In the wake of the uproar that followed last week’s purported iPhone 6 Plus pliability problem, some people have apparently taken it upon themselves to go into Apple Stores and bend iPhones. And while it pains us that this even needs to be said, guys, please: Breaking private property doesn’t prove anything. Except that you’re an asshole.
That sums it up for me.
Even an asshole serves a purpose. Not so sure these people do.
Carrying my 6+ in my back pocket for a week now and it is perfectly flat. Don’t expect it to have any problems.
Jim, unofficial Apple PR, Dalrymple.
I’m going to go in the samsung store and test out the gap screened notes. I’ll see what sort of different shit I can jam in there.
sociopaths.
news flash. man sues manufacturer of skinny jeans claiming the constrictive nature of his tight pants lead to deformed sperms…and hence, his defective kids.
Went on cruise. Sued cruise line because salt water shrunk all my clothes.
Totally unsurprised by this.
Samsung really got their money’s worth with this latest marketing campaign..
Is it still okay to disassemble an iPhone owned by Apple before giving it back to them?
If someone does this and they break the phone aren’t they liable for it?
Some people just need to be beaten with a blunt object, repeatedly. The amount of stupid you see from some people these days is mind boggling. I’d say their parents didn’t raise them right, except the parents will no doubt blame society, schools, TV, video games, Apple, and global warming long before they would accept any responsibility for the actions of their kids.
I’ve got a 6 Plus, fits in my pocket, no issues. I don’t sit on it for extended periods of time, but then, why would you?
I went on a cruise and found that being exposed to large amounts of salt air made me sleepy in the afternoon. I should publicly ridicule Royal Caribbean in the media and on YouTube for making me groggy.
I don’t care if it bends in someone’s pocket or not. I don’t care whether it’s got weak points or not. (I believe all of those things are nonsense though regardless).
But my issue is, why have we become obsessed with having devices that are indestructible?
Why are there so many videos on YouTube of drop tests and the like?
I’ve had many iPhones and have not smashed, cracked, bent or dented any of them. This applies to many other expensive portable devices I’ve owned.
Why have those things not occurred? Because I look after them. I’m sure not to inadvertently drop or bend them.
I go out of my way to ensure I do not damage a highly expensive device, regardless of how easy to damage it may be.
Well, I’ve cracked 3 iPhone screens unintentionally yet. I admit I’m especially not careful with my phones, but it happened by dropping them from my hand or pocket to the floor… so I’m interested in the drop tests. I know many people who made the same mistake…
Kicked the door of my Tesla with my boot. It dented. Tesla’s suck!
Only Gizmodo could scold certain assholes.
Oh, so if I find a 6 Plus in a bar, I shouldn’t try to bend it?
They’re not assholes, they’re criminal vandals. Prosecute them twice. Once for the crime. Once for being an asshole.
Yup.
And for any non-“breaking” damage, as well.
Whenever something pisses me off then I do something to counterbalance it. It won’t fix the dickheads mentioned but it helps me channel that energy somewhere useful.
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Maybe Apple should up their engineering game. Do kids have the force to bend a $1000 phone?
Those drop tests are unscientific. While one screen may survive the other may, in fact, crack right down the middle. This results in a probability scenario that means nothing to you in real life, especially if they aren’t testing enough phones to give you an accurate probable scenario.
However, given your knowledge that you are not especially careful with your phones, you would have faired much better by putting on a case. It is this simple.
Drop tests are sensationalism. That’s all, there is zero science that we don’t already know in these videos.
These are kids. Sitting around labeling kids as a-holes doesn’t say much about us.
agreed. its largely random where it lands, angles, stress points, etc. especially if the same device is used more than once (which they do, because they’re kids).
you’d need a thousand identical units all dropped in a similar un-scientific fashion and do some trends on that data. but that isn’t what these kids do on youtube.
the hell you say. teenagers are old enough to know right from wrong. they’re assholes. and when they drop a brick thru your windshield i think you’ll come around.