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> That's why I think the 'only 9 people' line by Apple is absolute and total bull shit. More like your coworker is bullshit, or you are bullshit. No, Apple's "

by eridius 12y ago

> That's why I think the 'only 9 people' line by Apple is absolute and total bull shit. More like your coworker is bullshit, or you are bullshit. No, Apple's "only 9 people" line doesn't mean only 9 people have ever seen a bend, but it does mean that only 9 people actually contacted Apple about having a bent phone. If your coworker really did bend his phone like that, his very first stop should have been the Apple Store, to get it replaced, and he would have been part of that "only 9 people" statistic. So either you're making this up, or your coworker is. Also, Consumer Reports tested the iPhone (and several other phones), and determined that it takes 70 pounds of force to bend an iPhone 6 (matching the force necessary to bend an HTC One), and 90 pounds of force to bend a 6+. > the arch on your leg is going to easily create upwards of 50+ lbs of pressure at just the right place Bullshit. If you're creating 50+ lbs of force on an item in your pocket by bending over, you'd be breaking stuff in your pocket all the time. 50 lbs of force is a not-insignificant amount of force. And of course it takes more than 50lbs to deform the phone anyway.

_broody 12y ago
Not sure the guy who bent the 6+ with his thumbs on that video was able to put 90+ lbs of force in them, but it has been noted that there is a very specific point of structural weakness just under the camera that allowed the phones to be bent this way. You can get very different figures depending on where you apply pressure.
- eridius 12y ago
  Pressure from your leg is going to be distributed across nearly the entire back of the phone. If anything, that would make it even less likely to bend.
  - _broody 12y ago
    Still, the CR test doesn't properly reproduce either situation. Pressing the 6+ in the middle doesn't let you draw conclusions about how it will behave when pressed in the weak point under the camera or when placed inside skinny jeans' pockets. Also, that test indeed shows the newer phones are structurally weaker than the 5, at any rate. The iPhone 6 can barely sustain half the pressure as the previous model...
    - eridius 12y ago
      Sure, but the 5 had an impressively high durability. Note that it used glass on both sides, which is why it was so bend-resistant.

by eridius 12y ago

_broody 12y ago

Not sure the guy who bent the 6+ with his thumbs on that video was able to put 90+ lbs of force in them, but it has been noted that there is a very specific point of structural weakness just under the camera that allowed the phones to be bent this way. You can get very different figures depending on where you apply pressure.

eridius 12y ago
Pressure from your leg is going to be distributed across nearly the entire back of the phone. If anything, that would make it even less likely to bend.
- _broody 12y ago
  Still, the CR test doesn't properly reproduce either situation. Pressing the 6+ in the middle doesn't let you draw conclusions about how it will behave when pressed in the weak point under the camera or when placed inside skinny jeans' pockets. Also, that test indeed shows the newer phones are structurally weaker than the 5, at any rate. The iPhone 6 can barely sustain half the pressure as the previous model...
  - eridius 12y ago
    Sure, but the 5 had an impressively high durability. Note that it used glass on both sides, which is why it was so bend-resistant.