"Anon" (tjsielsistneb)
09/24/2014 at 16:01 • Filed to: None
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"Anon" (tjsielsistneb)
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He's had such a hard on for the new iphone 6 and constantly talks about how much better it is than any android phone. He go on and on about how well engineered they are. I can't wait to see how he squirms out of this one.
Mercedes Streeter
> Anon
09/24/2014 at 16:06 |
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I wonder why it took so long to go viral? Bending iPhones have been a problem since the iPhone 4.
Half of the iPhone 4 phones I pick up on eBay (I repair them and keep/re-sell them) have bent midframes. Either bent so much they can't be repaired, or bent so little you can't tell until you try to replace the cracked screen/rear panel.
Likewise, I also noticed some HTC One phones suffer the same issue...It's not just an Apple problem, it's industry-wide. That's what happens when you want super thin phones built with super thin metals. *smh*
The Transporter
> Anon
09/24/2014 at 16:09 |
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My MotoX may be "out of date" because it's a year old, but this thing can take a direct hit from a main battle tank and keep rolling.
bhardoin
> Anon
09/24/2014 at 16:11 |
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As an Android user that just cracked my screen after dropping it (this is the first phone I've ever broken, I usually take excellent care of stuff):
If the screen is this flexible, I can't imagine that its very easy to shatter or break completely. Since I'd consider myself much more likely to drop my phone than to crush it, I think this is kinda a bonus to me.
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Anon
> bhardoin
09/24/2014 at 16:19 |
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The only problem is that in the followup video when he tries to bend it back it ended up cracking.
GhostZ
> Mercedes Streeter
09/24/2014 at 16:22 |
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What's funny is that Motorola had a 7mm thick phone back in 2011, and it didn't bend . They used Kevlar.
Apple is a hardware company that produces software. There is no reason why their hardware should not be the highest quality in the market other than mismanagement.
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bhardoin
> Anon
09/24/2014 at 16:30 |
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I'm not suggesting bending it back, I'm just saying that if it will inelastically bend before breaking, it might be able to elastically yield just enough in a fall to absorb energy that would otherwise crack/ permanently damage the screen. Even a little bit less rigidity greatly decreases the force of the impact.
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Mercedes Streeter
> GhostZ
09/24/2014 at 16:45 |
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I'm not disagreeing with you! Only stating that iPhones aren't the only victims.
The new iPhone should be a quantum leap. But since Steve's death, it hasn't. Shoot, the iPhone is still clocked under 2GHz when its main competition is pulling 2.5 GHz...
I mean, I think it's an awesome phone and I will be getting the iPhone 6 Plus eventually, but yeah I agree, Apple isn't as good as they used to be.
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GhostZ
> bhardoin
09/24/2014 at 16:45 |
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An elastic screen is no problem, but an elastic backing is. If the screen can compress and stretch, it won't crack (which is what you worry about) upon a drop regardless of how rigid the body is. Not to mention that these phones are bending from applied force, not from drop force, which is a little different.
Point is, they could have sacrificed half a mm for a thicker casing, or , they could have used a better material (Kevlar, Carbon Fiber, stainless steel) that isn't as malleable.
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GhostZ
> The Transporter
09/24/2014 at 16:46 |
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Motorola build quality is really underappreciated. I think it blows Samsung and HTC out of the water dollar-for-dollar.
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GhostZ
> Mercedes Streeter
09/24/2014 at 16:47 |
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Apple is now what Toyota was in 2003/2005.
Kailand09
> bhardoin
09/24/2014 at 17:46 |
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Unfortunately, that is also not the case in the iPhone. The screen is very hard , so it is also pretty brittle. Cracks will still occur. Most screens are that way.
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The Transporter
> GhostZ
09/24/2014 at 18:34 |
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My first smartphone was a Droid X. It had an aluminum chassis and was tough as nails. I once dropped it off a set of bleachers 100 feet in the air. When I picked it up off the grass, not only did it still work, it was still running the same app.
smitdoshi
> GhostZ
09/24/2014 at 19:24 |
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^ I like this analogy
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GhostZ
> The Transporter
09/24/2014 at 20:57 |
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I've had an original Droid (the slider with tactile keyboard), which had a few problems (sliders would wear down after years of use, headphone jack was oversized and could get bent easily) that they fixed in the following non-launch generation a few months later.
I skipped the Droid X/X2 for the Droid RAZR, the ultra-thin one. It was just as tough as the X, despite being smaller. My sister is horribly clumsy and had her Droid X ran over by a GMC 1500. It was fine. Not a scratch. Blew me away how strong it was.
I now have a Razr Maxx and it's probably the most durable electronic I have ever owned. Moreover, it doesn't feel out of date performance-wise either.
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bhardoin
> Kailand09
09/24/2014 at 21:47 |
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I know its hard, but it can't be *that* brittle if it can bend as much as shown in the video.
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bhardoin
> GhostZ
09/24/2014 at 21:48 |
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Yeah, I'd agree with that. I guess I was just more impressed by the bending of the screen than appalled by the bending of the casing.
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Kailand09
> bhardoin
09/24/2014 at 22:04 |
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True. It is definitely an interesting material, and I honestly don't know enough about the manufacturing process to say definitively. I just know that I have seen a few cracked ones already (again, not that every other phone doesn't have the same issue).
Honestly, I don't know that aluminum or other metals are the proper material for a thin phone these days, given such small cross sections etc in the frame, it is pretty weak in bending.
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bhardoin
> Kailand09
09/24/2014 at 23:34 |
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Well, per weight it is as strong as just about any other practical low cost material. They just (giving them the benefit of the doubt that they're not just cheaping out) trying to get the device as thin and light as possible without making it too weak. If they really wanted to make it strong and light they would've put some more money into it though.