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After conducting bend tests on a handful of phones, Consumer Reports found that even though the iPhone 6 was easier to bend than most phones tested, #Bendgate is overblown.
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Like it was mentioned, their testing methodology is wrong, not to mention I'm' sure CR gets a nice little undercut from corporations when they "test" things.
Like it was mentioned, their testing methodology is wrong, not to mention I'm' sure CR gets a nice little undercut from corporations when they "test" things.
No, they don't
I am betting they do.
My parents used to buy stuff based on CR.. and after 4-5 pieces of crap, they started buying other stuff.
Yeah.. no payment for ratings going on there.
I am betting they do.
My parents used to buy stuff based on CR.. and after 4-5 pieces of crap, they started buying other stuff.
Yeah.. no payment for ratings going on there.
Disagree. iPhone6 took 70lbs of force to bend. Mmm like someone sitting on it?#Bendgate is overblown.
the weak point...the weak point...the weak point...keep mulling that one over until you understand what it meansYeah but they are trying to bend it directly in the middle not towards the top at the weak point where the buttons are...
I'd like to see you post any kind of citation proof whatsoever. Since I started reading ConsumerReports in the Mid-80's they have said that they don't accept any money from advertisers or manufactures and they purchase all products tested. They've also been around since the 1930's, don't you think if there was something scandalous going on after all of that time someone would have mentioned it?
Here's mine:
"Since its first issue in 1936, Consumer Reports (CR) has never accepted paid ads. Free from the pressures of advertisers and commercial influence, Consumer Reports has tackled some of the toughest safety issues of the time, evaluating new products and technologies and warning about potential dangers."
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/about-us/history/index.htm
"Most significant, and unlike most other publications, we buy everything we test."
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...the-ratings/testing/appliances-home/index.htm
Every single product I've purchased in the last 30 years based on their ratings I've been very happy with, and I know I'm not the only one. I'm middle aged and have only owned 2 cars in my lifetime.
I really hate Consumer Reports...
I used their data to purchase a dishwasher. The model I got was total crap, and the model I had been considering prior to reading the CR issue turned out to be good.
Yea... one sample... but I know of a few other people with disdain for CR due to similar experiences. In fact - I don't personally know of anyone who thought CR was helpful. They're all just pissed... and stopped subscribing.
I can use CR as data, but when I do, I'm going to be considering the possibility that their work is either compromised, handled incompetently, or just limited in its usefulness due to an incomplete type of data collection.
Working in the cellphone repair industry I have seen plenty of bent iPhone 5's (4's usually break at the antenna bands rather than bend the entire frame)... Most were under somewhat "extreme" conditions I admit but nonetheless I expect to see a far higher percentage of bent IP6/6+'s in the future based on the stress tests... If they are OCD I hope they have insurance (not really)... Frame swaps are pricey .
Disagree. iPhone6 took 70lbs of force to bend. Mmm like someone sitting on it?
Compare that to the iPhone 5 that took nearly double that at 130lb.
Then how about people quit sitting on their God Damned phone? How hard is it? Hold it. Put it in a case on your belt. Plenty of options over sitting on it.
If you put a phone in your back pocket and sit down, and it comes out bent, that is the person's fault. Fuck sitting on it. That is a stupid thing to do with any phone.
My daughter did that with her S4, and cracked the screen. I said don't sit on it, idiot. She quit doing that when she got her new phone and no more problems.
Now all that aside..Any of those phones a smart user is going to have in a case that eliminates the problem either way. I just found the "test" they did extremely dishonest.
Yeah but they are trying to bend it directly in the middle not towards the top at the weak point where the buttons are...
No, they don't
This wouldn't be an issue IF it was just a couple of phones. Most people who buy iPhones do not abuse them, so if it can be bent just by the pressure in your pocket when you sit down.....there's an issue.
To channel Steve Jobs.....You are putting it in your pocket wrong.
This wouldn't be an issue IF it was just a couple of phones. Most people who buy iPhones do not abuse them, so if it can be bent just by the pressure in your pocket when you sit down.....there's an issue.