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The iPhone 6 Plus Is Bending In Everyone’s Pockets And Twitter Is Having Feelings About It

We will all remember where we were when #Bendgate hit.

by Alex McKinnon  24 September 2014

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Cry your stylish ergonomic tears, Steve Jobs’ unquiet ghost. iPhone nuts on Apple fan-forum MacRumors are reporting that the iPhone 6 Plus, the coffee table that sometimes doubles as a phone, has an unfortunate tendency to bend if you stick it in your pocket under relatively little pressure.

Needless to say, people who forked out up to $1249 for a phone that is explicitly not supposed to bend are a little upset. Consider this harrowing testimony from MacRumors forum-goer Hanzoh:

“Yesterday, I left at 10am with the iPhone in my left FRONT pocket of my suit pants. I drove 4 hours to a wedding, which also involved a lot of sitting during dinner etc but also 2-3 hours of dancing. I left at 2am and went to bed, driving home 4 hours back.

“So in total, the 6 Plus was about 18 hours in my pocket while sitting mostly.

“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 iPhones slightly distorted.”

Dear God. That poor bastard.

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Twitter has dubbed the brewing scandal/perfect embodiment of the concept of ‘first-world problems’ #Bendgate, and is overflowing with personal tales of horror and helpful, helpful advice for how to fix your rubbery phone.

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Feature image via @katrinalome/Twitter.