The concept has been artificially created by handset makers

Oct 13, 2014 09:31 GMT  ·  By

Although there’s some truth in the fact that all smartphones bend if enough pressure is applied to them, it’s also true that smartphones have been made to be bent by users.

I can agree that in some circumstances some smartphones could bend, but only in special circumstances that in no way should become the standard, otherwise it becomes an issue.

Most handset makers have quality standards that they have to meet with their products, and solidity of a smartphone is certainly one of them.

The iPhone 6 Plus seems to have a lower tolerance to pressure, which is why it will bend easier than other smartphones available on the market. There may be other handsets that bend even easier than the iPhone 6 Plus, but they are not as important as Apple’s smartphone so no one is writing about them.

There’s no doubt about it, all smartphones bend if enough pressure is applied, but each of them has its own tolerance value. Some have it higher, some lower. When a smartphone bends easier than another, it doesn’t mean it’s faulty; it simply means that the handset maker developed that device to tolerate a certain pressure that shouldn’t be applied on it in normal conditions.

Some smartphones bend easier than others and there's nothing wrong with that

If you decide that you want to put your phone in the back pocket and sit on it, then it’s your choice; but if you weigh enough to make it bend, it really is your own fault.

If you want to check how hard your phone is to bend, then again, you shouldn’t cry out that your smartphone is too easy to bend in comparison with another one.

It’s obvious that each handset maker uses different materials and different designs for its products. Some will of course bend easier, while others will barely bend at all.

Let’s take the Galaxy Note 4. Samsung published a few videos showing how solid the phablet is in comparison with other devices available on the market, like the iPhone 6 Plus.

A few days later a video showing that Samsung Galaxy Note 4 does bend as well popped up on the Internet. However, in order to bend the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, you need to apply double the pressure you would apply to the iPhone 6 Plus. In addition, you could bend the Galaxy Note 4 back to original form without ruining the phone’s chassis or display.

On the other hand, the Galaxy Note 3 is much sturdier than the Galaxy Note 4, even though the latter is the first Note phablet to feature a metal frame.

Smartphones haven't been made to be bent

It’s just how things are and there’s no way to tell how easy a smartphone will bend. There are so many things you need to take into consideration in order to establish why a smartphone bends easier than others, that we better leave it that way.

In some cases it might be the material used by the manufacturer, the positioning of the battery or the chassis. The frame might be another thing to be considered, or even some flaws in design, though I don’t recall this happening with a high-end smartphone.

The #Bendgate issue has been artificially created by Apple’s competitors, which thought it would gain a lot of fans by advertising their products on a false problem.

Now that we know that the iPhone 6 Plus bends easier than Samsung Galaxy Note 4 does, can we finally move on? It’s not like iPhone fans would willingly start bending their smartphones just to prove themselves that they can.

And for those who did test how solid the iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and other smartphones are, here is a nice quote from a short statement offered by Foxconn’s CEO Terry Gou: “Hands are made to shake hands, not for bending.”