(DevinPitcher/MacRumors)
This story has been updated.
Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus appears to have a hidden feature, though it’s one you might not want to test out. According to a report by MacRumors, Apple’s latest smartphones are susceptible to bending out of shape if kept in your pocket for too long.
MacRumors’
report is based on posts by two of its forum members. The first forum
member, Hanzoh, said that he kept his iPhone 6 Plus in his front pants
pocket for about 18 hours.
During
that time, he said, he drove to a wedding, danced, and sat down for
varying periods. Later, when he took his iPhone out of his pocket, he
noticed that it had a slight bend at its midsection.
A
second MacRumors forum member, DevinPitcher, claimed that his friend’s
iPhone 6 Plus bent after his friend put it in his pocket and got into
his car. Both Hanzoh and DevinPitcher provided photos of their iPhone 6
Pluses to back up their claims.
As MacRumors points out,
past forum members have seen similar problems with the iPhone 5 and
iPhone 5s. Those owners reportedly received replacements for their bent
handsets from either Apple or their carriers.
That the iPhone 6 Plus is
capable of bending isn’t out of the realm of possibility. The phone is
not only Apple’s largest, but it’s also one of its thinnest.
In fact, Lewis Hilsenteger over at Unbox Therapy
tried bending his iPhone 6 Plus after reading reports of its
flexibility, and managed to put quite the kink in the handset. Though,
it took a good amount of force for him to see any results.
Interestingly,
Hilsenteger said in his video that he was putting pressure on the
center of the iPhone, but it bent closer to the top near its volume
keys. That’s also the same area where both of the MacRumors forum
members saw their iPhones bend.
All
of that is to say, it’s easy to imagine that an iPhone 6 Plus could be
bent when an owner bends to sit down with the phone in his pocket.
