Claim: The iPhone 6 Plus can bend if placed in a pocket.
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Example: [Collected via email, September 2014]
I searched snopes.com to try and see if this rumor has been proven or debunked but could not find anything. It is about the new I-Phone 6 "Bending" from people having it in their pockets and then sitting down on them causing it to bend.
I've read that the new iphone 6 warps from being carried in a pocket or purse from heat. Is this true?
I've read that the new iphone 6 warps from being carried in a pocket or purse from heat. Is this true?
Origins: On 19 September 2014, Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were introduced to worldwide fanfare. Part of the excitement stemmed from the fact that the new devices were the largest available iPhone handsets manufactured by Apple since the smartphone's first generation was initially introduced in 2007.
Soon after the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus hit Apple stores globally, reports began to circulate that the newer, bigger screen had a significant Achilles' heel. According to web rumors, the devices were susceptible to bending and warping if iPhone 6s were placed in users's pockets - not an uncommon practice for smartphone users.
The reported iPhone 6 bending (humorously hashtagged "bendgate" or "bendgazi") was illustrated in a popular YouTube video published on 23 September. Nearly five million people viewed the clip in its first 24 hours:
http://youtu.be/znK652H6yQM
A number of additional reports regarding "bendy" iPhone 6s have been circulating the social web. MacRumors reproduced a comment sent by an angry iPhone 6 Plus user, who said:
The 6 Plus was about 18 hours in my pocket while sitting ... As I lay it on the coffee table and sat down on the couch to relax from the drive (yes, sitting again), I saw the reflection of the window in the iPhone [was] slightly distorted.
In the clip above, YouTuber and Unbox Therapy host Lewis Hilsenteger says of his bend test:
Unfortunate, but under the pressure of my hand it does bend quite significantly. Bottom line here is it's an aluminum phone, it is going to bend if you apply enough pressure like I just did ... Not necessarily the piece of information you want to receive as owners of this new device.
Apple has not commented on the iPhone 6's susceptibility to bending; it is not clear whether the devices are unusually vulnerable to warping if placed in pockets.
Tech reporters surmise that the phones' thinner, aluminum-based profile and larger surface create weakened resistance to force and may support the notion that iPhone 6s bend more easily that earlier models. Concerned owners of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are advised to invest in a case to protect their investment.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/info/news/iphone6bend.asp#ziv2Z5bFQoz6mUvQ.99
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