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As an aside, the video that really demonstrates how easily iPhone 6+ can bend is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3Ds6uf0Yg https://www.youtube.com/w

by selmnoo 12y ago

As an aside, the video that really demonstrates how easily iPhone 6+ can bend is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3Ds6uf0Yg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3Ds6uf0Yg Seems to have been bent with considerably small effort, and very quickly.

eridius 12y ago
Small effort? According to Consumer Reports, it takes 90 lbs of force to bend an iPhone 6+. That's not small effort. That video just shows the guy was prepared and willing to push as hard as he could. Replace that iPhone 6+ with practically any other modern piece of electronic equipment and he'd probably have damaged that too.
- bane 12y ago
  He did try another phone, but he couldn't bend it. Was he trying as hard? Meh, dunno. But CR should that 6+ was at least 50% easier to bend than some competition phones.
  - eridius 12y ago
    What other phone did he try? Not all phones take the same pressure. But the iPhone 6+ is hardly the weakest of the lot. Consumer Reports lists it as more durable than the HTC One (90 lbs for deformation of the 6+ vs 70 lbs for the HTC One), and I don't think the HTC One is generally considered to be a flimsy phone (Consumer Reports actually says it's "largely regarded as a sturdy, solid phone").
    - bane 12y ago
      The Moto X.
- vacri 12y ago
  In another thread on HN, the CR report was taken to task for not applying pressure near the weak point. In this video, the guy does apply pressure there - one of his thumbs is behind the volume buttons where most of the bent photos show a bend. The CR report applies the force in the middle of the phone.
- downandout 12y ago
  I saw an interview on Bloomberg TV with both the Unbox Therapy and Consumer Reports guys. Consumer Reports admitted that they did not specifically apply pressure to the part of the phone that that Unbox Therapy did. There are titanium reinforcements in the phone, but they end near where the volume buttons are. That is why the Unbox Therapy guy was able to do what he did without much force, while Consumer Reports found it to be much more difficult. CR was pressing against titanium, and UT against aluminum. So, if you apply pressure to the right (wrong) part of the phone, on purpose or accident, it will snap like a twig. That's just reality. Deal with it. That said: if you are more interested in using your 6 Plus than in bending it, buy a rigid case. Problem solved.

by selmnoo 12y ago

eridius 12y ago

Small effort? According to Consumer Reports, it takes 90 lbs of force to bend an iPhone 6+. That's not small effort. That video just shows the guy was prepared and willing to push as hard as he could. Replace that iPhone 6+ with practically any other modern piece of electronic equipment and he'd probably have damaged that too.

bane 12y ago
He did try another phone, but he couldn't bend it. Was he trying as hard? Meh, dunno. But CR should that 6+ was at least 50% easier to bend than some competition phones.
- eridius 12y ago
  What other phone did he try? Not all phones take the same pressure. But the iPhone 6+ is hardly the weakest of the lot. Consumer Reports lists it as more durable than the HTC One (90 lbs for deformation of the 6+ vs 70 lbs for the HTC One), and I don't think the HTC One is generally considered to be a flimsy phone (Consumer Reports actually says it's "largely regarded as a sturdy, solid phone").
  - bane 12y ago
    The Moto X.
vacri 12y ago
In another thread on HN, the CR report was taken to task for not applying pressure near the weak point. In this video, the guy does apply pressure there - one of his thumbs is behind the volume buttons where most of the bent photos show a bend. The CR report applies the force in the middle of the phone.
downandout 12y ago
I saw an interview on Bloomberg TV with both the Unbox Therapy and Consumer Reports guys. Consumer Reports admitted that they did not specifically apply pressure to the part of the phone that that Unbox Therapy did. There are titanium reinforcements in the phone, but they end near where the volume buttons are. That is why the Unbox Therapy guy was able to do what he did without much force, while Consumer Reports found it to be much more difficult. CR was pressing against titanium, and UT against aluminum. So, if you apply pressure to the right (wrong) part of the phone, on purpose or accident, it will snap like a twig. That's just reality. Deal with it. That said: if you are more interested in using your 6 Plus than in bending it, buy a rigid case. Problem solved.