Apple may have taken Bendgate fully head on, even inviting members of the technology press to its iPhone torture chamber in Cupertino to see just how rigorous a testing the iPhone 6 goes through. But there's no knowing how the iPhone maker will respond to the next issue that seems to be bogging down customers who purchased one of Apple's pair of new iPhones.
Bendgate might be slowly dying a quiet death, but a new problem with the iPhone 6 has emerged on Twitter. And it even has its own hashtag: #Hairgate. The problem first started when a 9to5Mac community user named Ayeai posted a problem about her spanking brand new iPhone 6 Plus ripping her hair out every time she makes a call.
"I'm more concerned and somewhat irritated that my iPhone 6 Plus keeps yanking out my hair when I'm making a call," she says. "Initially, I thought it was the hair sticking to the screen protector. But upon closer inspection, it was the seam between the glass and the aluminum -- hair gets stuck and when you try to free it out, it hurts."
Ayeai is not the only one with this problem. Dozens of users on Twitter have also expressed how upset they were, while many others are having a field day taking advantage of Apple users' first-world problems. The problem, however, is not limited to the female half of the human population, who typically have longer hair than most men. Some users employ the hashtag #Beardgate instead of #Hairgate to indicate it's not just a women-only dilemma.
People are joking about #hairgate but this is actually a real problem. Haha. It has pulled out my goatee hairs. Hurts!
— Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) October 6, 2014
Haven’t had have a problem with my iPhone 6 Plus bending…but I definitely have had facial hair pulled. Consider Hipster Beards! #hairgate — Paul Martens (@PaulMartens) October 5, 2014
#HairGate is very real. Have experienced it a few times myself with the iPhone 6. Didn't know that was a thing until today.
— Edgar Alvarez (@abcdedgar) October 6, 2014
So far, the anti-hipster crowd has applauded Apple for its campaign against the tight jeans-wearing, long-bearded hipsters.
Congrats Apple you found a way forcing hipsters to shave #beardgate — فراس (@DavidFeras) October 7, 2014
Congrats Apple, for finally getting hipsters to shave. #beardgate #hairgate
— Roob (@Pushnoi) October 6, 2014
Others surmise the iPhone 6 was made exclusively for a specific group of people.
It would appear the new iPhones were made exclusively for bald people who don't have pockets #bendgate #hairgate — The Daily Show Couch (@TDSCouch) October 8, 2014
If you buy an iPhone 6, you better be totally bald #HairGate — Dave Smith (@redletterdave) October 3, 2014
#HAIRGATE LeBron two weeks ago-LeBron earlier today and LeBron a few minutes ago in front of the press. #Cavs pic.twitter.com/1GDZuRCh5j — Chad Zumock (@chadzumock) September 29, 2014
Others, still, know how to get the most out of the situation and should be awarded five stars for their advertising ingenuity.
Your phone may be smarter than ever, but leave the shaving to the experts. #beardgate pic.twitter.com/eEbH96bdS3
— Gillette (@Gillette) October 6, 2014
And others embarked upon their own scientific experiments to check out just what the Twitter frenzy over Apple's supposedly hair-pulling iPhones were about.
After rubbing my iPhone 6 on my 1 week old beard stubble for about 10 minutes in a variety of directions, I got a pinch #beardgate — Seth Weintraub (@llsethj) October 7, 2014
#hairgate is real- sort of. This is from my beard on my iPhone 6. I will say that it took several swipes. #ouch pic.twitter.com/rhlPqw4k5s
— Phil Quinn (@philquinn1) October 7, 2014
But not everyone got the same results. The editors over at Digital Trends, all of them sporting beards of different shapes and sizes, were unable to replicate the same results other users had.
This whole #hairgate thing is baloney. 5 bearded @DigitalTrends editors confirm: Nada. Let's get back to #bendgate — Jeremy Kaplan (@SmashDawg) October 7, 2014
However, not all iPhone 6 owners know what's going on. All the fuss over #Hairgate has got them wondering just how Apple managed to sell almost 20 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units in their first sales month.
Apple's iPhone 6 Sales Nearing 20 Million Mark in first Month - Patently Apple https://t.co/NM7nBNIGYZ #apple — #Apple News (@applenws) October 6, 2014
#hairgate #bendgate haha too funny! Love all this apple hate, however over 10 million handsets have already been sold so keep hating! — Darren Rod (@rod_darren) October 8, 2014