iPhone 6's are bending when sitting down?

[Haalcyon]

To be honest, I don't really want to have to think about what I'm doing with my phone too much. I've never had to in the past. That being said, I don't think the phone would turn sideways easily, once it's in my pocket. And I'm not so careless that I'd put it in there sideways.

Again, the real problem for me is that they made the phone so thin in the first place. If they're not going to strengthen it sufficiently, if rather they made it a bit thicker, but fixed the strength, protruding camera and had even better battery life. I think they made a mistake making it so thin. I've rarely, if ever, heard someone complain about an iPhone being too thin. So it seems as if making it thinner offers nothing that most consumers want, and instead gives them things they don't want or can't have.


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You are right. Apple made some bad design choices with the iPhone 6/6+. All OEMs make some bad design choices. NONE of the current phones are perfect and without compromises. NONE. It just so happens that the compromises that Apple chose to make might mean people need to be less careless in order to keep that thin metal phone that some think is good looking looking good. For those that need the Casio G-Shock of a phone there's more than one choice. For those that just don't think they should have to care how they treat their phones...by all means...don't care, it's your phone. I must admit though, I like nice things that do indeed look nice and I like to keep them that way. That includes my phones. There are a lot of people that LOVE the iPhone 6/6+ and all those people do not have some kind of flawed standards or flawed way of thinking. Same goes for the Note 4 and Moto X and a plethora of other devices.

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[TomsAndroid]

You are right. Apple made some bad design choices with the iPhone 6/6+. All OEMs make some bad design choices. NONE of the current phones are perfect and without compromises. NONE. It just so happens that the compromises that Apple chose to make might mean people need to be less careless in order to keep that thin metal phone that some think is good looking looking good. For those that need the Casio G-Shock of a phone there's more than one choice. For those that just don't think they should have to care how they treat their phones...by all means...don't care, it's your phone. I must admit though, I like nice things that do indeed look nice and I like to keep them that way. That includes my phones. There are a lot of people that LOVE the iPhone 6/6+ and all those people do not have some kind of flawed standards or flawed way of thinking. Same goes for the Note 4 and Moto X and a plethora of other devices.

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Oh, I absolutely love my 6 Better than I could've imagined, and I love how it feels so thin, even with my case and glass screen protector on. And, I'm not at all worried about mine bending now. I'm conscious of it being put under pressure in my pocket, but that means I can also act upon it if I feel it is excessive.

I don't think the design is at all bad. It's certainly not a huge compromise. I just think Apple made the wrong choice. But, as you say, every OEM makes bad choices, and it could've been a lot worse 2/3 things are fixed by putting on a case, and battery life great anyway.


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[A895]

http://www.oneofthenine.com

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And this is just people who know of the website to submit their iPhone. Who knows how many others are out there.

 

[Haalcyon]

http://www.oneofthenine.com

/thread

And this is just people who know of the website to submit their iPhone. Who knows how many others are out there.

It is not good...not good at all. Looks like the iPhone 6 is not for front jeans pockets indeed. It may be safest for me to just skip this iPhone generation and get a Lumia 1520 as an Android companion phone. ...or just save a few pennies and get a 5s. A 5s and Note 4 would still be a nice couple.

 

[A895]

It is not good...not good at all.

Same thing I said. This generation iPhone is way too fragile for me. Every time someone says the bending issue is overblown, you just show them that site. iPhone 6 bending is a real problem and if you visit r/iPhone on reddit there is even MORE people with bending phones.

For the most part though it seems Apple will replace them under warranty replacements from what I have read in reddit. There are a few people who couldn't get it replaced.

 

[MDMcAtee]

I looked at that link and it seems that the numbers are pretty low still. Less than 400 if I read it correctly.

If I wanted that phone I wouldn't carry it any pants pocket..

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[A895]

I looked at that link and it seems that the numbers are pretty low still. Less than 400 if I read it correctly.

You have to remember, that is only people who know of the site to make a submission. There is no telling how many people who have bent phones. But we now know it is a bigger problem than originally thought.

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[JeffDenver]

I just think Apple made the wrong choice. But, as you say, every OEM makes bad choices, and it could've been a lot worse

I actually agree with this...the antennae problem was a way bigger deal than this.

 

[Haalcyon]

I actually agree with this...the antennae problem was a way bigger deal than this.

I think HTC's camera (or lack thereof) would affect me more than Apple's antenna problem or BendGate.

 

[JeffDenver]

I think HTC's camera (or lack thereof) would affect me more than Apple's antenna problem or BendGate.

The Antennae problem is the biggest issue IMO because it actually affects using the phone as a phone.

The bend issue is just cosmetic for most people, and the HTC camera is still perfectly fine, even if it's not the best. Not getting a signal simply because I am not holding the phone "right" would annoy me a lot.

 

[TomsAndroid]

The Antennae problem is the biggest issue IMO because it actually affects using the phone as a phone.

The bend issue is just cosmetic for most people, and the HTC camera is still perfectly fine, even if it's not the best. Not getting a signal simply because I am not holding the phone "right" would annoy me a lot.

Yeah. Good thing that this hasn't been an issue for a few years now.


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[Haalcyon]

The Antennae problem is the biggest issue IMO because it actually affects using the phone as a phone.

The bend issue is just cosmetic for most people, and the HTC camera is still perfectly fine, even if it's not the best. Not getting a signal simply because I am not holding the phone "right" would annoy me a lot.

That antennae thing never affected my iPhones.

 

[FFR]

This cracked me up.

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