Apple’s new iPhones are having an issue with bending

You do not have to be the Incredible Hulk in order to bend the brand new iPhone 6 Plus, and with reports coming in of the larger sized latest generation smartphone from Apple actually bending even when placed in the front pocket of your pants or jeans, another question arises, can the iPhone 6 Plus actually bend using one’s bare hands alone? The outcome to that question can be seen on YouTube. While the iPhone 6 Plus ends up being noticeably bent near the buttons, making this one painful experiment, the entire ordeal would require a fair amount of effort from the handset’s owner. Of course, you are not going to sweat buckets while you are at it, but it will eventually get out of shape after a while.

It’s been on shelves for a matter of days, but some iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users are complaining of a major design flaw that sees the smartphone body bend under pressure. Photos have begun appearing online showing distinctly bent aluminium devices, with complaints that the new iterations of the iPhone, which feature a thinner and larger aluminium body, are unable to stand up to the wear and tear of staying in a pocket. Apple users have taken to the MacRumors forum to complain about the design flaw, which seems to affect the device at the top end near the volume buttons. One user, hanzoh, posted an image of a bent iPhone 6 Plus, complaining that the device warped after roughly 18 hours in his pocket. This post was followed by similar images from other forum users complaining of the same problem, and Twitter has since lit up with talk of “bend-gate” and pictures of unintentionally curved iPhones. One dedicated iPhone 6 Plus owner even posted a video showing how quickly the device could be bent when pressure was applied. Cult of Mac reports the issue is not a new one, saying that similar problems emerged after the launches of the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S. The site has also posted images of bent chassis from Samsung, Sony, HTC, BlackBerry and Oppo.