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Has anyone on here got the new iPhone 6 yet? Just wondering if it's as bad as the press make out for bending.
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wish my iPhone 5 bent rather than shattered into lots of pieces when I dropped it a couple of weeks ago
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Samsungs seem to have a habit of crackingt heir screens very easily. I think my daughter is on her third in a year.

So far my HTC has lasted a couple of years, despite my best efforts to break it.
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A lad at work has the iPhone 6 and he hasn't said anything negative about it yet.
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Cheap shit
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What planet is this guy on talking about MOBILE phones
Even the most recent smartphones are not designed to be put in trouser pockets - front or back - where they are going to be under the most chassis strain. And this just illustrates the fact that the public's desire for manufacturers to strive for ever thinner and lighter devices means that we are getting ever more fragile devices.

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Where else are you going to put y our phone? Unless you're one of those people who can't let it out of their hand.
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Apparently it's the iPhone 6+ which is larger than the iPhone 6.
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It's very thin and made of aluminium. Suppose it will bend like any other thin thing made from aluminium.
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Kwacky wrote:Samsungs seem to have a habit of crackingt heir screens very easily. I think my daughter is on her third in a year.

So far my HTC has lasted a couple of years, despite my best efforts to break it.

my S3 survived many drops without any problems until finally it landed awkwardly when my GF dropped it and it cracked part of the screen but that was after suffering over 2 years of abuse. I have dropped my S5 a couple of times with a thud but it has stood up well so far.
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R34PER wrote:my S3 survived many drops without any problems until finally it landed awkwardly when my GF dropped it and it cracked part of the screen but that was after suffering over 2 years of abuse. I have dropped my S5 a couple of times with a thud but it has stood up well so far.
Fwiw I managed to crack the screen on my S3 last week (well, not "I" actually, but that's another story :( )

Anyway, less than £5 from evilbay for a new one, which I have now fitted & good as new.
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StMarks wrote:
R34PER wrote:my S3 survived many drops without any problems until finally it landed awkwardly when my GF dropped it and it cracked part of the screen but that was after suffering over 2 years of abuse. I have dropped my S5 a couple of times with a thud but it has stood up well so far.
Fwiw I managed to crack the screen on my S3 last week (well, not "I" actually, but that's another story :( )

Anyway, less than £5 from evilbay for a new one, which I have now fitted & good as new.
I needed an excuse to upgrade though :D
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Wonder if anyone will be stupid enough to try this

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They have already fallen for this one.
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It's not fat Americans, that's for sure.................
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Joking aside there's a fix for an iPhone 4 that involves getting it hot and then sticking it in the freezer.

No offence but sitting on a brand new £600 phone that's 6mm thick and expecting it not to bend? Beyond daft imho.
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D41 wrote:It's not fat Americans, that's for sure.................
Gordon's Alive?! Impetuous boy!
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The brilliant, and very under-rated Brian Blessed....
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