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They mean back pockets, which while still ridiculous, is much more understandable than just saying pockets. If your phone is bending in your front pockets then

They mean back pockets, which while still ridiculous, is much more understandable than just saying pockets. If your phone is bending in your front pockets then there is a much more serious problem.

NDizzle 12y ago
The phones have been bending while in peoples front pockets. Imagine the posture you have while driving a car and the phone in your pocket. Now, I can't recall the last time I drove with any phone in my pocket (that is what the cup holder is for - phones) so I'm not too worried about it, but it's still interesting. Has there been any news about the Samsung Note 1/2/3 bending?!
- Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
  The Notes are plastic. They'd flex but would be unlikely to deform in any permanent way unless held like that for a long time I'd imagine.
- Pxtl 12y ago
  I have a lot of bones to pick with Samsung, but one thing they excel at is rugged devices. They use hardy materials and thick glass. I have a 3-year-old device that's incredibly slippery and have dropped it hundreds of times without a scratch on the glass. For comparison, I shattered a Moto G inside of a month.
Pxtl 12y ago
I think collectively people are used to the idea that back pocket storage of your phone is unsafe and you're going to crush it and damage it. Front pocket seems to be the expected place to keep one.
- bananaj 12y ago
  I have always kept both my iPhone 4 and then my iPhone 5 in my back pocket (usually in a case). I have very regularly sat on both on a variety of surfaces and have never had any problems. I weigh about 150lbs. I've not bought an iPhone 6 yet specifically because I'm worried it will be too big for my back pocket.
  - Pxtl 12y ago
    Oh? I'm always seeing these tiny teenaged girls with cracked phones saying "I sat on it" which confuses me because it seems like they'd take that well. Thanks for confirming my confusion.
    - corobo 12y ago
      As a former heavier chap I tend to sit down on things gently just in case they don't take my weight. I would say the full weight isn't down until the phone is nicely cushioned by cheek flesh. Maybe they're dropping down like rocks onto the phone resulting in sudden stresses rather than a (relatively) more gradual stress iPhone 4s and 5s, frequently in back pocket with nothing more small scrapes/scratches on the edges from being occasionally butter-fingered
praseodym 12y ago
The article has been updated to say front or back trouser pockets, I quote: "Even the most recent smartphones are not designed to be put in trouser pockets - front or back - where they are going to be under the most chassis strain. And this just illustrates the fact that the public's desire for manufacturers to strive for ever thinner and lighter devices means that we are getting ever more fragile devices.

They mean back pockets, which while still ridiculous, is much more understandable than just saying pockets. If your phone is bending in your front pockets then there is a much more serious problem.

NDizzle 12y ago

The phones have been bending while in peoples front pockets. Imagine the posture you have while driving a car and the phone in your pocket. Now, I can't recall the last time I drove with any phone in my pocket (that is what the cup holder is for - phones) so I'm not too worried about it, but it's still interesting. Has there been any news about the Samsung Note 1/2/3 bending?!

Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
The Notes are plastic. They'd flex but would be unlikely to deform in any permanent way unless held like that for a long time I'd imagine.
Pxtl 12y ago
I have a lot of bones to pick with Samsung, but one thing they excel at is rugged devices. They use hardy materials and thick glass. I have a 3-year-old device that's incredibly slippery and have dropped it hundreds of times without a scratch on the glass. For comparison, I shattered a Moto G inside of a month.

Pxtl 12y ago

I think collectively people are used to the idea that back pocket storage of your phone is unsafe and you're going to crush it and damage it. Front pocket seems to be the expected place to keep one.

bananaj 12y ago
I have always kept both my iPhone 4 and then my iPhone 5 in my back pocket (usually in a case). I have very regularly sat on both on a variety of surfaces and have never had any problems. I weigh about 150lbs. I've not bought an iPhone 6 yet specifically because I'm worried it will be too big for my back pocket.
- Pxtl 12y ago
  Oh? I'm always seeing these tiny teenaged girls with cracked phones saying "I sat on it" which confuses me because it seems like they'd take that well. Thanks for confirming my confusion.
  - corobo 12y ago
    As a former heavier chap I tend to sit down on things gently just in case they don't take my weight. I would say the full weight isn't down until the phone is nicely cushioned by cheek flesh. Maybe they're dropping down like rocks onto the phone resulting in sudden stresses rather than a (relatively) more gradual stress iPhone 4s and 5s, frequently in back pocket with nothing more small scrapes/scratches on the edges from being occasionally butter-fingered

praseodym 12y ago

The article has been updated to say front or back trouser pockets, I quote: "Even the most recent smartphones are not designed to be put in trouser pockets - front or back - where they are going to be under the most chassis strain. And this just illustrates the fact that the public's desire for manufacturers to strive for ever thinner and lighter devices means that we are getting ever more fragile devices.