Apple's flagship smartphones of 2014, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, created a big hype in the market as the handsets bent under pressure, which came to be known as the iPhone bendgate issue. Apple has released the successors to the phones, the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus, and now the question arises if there will be a bendgate 2.0.
Many users of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus complained that their handset slightly bent easily. Keeping and carrying the iPhone in the back pocket, which applied moderate pressure on the phone, was believed to be one of the reasons for the bendgate issue.
Many users complained about the bendgate issue and a number of online videos also demonstrated how the iPhones bent easily with moderate pressure.
"I bought my iPhone 6 about one month ago, and recently I noticed it is a little bent. It's not a big issue and the phone still works it just looks really weird and I'm worried it might get worse. I didn't put the phone in my back pocket at all or try to bend it in any way so I'm pretty sure it's not my fault," complained a user in an Apple forum.
However, Apple seems to have addressed the bending issue with the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus models. The current-generation iPhones have been made with stronger 7000 Series aluminum, which will resolve the issue. The iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus are also about 0.2mm thicker than their predecessors. Apple has also used a new technique in manufacturing the screens of the iPhones that should prevent bending.
YouTube channel FoneFox has also subjected the new iPhone 6s Plus to a number of pressure tests to see if the bendgate issue persists or not.
In the video, in an attempt to bend the iPhone 6s Plus, moderate to high pressure was applied to the middle of the handset. The smartphone bent slightly under high pressure but it went back to the normal shape following the test.
Another person joined in and each pulled one side of the handset. In this situation the new iPhone bent; however, such a pressure is unlikely to occur even if the mobile phone is in a user's back pockets.
From the test, it seems that Apple has done its homework in making the new iPhones more sturdy in comparison to the previous iterations.
Check out the bend test video of the iPhone 6s Plus.
