iPhone 6 Plus Bending?

I'm not taking sides, especially since I won't see my iPhone 6 Plus until November, but I do wonder if the devices we used to call phones aren't primarily phones at all anymore. I'm not convinced that past behavior with a phone is the measure.

In my case, I ordered a 6 Plus not because it's a cool phone, but because it's a very portable multi-purpose device. The whole point of a bigger screen isn't so I can see the phone keypad more clearly, at least as I understand the point.

😁

Or you can employ the new iFootman to carry around this delicate thing on the iCushion.

dabardi wrote:

You are right, maybe you can buy the iTrolley or the iBag or put the iWheels to your phone, then you can carry it. Because

"Where are the instructions that state you are "not supposed" to install wheels on your phone?"

If you think it is that big and heavy, feel free to do so...

But then again, if it's that big & heavy, how are you getting it into your front pocket???

They will replace the phone covered under the warranty because it's a flaw on apples end and not yours unless you intentionally bend it and even then it's up to the individual genius who is servicing your phone

artstu wrote:

😁

Or you can employ the new iFootman to carry around this delicate thing on the iCushion.

LOL

Nlangston wrote:

They will replace the phone covered under the warranty because it's a flaw on apples end

No it's not.

and not yours unless you intentionally

put it into your pocket and sit down, thus applying enough pressure on the iPhone to bend it.

If the phone bends by simply wearing it in ones FRONT pocket. I will demand it be replaced and if they refuse, the it's time for a class action suit JUST to get it replaced free of charge. I don't think Apple wants the bad press, but if they do we'll go there. My iPhone 6 Plus hasn't gotten to me yet, but when it does, I'm going to treat it like I do all my smartphones of the past and be gentle with it, but still carry it in my front pocket like I've always done. It should not bend! If it does, that would be considered a manufacturers defect and a manufacturers defect IS covered in the warranty.

Nuff said...!!!

marshcycle wrote:

It should not bend! If it does, that would be considered a manufacturers defect and a manufacturers defect IS covered in the warranty.

Ever notice how everyone here such an authority on everything?

-> http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/manufacturing-defect.html

“Frailty or shortcoming in a product resulting from a departure from its design specifications during production."

I highly doubt Apple would let millions of phones go out that were not made exactly as designed.

Safe to say it was manufactured exactly as designed.

first of all, read all my massages and Some one most be very dum if you gonna sit on a smartphone ! Thats like sitting on your laptop.

http://macdailynews.com/2014/09/26/consumer-reports-stress-test-apples-iphone-6- and-iphone-6-plus-not-very-bendable/

"Bear in mind that it took significant force to do this kind of damage to all these phones. While nothing is (evidentally) indestructible, we expect that any of these phones should stand up to typical use."

Interesting. Thank you for the link. I followed the link to the source report, and Consumer Reports’ tests seem to suggest that despite their size, the new iPhones are reasonably robust. Not the most robust devices in their class, but reasonably so (I enjoyed the pencil comparison near the end of the video). No doubt some people could get defective devices and thankfully, Apple sounds willing to address those instances.

Nlangston wrote:

They will replace the phone covered under the warranty because it's a flaw on apples end

What is the flaw?

and not yours unless you intentionally bend it

Putting it into your pants packet and sitting down is intentionally bending it...

marshcycle wrote:

If the phone bends by simply wearing it in ones FRONT pocket. I will demand it be replaced and if they refuse, the it's time for a class action suit JUST to get it replaced free of charge. I don't think Apple wants the bad press, but if they do we'll go there. My iPhone 6 Plus hasn't gotten to me yet, but when it does, I'm going to treat it like I do all my smartphones of the past and be gentle with it, but still carry it in my front pocket like I've always done. It should not bend! If it does, that would be considered a manufacturers defect and a manufacturers defect IS covered in the warranty.

Nuff said...!!!

Nope. There have been very few (out of millions) of reports of this 'issue', and so far, it appears that each of these has been subjected to excessive force.

If you end up with a bent iPhone 6 Plus, it's likely to be classified as 'unintentional abuse', which is not covered under warranty. Get the AppleCare Plus if you're worried about damage.

I have not read all of this particular thread in that I really wish people would actually get up to speed with the data now available regarding the so-called "Bendgate". Consumer Reports has now studied and reported on this and finds that both new iPhones should stand up to normal use without any bending problems. They did their own stress test and found that the iPhone 6 Plus is actually stronger than the iPhone 6. The tested iPhone 6 Plus withstood up to 90 pounds of pressure before any bending. There have been many other articles and video reports that now objectively conclude this is not statistically an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus concern.

Other reports ironically studied the YouTube video that caught the attention of the World Press and Networks and Cable Broadcasters to the point of contribution to the Apple stock dropping nearly 4 points in one day. The original video is now thought to have been driven by a motivation to grab attention for a particular Canadian video production company that wanted to find something very notable about the iPhone 6 that was already garnering worldwide attention. The video was said to have been significantly edited to the point that segment were manipulated and re-sequenced showing the bending iPhone. The fully Bent phone video shots were shown to actually have been taken prior to the segment of the video that showed the person bending the phone.

Well the effort to grab attention worked and now new owners of the iPhone or potential buyers of the iPhone have been caused to worry about an issue that would not occur in normal use.

"Putting it into your pants packet and sitting down is intentionally bending it..."

obviously it isn't...