal way to use these phones, I didn't like putting it in my pocket and they're not especially pocket friendly but that's one of the ways people will use them.

The point I'm trying to drive home is assuming the units having problems didn't slip through QC then it's simply down to bad design on Apple's part, they should be handle normal usage patterns.

Av8 said:
I for one am still awaiting my iPhone 6+, for one I have the common sense to place a larger item in the chest pocket where I know it won't feel as uncomfortable, be it in a jacket pocket or more than likely my bag while I'm at work.
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I wouldn't have changed my plans regardless of this issue but I'd be worried about resale value if it's fragile as I consider one of the advantages/justification of the inflated iPhone prices to be their resale value.
 
lucarocks92 said:
The sales have been so good for the IPhone in such a competitive market I wonder if this will hurt future releases?
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I doubt it, even if the issue is worse than we think as long as the phones aren't exploding it would take many of these faults over a span of years to seriously hurt their sales figures.

Apple has built up a strong brand and there's a lot of value in that.
 
Interesting how vociferous some of the responses here are, when actually Apple hasn't said a thing about it yet.

It could just be, you know, a genuine oversight.
 
Been using my 6 Plus for 5 days now, in my jacket pocket, trouser pocket, car pocket, no pocket has been an issue!
Just took it out of the leather case and put a steel rule along each edge, not a hint of a bend.

I think people are just trolling.
 
^JP^ said:
Been using my 6 Plus for 5 days now, in my jacket pocket, trouser pocket, car pocket, no pocket has been an issue!
Just took it out of the leather case and put a steel rule along each edge, not a hint of a bend.
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Same here. It has made me a bit paranoid about bending it now though. Think I might get an armour style case for it.
 
I hear they're getting Uri geller in for the next iPhone 6 ad :D.

I haven't noticed any bend and it's been in my pocket loads. I am somewhat paranoid of it now though :(.
 
^JP^ said:
Been using my 6 Plus for 5 days now, in my jacket pocket, trouser pocket, car pocket, no pocket has been an issue!
Just took it out of the leather case and put a steel rule along each edge, not a hint of a bend.

I think people are just trolling.
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It could be a manufacturing issue with certain batches, too.
 
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