Can the iPhone 6 bend in your pocket?
The flaw in the smartphone’s build has created an uproar amongst its users
Only after three days of it hitting the Apple stores, complaints have come flooding in regarding the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, for the smartphone’s body bends under pressure.
The flaw in the smartphone’s build has created uproar amongst its users. The social media is flooded with the pictures of the warped smartphone, with all posts hash-tagged as #bendgate.
New iPhone feature: it's bendy! #bendgate pic.twitter.com/yuySrBj749
— Lena DeFlores (@NafeesaTV) September 24, 2014So it turns out that if you put a really big phone in really tight jeans and sit down for a really long time... it will bend :-0 #bendgate
— GlampingSite (@GlampingSite) September 24, 2014there i fixed it #bendgate pic.twitter.com/TB0Y8NiQLW
— Trends (@Trendinfluencer) September 24, 2014The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which sport a sleek aluminium body, are reportedly weak, and bend under pressure at the top end, near the volume rocker area. One iPhone 6 Plus user, even performed a bend test on the smartphone to demonstrate the new iPhone's built flaw, which according to his test does bend when put under a certain amount of pressure.
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