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iPhone 6+ bendgate issue.
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I think they had the design perfected with the iPhone 4/4s. tempered glass on the back and the front.
Yep, the 4/4S was by far the best iPhone design - looked and felt like a piece of jewellery. Of course it was easily broken if dropped but only idiots do that
Since then it's been the pursuit of thinner and lighter at the expense of overall design. I think they may have pushed it too far with the 6. The thinner design combined with the curved edge won't offer anywhere near the rigidity the 5/5S did with its flat sides.
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Was considering a 6 but I think I'll wait a bit now to see how this pans out.
If you put it in your back pocket and sit down you're asking for trouble with any phone, but reading a few comments here and looking online it looks like this is just too prone to bending in side pockets too. From the bending videos, whilst a little extreme I don't think it would be too uncommon for me to exert similar pressure on the odd occasion.
Will be interesting to see what a month or so normal use would look like on these once everyone gets over treating it like a new born baby as a lot do with a new device.
This is meant to be a premium product, it certainly has the premium price tag and shouldn't be affected by something you do with a device like this as part of everyday use - put it in your pocket. Good design goes beyond just looking nice.
If you put it in your back pocket and sit down you're asking for trouble with any phone, but reading a few comments here and looking online it looks like this is just too prone to bending in side pockets too. From the bending videos, whilst a little extreme I don't think it would be too uncommon for me to exert similar pressure on the odd occasion.
Will be interesting to see what a month or so normal use would look like on these once everyone gets over treating it like a new born baby as a lot do with a new device.
This is meant to be a premium product, it certainly has the premium price tag and shouldn't be affected by something you do with a device like this as part of everyday use - put it in your pocket. Good design goes beyond just looking nice.
Hoodies with zip or press stud pockets or the breast pocket of a jacket are where all my larger androids have gone I rarely put my phone in a trouser pocket except for shorts in summer and i use a bumbag when out and about in shorts.
Fulcrum = leg, lever = length, motion+cloth = force all together will bend an unreinforced aluminium phone at the weak point where the button is recessed or perhaps anywhere along the length if the force is sustained and strong enough.
Imho this issue should have been discovered at the design stage, a customer would reasonably assume apple had looked at their design and as a top design and manufacturing company assessed the phone strong enough to place in their pocket in this they failed.
Yes, iPhone 6 Plus does cost over £600, regardless of buying on contract or not the final cost will always be over £600.
). I think I may wait for the refresh...
I can not say that I have noticed this with my 6+, I only have it in the Apple leather case too.
I would think that if this is an issue Apple will be happy to replace models that suffer this, however I can not help but feel people should stop sitting on their iPhones
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I would think that if this is an issue Apple will be happy to replace models that suffer this, however I can not help but feel people should stop sitting on their iPhones
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