tinybfk
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I also believe as you mention that in many cases that no matter how strong a device just can be the unlucky dude where more damage might happen then the next guy. And I personally don't believe in putting my phone in my back pocket especially and didn't think much of bendgate since you really had to try and bend the phone to warp it. But it did happen enough where Apply felt enough that the phone needed to be more robust for longevity that they did make a change in the S models and in this article says the frame was almost 3x stronger to bending than original.
iPhone 6S won't bend like the iPhone 6 - Tech Insider
That change and change in board design said to be reasons why the S phones are experiencing the new issue of "touch disease"
iPhone 6S won't bend like the iPhone 6 - Tech Insider
So I think nothing wrong with looking into this issue of the GG5... many may not experience issues now... but if there is a noticeable amount of people reporting scratches and cracks early... it gets the attention of Samsung to look at and if they can see something make any adjustments needed during production. Many times little changes are made that most people don't even hear about during the start of any new production run. It's only been a week so nothing wrong with seeing these posts and see whether over a month... longer... if this really is an issue. I'd definitely like to know while I am still in "shopping" mode for my next phone.
An internal defect is causing tons of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to break
The only thing that made me think of 'bend gate' was that after the original bend gate video was released everyone was looking for the problem and some of the people were even saying it bent from just being in their front pocket. Hell I remember when the video originally came out looking at my phone almost everyday at first to see if it was bent lol. Just like the scratch issue now with the Note 7, the first week I had this thing under a microscope after seeing the scratch that video, not literally under a microscope but looking hard for those light scratches. The problems are there with any phone it's just a matter of how hard we look for them.
I'm in no way saying this isn't a real issue though. I believe it probably does scratch easier because they probably had to soften the glass to make it more 'durable'. I am also pretty sure that the curves create a weak spot in the glass plus even with a case your edges are usually exposed. I do hope Corning and Samsung improve the formula and make it better but the reality is it probably won't happen until the next generation of GG. Apple didn't really fix the bend gate problem in the 6. They just improved the next iphone a year later. The original 6 that is still sold received no improvements that I know of, although I haven't researched it.