14 DAY TRIAL // As much as we’d like to think that the Internet has overblown the #bendgate fiasco, a new video has emerged suggesting that it’s actually easier than previously thought to bend Apple’s phablet.
Unbox Therapy’s Lewis was apparently ticked off by the allegations that his original #bendgate video might have been doctored, so he decided to acquire another iPhone 6 Plus, went to a public place, got some witnesses (presumably some random people on the street), and repeated his bending test on the iPhone 6 Plus to reveal, once and for all, how much force is actually required to bend it.
Seems legit
Apparently it doesn’t take a bouncer to bend the thing. Although you can argue that it’s easy to damage a smartphone intentionally, we can’t ignore the Galaxy Note 3 bend test video linked in the clip’s description. Plastic, as cheap as it may feel, apparently does have its advantages when you go beyond the 5-inch mark.
Too much “design?”
It pains us to say this but it does seem Apple bit a little more than it could chew, this time around. Design is one of the primary reasons why iDevices are so popular, but there comes a time when form indeed “meets” function. Could this be the end of aluminum iPhones?
Sure, you could say YouTuber Lewis may be bent on proving that the iPhone 6 Plus is too malleable for its own size. But this time around, it didn’t seem to require much input on his end.
iP6 Plus draws the shortest straw
Consider this. There was once a time when Apple would sell a single, high-end iPhone. The tech juggernaut now has big and small versions of just about any iDevice it’s selling. By all accounts, the iPhone 6 Plus is the high-end version of the company’s smartphone line. For the most promising iteration of the iPhone to face such a fiasco, one has to wonder how it will affect Apple's next fiscal quarter.
Despite having announced 10 million units sold, Apple still has to actually get those iPhones into many buyers’ hands. It must be frustrating to be on the receiving end of an iPhone 6 Plus, knowing that you might one day forget it on the couch and, with one badly calculated move, ruin it beyond repair.
But there’s still hope that these videos merely aim to “warp” reality for the sake of raking in profitable views. It’s still early to say whether or not iPhone 6 Plus indeed fails to keep a straight face in real life scenarios. What's your take on this?
