Which new iPhone?

[jyl]

As I sit here squinting at my phone with my glasses on the end of my nose, I can see your point.

I have a 6+ 128GB on order. I wanted the larger size as my eyes are getting worse and I never could type well on the tiny keyboard. My 5's battery is flaky but will hopefully hold-on a couple more weeks till the new phone arrives. I'm selling the 5 to Gazelle which will offset a decent chunk of the new phone.

[Bill Douglas]

The iPhone 6 is GREAT. In fact it's so great Joan Rivers has upgraded hers from the grave Joan Rivers endorses iPhone 6 on her Facebook account from beyond the grave | Daily Mail Online

[motion]

You guys think a 6 would fit in my skinny jeans while wearing white sunglasses? I'm thinking not, so I might just stick with my 5S.

[Don Plumley]

Originally Posted by motion

You guys think a 6 would fit in my skinny jeans while wearing white sunglasses? I'm thinking not, so I might just stick with my 5S.

Pics or it didn't happen.

[jyl]

Well, that's it. Reports are streaming in, it is "bendgate." Apparently if you put an iPhone in your pants pocket and sit on it repeatedly, the phone may bend, and the slight curve can cause it to wobble when placed on a flat surface. Hipsters everywhere are devastated and lawyering up.

[winders]

Originally Posted by jyl

Well, that's it. Reports are streaming in, it is "bendgate." Apparently if you put an iPhone in your pants pocket and sit on it repeatedly, the phone may bend, and the slight curve can cause it to wobble when placed on a flat surface. Hipsters everywhere are devastated and lawyering up.

It's the iPhone 6 Plus that has this issue. And is it any surprise? Anything that big and that thin is going to bend if you sit on the wrong way. Of course, the phone is not designed to be sat on with your butt as a fulcrum.....

[motion]

Originally Posted by Don Plumley

Pics or it didn't happen.

I would never expose you guys to that.

[kang]

Yes, the aluminum iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will bend if put under too much pressure, because physics | iMore

[jyl]

Clearly the iPhone 7 should be titanium.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by kang

Yes, the aluminum iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will bend if put under too much pressure, because physics | iMore

That Aluminum will bend isn't news. The article misunderstands ductility, deformation under tension. The issue is plasticity (compressive and tensile deformation). The problem is in the normal expected operation and storage conditions of the phone, the casing goes into the plastic region.

The design should be such that the normal forces on the phone will not exceed the elastic limit. This is a rigidity problem.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by jyl

Clearly the iPhone 7 should be titanium.

Actually, platinum is even better!

[silverc4s]

Time for carbon fiber..

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by silverc4s

Time for carbon fiber..

Agreed. Or a really good plastic.

[winders]

Originally Posted by red-beard

The design should be such that the normal forces on the phone will not exceed the elastic limit. This is a rigidity problem.

The question is what are "normal forces"? I don't think putting an iPhone 6 Plus in your back pocket and sitting on it counts as "normal forces". The butt can make a natural pivot point and the leverage put through that pivot point can be too much. The rib structure required to increase rigidity would make it very difficult to package the internals.

The answer is don't sit on the damn phone!

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by winders

The question is what are "normal forces"? I don't think putting an iPhone 6 Plus in your back pocket and sitting on it counts as "normal forces". The butt can make a natural pivot point and the leverage put through that pivot point can be too much. The rib structure required to increase rigidity would make it very difficult to package the internals.

The answer is don't sit on the damn phone!

Some of the reports are from being in the FRONT pocket.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Some of the reports are from being in the FRONT pocket.

The front pocket of motion's drag queen skinny jeans - not the front pocket of normal slacks.

[RedBaron]

I love my six; it is a huge upgrade from my four. The phone fits in my skinny jeans without an issue. Gotta show off the quads to the "ladies" at URI.

[JavaBrewer]

iPhone6+ users - avoid pants pockets.

Tab 3 users - you're good to go.

[TimT]

Just get one of these, an LG G Flex, pre curved, 6" screen and flexible..

[porsche4life]

Am I wrong to think that even a minimal case would solve the bend issue? The little thin carbon fiber cases I use resist bending pretty damn well and add almost no thickness. Something more substantial should totally protect it?