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root.king
root.king Original post #1
Sep 27, 2014 at 11:26 AM
:D ha ha.. So then my next wrist watch is iphone 6 :beer:
$hadow
$hadow #2
Sep 27, 2014 at 11:48 AM
And according to Apple only 9 people has complained as of now.
abhigeek
Sep 27, 2014 at 12:48 PM
Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus can bend in pockets, users complain | Technology | The Guardian
The bigger screens but thinner bodies of Apple’s new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models have come at the cost of rigidity, according to owners who say they bent while being carried in trouser pockets.A number of users across various forums, sites and Twitter have reported – and pictured – that their phones have become warped after they sat or bent down with them in front and rear trouser pockets.

The reports come just after an insurance company claimed that the new iPhones are the most robust ever – though its tests didn’t include bending.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus chassis is milled from a solid piece of aluminium alloy whose composition is secret. The weak area of the phone appears to be around the volume buttons, where the frame is at its thinnest and creates a fulcrum point around which the phone bends. Surprisingly, the screen does not break when the phone bends – though it does if the phone is then bent back to a flat profile.
Apple is not the first to have the problem of a large-screened metal-framed smartphone bending under use. Sony’s Xperia Z1, which had a 5in screen and a metal frame, saw users complaining that they bent in pockets, while Samsung Galaxy S4 users had similar complaints, as didBlackBerry Q10 users.
The exact number of iPhone 6 users affected is unknown. The Guardian found dozens of people on Twitter whose iPhone 6 or 6 Plus had bent – though there are also hundreds more echoing news reports and the pictures put up by those who have been affected.

We don't need to buy iwatch, as we can bend iphone 6 to our wrist :lol:
ankush28
Sep 27, 2014 at 7:16 PM
FYI HTC One M8 is even worse under direct force.
Whatever phone that bends with tight denims... I doubt if Apple have any sort of R&D dept. Its fairly simple calculation - large, malleable, thin Aluminium can never survive direct bending.
$hadow
$hadow #5
Sep 27, 2014 at 7:53 PM
They made the phone so thin that it could hardly survive tight denims :mrgreen:
tkin
tkin #6
Sep 27, 2014 at 9:25 PM
FYI HTC One M8 is even worse under direct force.
Whatever phone that bends with tight denims... I doubt if Apple have any sort of R&D dept. Its fairly simple calculation - large, malleable, thin Aluminium can never survive direct bending.
They could have put two straight metal rods along the rims, that would protect it from bending.
B
Sep 27, 2014 at 10:32 PM
Other thin phones with Aluminium bodies use some kind of a frame on the inside (vapor-mag or steel). This is just basic stuff, a thin sheet of aluminium will bend easily under stress. Wonder how they missed that, or maybe it's a "feature" lol.
tkin
tkin #8
Sep 27, 2014 at 11:52 PM
Other thin phones with Aluminium bodies use some kind of a frame on the inside (vapor-mag or steel). This is just basic stuff, a thin sheet of aluminium will bend easily under stress. Wonder how they missed that, or maybe it's a "feature" lol.
*media.apnarm.net.au/img/media/images/2014/09/26/bend_to_those-s3xjl1o7nwjk8qb2wi2_t460.JPG
ankush28
Sep 28, 2014 at 12:07 AM
HTC One M8(M8 too is unibody) uses Al-Mg alloy... considered as toughest material for this kind of design. But due to poor design Screen pops out while trying to bend. LOL
quagmire
quagmire #10
Sep 28, 2014 at 10:09 AM
*m.imgur.com/gallery/CSSfH

Apple care bendgate scenes. Apple fu(ked up, they will never accept it.
Vyom
Vyom #11
Sep 28, 2014 at 10:50 AM
*m.imgur.com/gallery/CSSfH

Apple care bendgate scenes. Apple fu(ked up, they will never accept it.

Wow that was some intense stuff right there.


Btw this thread can't be completed without these videos:



and

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kkn13 #12
Sep 28, 2014 at 10:58 AM
apple wont accept it but a magnesium alloy frame inside the phone just like M8 and all the other "normal" phones have
which is why iphone 6+ and 6(to an extent) bend easily
im guessing they didnt add the magnesium frame to make the phone thinner,lighter etc
still they wont accept it,they used the same logic for iphones 4 's infamous antennagate and said people were holding it wrong
now they say bengate is false and only 9 people have reported such issues!! which is bs,youtube itself has tonnes of bendgate videos
abhigeek
abhigeek #13
Sep 30, 2014 at 7:20 AM
[h=1]Purposely Bending an iPhone Doesn't Mean Bendgate Is Real, It Means You're an Assh*le[/h]
Bendgate just won't go away. A week after reports of iPhone 6 Plus devices being a little tooflexible went viral, the durability of Apple's biggest smartphone is still a growing topic of conversation.
For its part, Apple says that it's very rare for an iPhone 6 Plus to warp or bend, and the company even went so far as to open up its testing lab to some members of the press.Consumer Reports' own lab tests also refuted Bendgate — at least when pressure is applied in the center of the phone and not focused exclusively on the seam near the buttons.

Still, as we've said before, with enough pressure and effort, anything that is metal can bend. As a result, we're now seeing a disturbing phenomenon of individuals going into Apple or carrier stores with the express purpose of bending an iPhone 6 Plus.
Business Insider even republished a first-person account of one man's decision to purposefully break a store model iPhone 6 Plus.
Mashable
Vyom
Vyom #15
Sep 30, 2014 at 9:14 AM
[ YOUTUBE]*www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3QcOSyD38M[/YOUTUBE]

Replace YOUTUBE with VIDEO tags, and remove the space after first square bracket.

[ VIDEO]*www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3QcOSyD38M[/VIDEO]
amjath
amjath #16
Sep 30, 2014 at 9:22 AM
*m.imgur.com/gallery/CSSfH

Apple care bendgate scenes. Apple fu(ked up, they will never accept it.

I feel poor/sad for the guy
OT: he said he is a wife and he is a working grad student?? so he is either too old to go for studying or too young to have a wife :mrgreen:
sam_738844
Sep 30, 2014 at 9:26 AM
With iphone 6, its revealed that with jeans on, we've been sitting the WRONG FKING WAY our whole life :oops:
amjath
amjath #18
Sep 30, 2014 at 9:42 AM
With iphone 6, its revealed that with jeans on, we've been sitting the WRONG FKING WAY our whole life :oops:

Few times I felt the pain my device was taking when I sit on it/with it and also felt the time is over for my device but still strong
sam_738844
Sep 30, 2014 at 12:04 PM
Few times I felt the pain my device was taking when I sit on it/with it and also felt the time is over for my device but still strong

Mine was a sarcastic statement.
Desmond
Desmond #21
Sep 30, 2014 at 2:17 PM
I feel poor/sad for the guy
OT: he said he is a wife and he is a working grad student?? so he is either too old to go for studying or too young to have a wife :mrgreen:

Dude, in the US people as old as 40 years are known to pursue higher studies.

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I can't understand what's wrong with these companies. EA says the gamers are wrong and their business model is correct with respect to their shitty games and Apple is doing the same.

I would figure that they cannot accept that they f***ed up because it would piss off their investors who could sell their shares.
TechnoBOY
TechnoBOY #22
Sep 30, 2014 at 5:09 PM
Replace YOUTUBE with VIDEO tags, and remove the space after first square bracket.

[ VIDEO]*www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3QcOSyD38M[/VIDEO]
sure :)
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kkn13 #23
Sep 30, 2014 at 5:20 PM
Dude, in the US people as old as 40 years are known to pursue higher studies.

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I can't understand what's wrong with these companies. EA says the gamers are wrong and their business model is correct with respect to their shitty games and Apple is doing the same.

I would figure that they cannot accept that they f***ed up because it would piss off their investors who could sell their shares.

as much as i hate google and samsung etc
they were atleast decent enough last year to accept flaws of the nexus 5 and samsung something(cant remember which model) and they released revised models asap and took back the bad units,
same with Moto G 2013,Moto replaced handsets and even offered a refund to those affected by the imei errors due to an issue in the sim slot
apple doesnt even accept their phones flaws,even for the 100-celeb icloud hack recently they denied it was due to a bug in their system
real mature apple,piss off all your customers this year
amjath
amjath #25
Sep 30, 2014 at 6:42 PM
[MENTION=184724]kkn13[/MENTION] also add iPhone 4 antenna gate. iPhone 5 build quality chipping issue.
Mac OS no virus ad banner from their site.
They are doing it every year.
K
kkn13 #26
Sep 30, 2014 at 9:46 PM
[MENTION=184724]kkn13[/MENTION] also add iPhone 4 antenna gate. iPhone 5 build quality chipping issue.
Mac OS no virus ad banner from their site.
They are doing it every year.

i totally forgot about those
not just that, iphone 5,5C,5S have home button and power buttons breaking within a week
ipad 3 overheating issues,you can cook an egg on that(i have ipad 2,3,4)
pathetic quality issues which apple refuses to accept
the last good apple product imho was the iPad 2 and the apple tv3(like totally perfect etc)
dunno about ipad air,havent got to try it out properly

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Phone ads are getting really mean...

View attachment 14832

so are the memes :D :p
*pbs.twimg.com/media/ByTT7DXIMAAgmJS.jpg
quagmire
quagmire #27
Oct 1, 2014 at 7:19 PM
Apple completely loses the plot, revokes Computer Build magazine accreditation over #bendgate video - GSMArena Blog

This has just crossed the line. Anyone buying a phone from this PoS company should be publically shamed.
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Adityag #28
Oct 2, 2014 at 9:26 AM
Oops! video already posted earlier by Vyom.
Please ignore this post.
quagmire
quagmire #29
Oct 6, 2014 at 10:13 PM
Forget 'bendgate', now 'hairgate' is Apple's latest problem with the iPhone 6 - Gadgets and Tech - Life and Style - The Independent

Lol waat :D
amjath
amjath #30
Oct 6, 2014 at 10:23 PM
Apple Sapphire Supplier GT Advanced Technologies Files For Bankruptcy

Apple Sapphire Supplier GT Advanced Technologies Files For Bankruptcy | TechCrunch
Vyom
Vyom #31
Oct 6, 2014 at 10:36 PM
Forget 'bendgate', now 'hairgate' is Apple's latest problem with the iPhone 6 - Gadgets and Tech - Life and Style - The Independent

Lol waat :D

Seems legit. Now wait for samsung to start messing around with hairgate.
amjath
amjath #32
Oct 6, 2014 at 10:39 PM
Seems legit. Now wait for samsung to start messing around with hairgate.
They are already in trouble with Note 4, in which you can insert card between display and frame which was sold in korea. Gsmarena is reviewing the phone, let's see how it turns out to be.
RohanM
RohanM #33
Oct 7, 2014 at 4:12 AM
They are already in trouble with Note 4, in which you can insert card between display and frame which was sold in korea. Gsmarena is reviewing the phone, let's see how it turns out to be.

At least it will not damage the phone like the ibend..