New iPhone Bending

This shouldn't be news. It's a relatively thin and large piece of metal (only the 6+ is reportedly bending). It's already too big to be in most pockets comfortably anyway. Sit down with it, and physics takes over.

OMG a piece of metal bends under pressure! Someone alert the public!!!11! The 6+ is a larger phone with the same thickness. Couldn't the title have been "Skinny Jeans + Sitting Bend iPhone 6+!"?

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OMG a piece of metal bends under pressure! Someone alert the public!!!11!

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how many HTC One's and Sony Xperia's are bending?

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OMG a piece of metal bends under pressure! Someone alert the public!!!11! The 6+ is a larger phone with the same thickness. Couldn't the title have been "Skinny Jeans + Sitting Bend iPhone 6+!"?

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i put my galaxy Note 2 in my pocket every day for over a year and it never bent. yeah, it's plastic. but, it didn't bend. if this is true, apple royally effed up.

i'm sure they'll just give everyone a $5 bumper case and make it all better though, right?

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yeah, it's plastic

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That's important and very relevant. It won't bend because it's plastic. If it was aluminum, it would.

Remember the original iPod Nanos? They'd snap in half if you put enough tension on it in your pocket. It was the same thickness as this iPhone 6.

Whether it's an iPhone 6/6+ specific problem or not, it does make me further consider whether I want a phone with a large screen (for example, I'm considering the Galaxy Note 4) and how it will fare in my pockets (not necessarily durability, but comfort as well).

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How so? If I go grab a solid piece of aluminum the same size as the note or iphone 6+ and throw it into a small pocket and continue to put pressure on it, it's going to bend. We're talking about something that's 7-8 mm thick.

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so you're talking about forcing it to bend now? These people are putting their phone in their pocket like always and going about their day. They're not trying to bend it

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Why isn't it the jean company fault for making their jean pockets so small or the person's fault for being fat?

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6" phones can fit in pockets so please retire that dumbass pocket shite

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Pocket size vs. Phone size

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6" phones can fit in pockets so please retire that dumbass pocket shite

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So you're ignorant to how physics works. Got it.

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so Apple engineers royally fricked up. Show me how many HTC One's and Sony Xperia's have bent. I had an HTC EVO LTE (metal frame) that lived in all of pockets and it never bent

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This shouldn't be news. It's a relatively thin and large piece of metal (only the 6+ is reportedly bending).

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If it bends after just a few days then yes, it is news and yes it is a design flaw. Only an idiot would deny this.

I don't hate on Apple on here and I see this as a definite design flaw if after 1 week of use the phone is conforming to the pocket shape.

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Whether it's an iPhone 6/6+ specific problem or not, it does make me further consider whether I want a phone with a large screen (for example, I'm considering the Galaxy Note 4) and how it will fare in my pockets (not necessarily durability, but comfort as well).

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well it looks like you'll be fine as long as you avoid the new iPhones. Other phones do not have this problem

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Every year there is a witch hunt for some flaw with the new iPhones. It's pretty ridiculous.

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you're the most logical Apple person on here but you have to admit this is a horrible flaw