The new iPhone 6 can bend by just being put in your pocket - Polidicks

And this is why I see no reason to have anything bigger or less sturdy than my trusty iPhone 4s. I'm constantly forgetting about my phone in my pocket and sitting on it. I'd bend one of these new ones in a heart beat.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/C9VyWsR.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/C54Orwl.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ofWN0zj.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2sr7vdR.png[/IMG] [sp]stuff people tweeted at the guy who made the bend test[/sp]

What kind of battery is in the new iPhone? I'm interested to know whether this bending could cause the battery to burst into flames in your pocket. :v:

So I heard that the new iPhone is great material for origami

Title and article are kind of misleading. There haven't been any reports (as far as I know) of it happening to the 6, just the 6+. Really shitty that this is happening though, interested to see Apple's response.

[QUOTE=Quark:;46062147]What kind of battery is in the new iPhone? I'm interested to know whether this bending could cause the battery to burst into flames in your pocket. :v:[/QUOTE] Depending on where you bend it from, I guess it's possible to fuck up the battery enough to short it.

[QUOTE=Tasm;46061968]The plus is prone to this, and if you manage to bend it you're a fucking idiot. You could do this to most phones, but they would break instead. Completely exaggerated bullshit, you can see in the video how bad he was struggling, that'd break most phones[/QUOTE] what does it matter if it's poor quality? you dont HAVE to to carry your phone in your pocket!!! it doesnt help when appledrones all wear tight hipster pants [editline]23rd September 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Maladroit;46062142] [sp]stuff people tweeted at the guy who made the bend test[/sp][/QUOTE] I dont understand. Is it just supposed to be sarcastic "DOESNT MEAN YOU CANT STILL USE IT?" shit, or what?

I'm happy with my 5C. I've dropped it multiple times and the screen hasn't cracked and there's only a few minor dents on it. No upgrading for a while! [QUOTE=Tasm;46062074]Because most of it is blind Apple hate. Yes they have downfalls like battery life, customization and price, but they're still nice phones. With the amount of force that guy out on the phone to bend, that's ridiculous, how do you even manage that accidentally in a real life scenario? [/QUOTE] I found this on another article. [quote]Yesterday, I left at 10am with the iPhone in my left FRONT pocket of my suit pants. I drove 4 hours to a wedding, which also involved a lot of sitting during dinner etc but also 2-3 hours of dancing. I left at 2am and went to bed, driving home 4 hours back. So in total, the 6 Plus was about 18 hours in my pocket while sitting mostly. As I lay it on the coffee table and sat down on the couch to relax from the drive (yes, sitting again ), I saw the reflection of the window in the iPhones slightly distorted.[/quote] There's your real life scenario.

Even if it doesn't immediately break, bending the circuit boards like that will shave years off of their lifetimes.

My case can't come fast enough. [sp]This will help, right?[/sp]

Wow, I can't believe this issue made it all the way through to production. Those phones need some significant internal reinforcement.

[QUOTE=chimitos;46062221]Even if it doesn't immediately break, bending the circuit boards like that will shave years off of their lifetimes.[/QUOTE] Its okay, if you get the Official Apple iPhone Belt Holster, coming soon to an Apple Store near you

[QUOTE=Ajacks;46062134]And this is why I see no reason to have anything bigger or less sturdy than my trusty iPhone 4s. I'm constantly forgetting about my phone in my pocket and sitting on it. I'd bend one of these new ones in a heart beat.[/QUOTE] I've had an LG G2 for almost 6 months now, and I work in a warehouse environment. It still looks like new.

[QUOTE=Pokeman493;46062171]Depending on where you bend it from, I guess it's possible to fuck up the battery enough to short it.[/QUOTE] Aren't some batteries prone to exploding if damaged in certain ways though? I've seen a few videos on YouTube of people hitting or shooting certain kinds of batteries, yielding (small but energetic) explosions. It's probably unrealistic for the battery to be damaged sufficiently for an explosion in your pocket, but it might be possible. I can't find anything about which kind of battery is in the iPhone 6, though.

[QUOTE=Mikemaximum;46062224]My case can't come fast enough. [sp]This will help, right?[/sp][/QUOTE] If it's the kind with the hard plastic shell that saves it from hard drops and stuff I would think so.

[QUOTE=Waffler;46062215]I'm happy with my 5C. I've dropped it multiple times and the screen hasn't cracked and there's only a few minor dents on it. No upgrading for a while![/QUOTE] Agree, the 5C might be the "low end" iPhone but that plastic back can sure take a beating, I've abused mine so much and it's still in excellent shape.

[QUOTE=Tasm;46061997]Arguably he stopped on this before he caused any permanent damage. But what do you expect with an aluminium back? The plasticity of plastic like the s5? Lmao[/QUOTE] Someone's mad that their newly bought $800 phone bends in a set of tight jeans, compared to a $600 phone that straightens itself out after being bent by powerful hands' pressure.

I've been wary of this aluminum unibody design ever since I saw the leaks. I've owned a Macbook Pro Unibody, an iPad Mini, and an iPad Air over the past three years, and all of them shared a few things in common with the new iPhones. 1. They're made of very, very thin aluminum. I don't know if it's stamped, or milled, or whatever, but the aluminum is quite thin. When I press on the back of the Air or Mini, or the lid of the Macbook, there's a very noticeable amount of flex. While I didn't think to test that flex on the new iPhones when I was at the Apple Store last week, I would not be surprised if they have the same or more structural weaknesses. 2. The 6+ is very, very large. And that presents a problem. The new iPhones are thinner than the iPad Air, which gets most of its rigidity by being a pencil-thick slab of aluminum and glass. I can't speak to the machining tolerances, but I don't doubt the aluminum may be slightly thicker as well. However, the 6+ is half the size of the Air, and significantly thinner, which makes them less rigid overall, and more likely to bend under less force. 3. New iPhones have had a tendency to bend for a while. The 4S was the first with minor reported bending, although a significant majority of those were most likely warped from the factory. The 5 and 5S also had bending issues in roughly the same place as the 6/+, but these were generally from people putting the phone in their back pockets and sitting on them. At the sizes Apple is going for, I think they need to realize they can't just keep going thinner. There's not enough rigidity in the structure of the 6+ for it to sustain the forces applied across its face. The volume cutouts significantly weaken the largest structural element of the device, the edges, so we're seeing a lot of failures around those cutouts. The 6+ is also going to end up pressing against the edges of most peoples' pockets, which can increase the force applied to it. All these conditions add to a phone that is not very robust. Now, I haven't heard reports of the 6 doing the same thing, but we'll have to see. I think most of these issues could be avoided by alleviating the force applied, either by wearing looser jeans and pants, or by carrying it in a bag. Additionally, I don't doubt at least a few of these, perhaps the more bent ones, were likely in a back pocket rather than a front one. While a little warping would be expected from an unusually tight front pocket, sitting on these phones is a guaranteed way to warp them. There's not enough structure there to keep them from collapsing. It'll definitely be interesting to see how Apple handles this, since they handled the 5/S bending issues fairly well (they slightly thickened their shells, if I remember correctly.) I don't doubt we'll see complimentary exchanges, a potential recall, and a revised model if this keeps up, though.

[QUOTE=woolio1;46062340]While I didn't think to test that flex on the new iPhones when I was at the Apple Store last week, I would not be surprised if they have the same or more structural weaknesses.[/QUOTE] Shit now people are gonna go into Apple Stores and start bending the iPhones just for the hell of it Also I'll bet Apple will start selling a model with a different metal back and charge an extra hundred for it, call it "deluxe" or some shit

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;46062358]Shit now people are gonna go into Apple Stores and start bending the iPhones just for the hell of it Also I'll bet Apple will start selling a model with a different metal back and charge an extra hundred for it, call it "deluxe" or some shit[/QUOTE] Usually, there's no real need to bend the phone or iPad. Just sort of press in on the back with a finger. It'll flex, usually about half a mm.

They probably only bend if you keep it in your back pockets. I don't see why people do that anyways; you see heaps of people especially chicks who leave their phones in their back pockets sticking halfway out and you wonder how those people don't accidentally drop them or have them stolen.

[QUOTE=maxspeed3006;46062264]Agree, the 5C might be the "low end" iPhone but that plastic back can sure take a beating, I've abused mine so much and it's still in excellent shape.[/QUOTE] Yeah my plastic S3 has been dropped so many times, have had it for almost 2 years there is only a small scratch on the screen. Say what you want about plastic phones and how they are ugly or whatever, they are so much more durable.

the iPhone 5 also had this issue. [img]http://s.iosfans.com/?u=http://ios-jailbreak.net78.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-5-bend-ios-jailbreak-2.jpg[/img] I have the HTC One, and I can't even find a complaint on google about the thing bending, it's made of aluminum aswell.

[QUOTE=Antdawg;46062397]They probably only bend if you keep it in your back pockets. I don't see why people do that anyways; you see heaps of people especially chicks who leave their phones in their back pockets sticking halfway out and you wonder how those people don't accidentally drop them or have them stolen.[/QUOTE] it's worse in front pockets actually they're so large they're resting against the hip joint at the top, so if you're wearing tight pants, the phone has to flex so you can sit

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;46062442]it's worse in front pockets actually they're so large they're resting against the hip joint at the top, so if you're wearing tight pants, the phone has to flex so you can sit[/QUOTE] And now we're slowly discovering why Steve Jobs wore Straight Cut jeans.

I really want to bend my phone now

Can't see why all you people are complaining about the new memory phoam feature. It's a great way to have your phone customized just for you

Ok yeah this is why I haven't upgraded my mobile device for like 3-4 years. They keep getting thinner when I literally do not give a fuck to how thin it is. I prefer it being thicker because it's less easier to break.

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;46062504]Ok yeah this is why I haven't upgraded my mobile device for like 3-4 years. They keep getting thinner when I literally do not give a fuck to how thin it is. I prefer it being thicker because it's less easier to break.[/QUOTE] I agree. I really liked the glass back on my 4S, it's been the hardest to break out of any Apple device I've owned. My Macbook's got a small dent in the corner, my first iPad Air had a similar dent, my iPad Mini just sort of fizzled on me, but my 4S is still ticking, even after being dropped a handful of times and not using a case for most of its lifespan. Haven't had a crack or scratch yet.

[QUOTE=Tasm;46062074]Because most of it is blind Apple hate. Yes they have downfalls like battery life, customization and price, but they're still nice phones. With the amount of force that guy out on the phone to bend, that's ridiculous, how do you even manage that accidentally in a real life scenario? Double standards[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1YEWmYz.gif[/IMG]