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Bottom Liner posted:Nope, it's bent toward the curvature of my sitting leg, ever so slightly, not the kind of thing that would happen from a big impact. It surprised me earlier too when I took it out of the case and saw it. Here's a pic, not the best because I'm literally pooping and took it with my ipad, but you get the idea; Oh no a barely perceivable defect in a 2 year old device. RIP Apple My 2 year old car has a few dents in it. loving Ford 
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Bunch of bent users itt if you ask me
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Don Tacorleone posted:Bunch of bent users itt if you ask me get bent
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Bottom Liner posted:Nope, it's bent toward the curvature of my sitting leg, ever so slightly, not the kind of thing that would happen from a big impact. It surprised me earlier too when I took it out of the case and saw it. Here's a pic, not the best because I'm literally pooping and took it with my ipad, but you get the idea; Have you taken it in to check if it's from the battery recall? That's where a lot of the bending was reported--mine did that but closer to the center of the screen, popping the left-center screen out.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Oh no a barely perceivable defect in a 2 year old device. I never said anything bad, just that it was possible and probably much worse a problem in the new phones because they're so thin. I think the 5s are pretty sturdy and would have never noticed this if it weren't for bendghazi.
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Pllease tell me I'm not the only one who can't perceive any kind of curve in that pooping photo?
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Bottom Liner posted:Nope, it's bent toward the curvature of my sitting leg, ever so slightly, not the kind of thing that would happen from a big impact. It surprised me earlier too when I took it out of the case and saw it. Here's a pic, not the best because I'm literally pooping and took it with my ipad, but you get the idea; I have a 5S and I heard this morning that the 8.0.1 was released so I updated it at work. Seems like the loving update bricked my phone so I took it to the Apple store a couple hours ago. Before the genius even tried a software diagnostic, he noticed that my 5S was bent slightly (I never really noticed) and said it was covered under warranty. Walked out with a new phone. I'm guessing that doesn't help you much with a 2 year old 5, but I figure I'd just throw that out there. Maybe some hope for the 6+ people too. I asked him if he was getting any people coming in the the 6+ and he said he doesn't pay attention to the news and hasn't heard of it happening yet.
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Bottom Liner posted:Better pics
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Josh Lyman posted:Does your phone typically lie vertically or horizontally in your pocket? Vertically, screen towards leg in an InCase slider that's pretty thick on top and bottom.
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nebby posted:i'm a huge apple whore but totally am worried they're losing it. I kind of agree. Coming out of WWDC, after seeing iOS 8 and Yosemite, I was thoroughly impressed by how Apple seemed to be executing on a unified vision. These past few weeks have been a real bummer. In addition to the points you listed, I'd add the iCloud hack, the fact that enabling iCloud drive basically breaks iOS-to-Mac synchronization until some undetermined time when Yosemite is released, the naked money grab that is a 16 Gb base model iPhone, whitewashing the camera bulge on the iPhone website, and the 8.0.1 debacle. None of these issues, on their own, is evidence of shark jumping, but together they constitute a pretty lovely narrative. I can't really think of any more ther time Apple has made this many missteps over such a short period. This kind of inattention to detail isn't what I except from Apple.
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webmeister posted:We're going to be talking about bananaphones for the next 11 months aren't we
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Now that stupid loving "Ring Ring Ring Bananaphone" song is stuck in my head.
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Get a case, benders. 
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All this bending talk reminds me of this old gem. I don't suspect many of you here will be familiar with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et9fD8JS_nw
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ShoogaSlim posted:All this bending talk reminds me of this old gem. I don't suspect many of you here will be familiar with it. 
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ShoogaSlim posted:All this bending talk reminds me of this old gem. I don't suspect many of you here will be familiar with it. Given the drama this has caused http://youtu.be/gz_RstNtvIU might be the more relevant option...
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:While I'm not familiar with Hopesfall's material, one of the dudes from Hopesfall went on to form Of Sinking Ships, a pretty rad post-rock project. I have 2 Of Sinking Ships albums on my 6 I'll have to check them out. Hopesfall's EP "no wings to speak of" is one of the greatest collection of songs ever written. Bungeyjump posted:Given the drama this has caused http://youtu.be/gz_RstNtvIU might be the more relevant option... Haha definitely relevant. Also happens to be one of my favorite songs ever.
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Proper bend test using 100 lb. force and four point bending rig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr-lEnPwzAw
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I'm glad to see an official pressure test like this but I'm curious as to how much force is applied when you sit down on something. Obviously not your entire body weight but I would imagine a decent amount.
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Ok so the whole 8.0.1 dilemma made me restore before the "official" upgrade-downgrade fix was announced. Now my phone is acting rather strange and I think it is constantly filling up all available space with Photos from the old iPhoto.app picture merge function.  I have never restored from zero fresh since the original iPhone so I think it might be a reasonable idea to start fresh, however there are some things I don’t want to lose e.g. my message history. Apparently you can extract that form the old backup and import it to the backup of a fresh iPhone, restore that and end up with a "fresh" iPhone with the old message history. http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/03/06/how-to-back-up-restore-sms-messages/ I could also use this to selectively restore some app preferences. Is that generally a reasonable idea or will it just cause more problems than it is worth?
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Haggins posted:I have a 5S and I heard this morning that the 8.0.1 was released so I updated it at work. Seems like the loving update bricked my phone so I took it to the Apple store a couple hours ago. Before the genius even tried a software diagnostic, he noticed that my 5S was bent slightly (I never really noticed) and said it was covered under warranty. Walked out with a new phone. I'm guessing that doesn't help you much with a 2 year old 5, but I figure I'd just throw that out there. It's worth a shot, no matter how old your device is. I haven't owned any Apple products in the past 3 years or so, but when I did, I had an excellent experience with their customer service. I brought my second-hand, third generation iPod into an Apple store because the hard drive started clicking and it had trouble mounting in iTunes. I bought it via eBay, had no receipt, no packaging, just an iPod. It must have been at least a year out of the standard 1-year Applecare warranty, and they gave me a brand new iPod (granted, still a third gen) within a matter of minutes. ShoogaSlim posted:All this bending talk reminds me of this old gem. I don't suspect many of you here will be familiar with it. I roadie'd with them for a few weeks once! I took pictures at shows. They used to tour with Norma Jean and Underoath a lot. This sounds really lovely now, sorry dudes.
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Kobayashi posted:iCloud hack It's not a "hack" if your password is "123456", your wife's name or something of similar quality and then someone miraculously accesses your account, but that'll never become common knowledge. Kobayashi posted:what I except from Apple. The stories of decline and impending doom are as old as the company. Whoever is the leader of anything gets 99% of the scrutiny and the news share. Every single thing you and the person you quoted brought up is the kind of BS that applies to any person, company, movie or whatever if you dig deep enough. Apple is just under the magnifying glass.
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flavor posted:It's not a "hack" if your password is "123456", your wife's name or something of similar quality and then someone miraculously accesses your account, but that'll never become common knowledge.
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Holy fuuuuuck, I ordered a 2.1A charger after hearing that the 6 supports fast charging like the iPad does and it just came in today. I'm charging it now and it's charging up at record speeds  This was $10 well spent!
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Hopefully you got a good iPad charger instead iphone charger http://www.righto.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-quality.html ipad charger http://www.righto.com/2014/05/a-look-inside-ipad-chargers-pricey.html compared with other chargers http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html I'd charge it with the original iphone charger just so the battery can be charged at a lower voltage. Or using a grounded ipad charger (using the 3 prong macbook charging extension cord).
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89 posted:My big draw to the iPhone 6+ is the camera and battery life. Is there really that big of a difference? The camera is the biggest selling point to me. I like the idea of a 5.5" screen, but everybody is so butt hurt about how big it is, it's making me think. The battery life is pretty amazing - my 5 would die at the end of a long morning commute on cold days, the 6+ is around 70%. Can't compare the 6+ to a 6, but it can handle challenging light well. Got this out of the stock camera app with auto-HDR: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohit_saxena/15127870849/ Had my SLR and pro lens, but this was much easier. Not all pictures turn out like that, but I try a lot more with the 6+ camera since seeing that.
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I don't think they should be announcing that Apple is replacing bent phones based on a chat with a single customer support agent. That seems really clickbaity. Has anyone tried bending the phone back into shape?
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So I guess "bricking" a phone or gadget now just means "x feature isn't working at the moment"? 
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I'm crossposting this from YOSPOS because I feel I have made a major breakthrough in understanding what is going on with these bent phones, and where blame should lie: Ive got my own thoughts on this. It seems that when everybody approaches the problem of 'how does sitting down bend a big phone' they think of the phone as being jammed fully in a pocket, with the pressure of their trousers against their luscious, curved meaty thigh bending the phone as seen in the photos. I'm not so sure. I think that the problem is that the phone doesn't sit far enough down in their pocket because it is so big. I think it sticks out a bit and, when they sit down, it is being bent by the right angle formed by the user's leg and torso. Observe the following images: Note how the bend in each is the screen bending backwards. For the thigh curve to do this, it would require the phone to have been put into the pocket screen-outwards, which isn't the way I'd do it, subconsciously preferring to protect the screen with my body perhaps. I expect i'm not alone in feeling this way. But the damage is consistent with my body-bend theory. And, if the phones are sticking out of the pocket? That's misuse. You don't put something only partially in a pocket and expect it to remain unscathed.
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Santas Ainol Elf posted:I don't think they should be announcing that Apple is replacing bent phones based on a chat with a single customer support agent. That seems really clickbaity.
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Piquai Souban posted:The battery life is pretty amazing - my 5 would die at the end of a long morning commute on cold days, the 6+ is around 70%. Sold. That picture is amazing!
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decypher posted:I am not being dramatic or cliche when I say Steve would not have allowed this to happen. Lol yes you are and yea you are. I've said it before but I have a buddy who works HR for Apple and she said the worst part of her job is explaining to fanboy employees that they never met Steve Jobs and have no clue what he would or wouldn't want, especially compared to those that knew him and to shut up and do what you're told. Lol
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Pissflaps posted:I'm crossposting this from YOSPOS because I feel I have made a major breakthrough in understanding what is going on with these bent phones, and where blame should lie: See my previous posts. You're way over-thinking this.
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decypher posted:I am not being dramatic or cliche when I say Steve would not have allowed this to happen. Everyone post terrible things Steve allowed to happen: 
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