iPhone 6 Plus found bending in pockets

Dubbed "bend-gate", some iPhone 6 Plus owners have discovered their new phone's aluminium body literally bending in their pockets.

MacRumors, which first reported on the issue, said "a small but growing number" of iPhone 6 Plus owners had reported in their forums that their phone had been bent after carrying the device in their pockets. In one example, a new 6 Plus was bent during a day of "dancing, dining, and driving to a wedding".

Other users have found it bends when only a nominal amount of force is applied.

Russell Holly, a reporter for Geek.com, said he had also experienced the issue.

"Shortly after reading these reports I checked out my own iPhone 6 and discovered a similar - but significantly less noticeable - effect," he said.

"Much like these other reports, my phone had been in my front pocket for an extended period of time while I was driving."

The claims have been backed up by numerous images uploaded online of iPhone 6 Plus models with a kink in them.

One MacRumours forum user, PD13, said their phone bent significantly after they bumped into someone with it in their pocket.

"It was a light bump, not even close to the force that should have been required to bend it," they said.

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"I've had significantly harder impacts to my 4s and never had any type of breakage or bending problems."

PD13 said they used a phone case that wasn't very durable and would be upgrading to a sturdier one.

The new iPhone 6 Plus has a 5.5-inch (diagonal) screen and is made of aluminium, which is known to bend if pressure is applied.

Another blog covering Apple, Cult of Mac, noted that Apple phones weren't the only ones to have issues with bending over the years.

"Any phone made of metal is still subject to the laws of physics, but to reiterate this isn't exactly a problem exclusive to the iPhone 6," it reported.

It listed the Samsung Galaxy S4, iPhone 5s, Sony Xperia Z1, iPhone 5, BlackBerry Q10, HTC EVO, Oppo and iPhone 4s had all suffered from bending.

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