> I personally agree. I'm sure they do have disclaimers someware but it's in > such fine print we can't see it. Hardy har har.
Anyway, I guess I'm one of the very few who use common sence. I fully intend to get a 6, not a 6 plus, and take good care of it. All of my devices look like they just came out fo the box as I take very good care of them. Blessings to all and have a wonderful Wednesday > On Feb 4, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Shaun Oliver <blindma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > and that, my fellow listers, is why we aught to be careful about a few things > when we put our new physically bigger, and thinner iDevices in our sky > rockets. > > The size of the pocket, as well as it's location is a big factor in whether > or not your phone's going to bend. if you have it in your back pocket righere > the fleshy end of your bum is when you squat on your dot, is most assuredly > after a few hours going to cause the issue you hope to avoid to manifest > itself. > > do bare in mind that it does take a good deal of pressure to make these > things bend and personally unless it's entirely accidental, I don't see any > point in testing it, putting the results up on youtube and moaning about it, > unless of course, I'm a silly ass. but, I don't look much like a donkey, and > don't considermyself silly enough to pull off a stunt like that. just be > mindful of where teh phones are located upon your personage when you sit or > put yourself in a position that might cause the thing to bend. that's all. > > > Sent from Shaun's iPhone > >> On 5 Feb 2015, at 01:33, Stores, Mary A. <msto...@indiana.edu> wrote: >> >> Hi Chris, >> >> I think he answered it perfectly. Your last comment was that you wanted to >> know if you were being paranoid or not. To not be bent out of shape is to >> not worry so much about it. I know one person whose iPhone 6 bent, but they >> were sitting on it at the time, and it was in their pocket. It sounds like >> yu take good care of your iPhone, and if it's still working fine, I don't >> think you should have a problem. >> >> Mary >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark >> Gilland >> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 9:59 AM >> To: OS X & iOS Accessibility >> Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Let's be totally realistic: IPhone 6 and >> 6+bending? >> >> OK, >> >> No offense intended, and I know you meant well, but I wasn't asking for a >> smarty pants answer, with all due respect. Normally, your comment would >> have been funny, yes, but I am truely seeking the answer to a very >> legitimate question here, and I feel that your message added practically >> nothing to the discussion. >> >> Chris. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Glenn / Lenny" <glenner...@cableone.net> >> To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 9:38 AM >> Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Let's be totally realistic: IPhone 6 and >> 6+bending? >> >> >>> Chris, >>> Don't get bent out of shape over it! smile :) >>> LOL >>> Glenn >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> >>> To: <mac-access@mac-access.net> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 2:07 AM >>> Subject: [Mac-access]: Let's be totally realistic: IPhone 6 and 6+ >>> bending? >>> >>> >>> OK guys, >>> >>> I've heard horror story after horror story about the IPhone 6, and 6 Plus >>> bending. I'm admittedly now a little probably worked up over the hife. >>> >>> I'm probably being way over over paranoid, and normally, I don't fall for >>> crap like this, but I will admit. Out of its case, my new IPhone 6 Plus >>> does! feel very very flimsy. It feels like it would definitely take some >>> force to do it, and I'm obviously! not about to try it intentionally, >>> thank >>> you very much? but! is it more just hife, and just people trying to bash >>> Apple and make a stink? I know that there are plenty of Youtube videos >>> out >>> there of people bending the phones purposely to show that it indeed can >>> and >>> will bend. This said, I have a Pelican protector case. Earlier tonight I >>> tried taking the thing off temporarily so I could show the bare phone to >>> my >>> mom, as she'd never seen a 6 of any sort before, let alone, a 6 Plus. >>> This >>> case is so snugged on the thing that pealing it off the back of the phone >>> literally! almost takes the jaws of life! NO pun to the screen reader >>> intended. LOL! I swear when I did take it out, it felt like after trying >>> to put it back in, I didn't slide it up quite far enough to the top edge >>> of >>> the case, therefore it was a little crookid. When I took it out again to >>> reposition it, I swear it felt like it had bent a slight bit. I think I'm >>> probably just paranoid though. Most likely it didn't bend, and if it did, >>> it would have been so slight that it eventually seems to a fixed itself. >>> Again, I know I'm probably having you look at me and go... Doo'ood, >>> Really?I >>> mean, O? Kayyy. I never said! it couldn't! happen, don't get me wrong, >>> but >>> do you all agree with what AT&T and Apple both are telling me, that the >>> people who did! do this, were mistreating the phones badly, whether be >>> purposely or not? >>> >>> I heard about one dude who literally apparently bent the thing on quote >>> unquote, accident, so badly that the thang literally caught fire! So, >>> yeah... I dunno. I'm probably over-paranoid, and earlier is probably >>> just >>> all in my head, as I'm working myself up over it for no reason, but I >>> wanted >>> to confirm with you all. I never really go outside and am travelling a >>> lot. >>> I never ever put my phones in my back pants pocket, I always keep the >>> thing >>> up on a counter/table/desk when not using it. I also have a good hard >>> glass >>> screen protector over the screen, in addition to the case. So, yeah. >>> What >>> do you all think? 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