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.
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.
don’t put your iphone 6 in your pocket y’all http://t.co/pp8UsWwd9k pic.twitter.com/PLXYagARMq
— ⊀treenz (@katrinalome) September 23, 2014
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.
I hear if you stick it in the microwave on HIGH for 10 minutes, it’ll take out that bend. » http://t.co/XIvNvDfWal pic.twitter.com/BBtT19qGyo — Mikah Sargent (@mikahsargent) September 23, 2014
I put the iPhone 6 Plus in my pocket for 2 minutes (note: my jeans are NOT that tight) and THIS happened #BendGate : pic.twitter.com/qEAUMVqEaf
— Evan Dashevsky (@haldash) September 23, 2014
Wonder if Apple will warranty this kids Iphone 6 Plus?? #BendGate pic.twitter.com/rIYlPzzVpa — The Irrational Fan (@Irrational_Fan) September 23, 2014
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Feature image via @katrinalome/Twitter.