Fixed that for you.
On come on. It's always user error*!
*unless it's an issue with a non-apple product. Then it's down to shoddy build quality and poor materials.
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On come on. It's always user error*!
*unless it's an issue with a non-apple product. Then it's down to shoddy build quality and poor materials.
On this occasion it can't actually be anything but user error though
Even if there's a design flaw here, you still have to exert enough pressure on it to make it bend. I try to bend the phone in my hands and it doesn't budge, so it needs a fair amount of pressure.
If you wear skinny jeans and the phone is constantly being twisted, pushed and pulled in your pocket, then that's clearly a problem.
I totally agree.
But anyway, I'm kinda happy now that I've stuck with my iPhone 4 as that is about the toughest phone I've ever owned.
i dont view any smartphone as tough, if I dropped any (No matter the manufacturer) from waist height I would fear the worse, I also would not put any phone in a front tight pocket because they just aren't manufactured to withstand bending, poking or dropping.
Duh!! onthecouchagain!! It's a feature, don't you know anything? Whilst in your pocket, the iPhone 5 bends and molds to the natural contours of your leg for greater ergonomics and comfort for the user.
Once again, Apple beats the competition to the market. They are first to do bendable displays! Eat it, Samsung.
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The ergonomics of the iPhone 4S stunk, but aesthetically speaking, 100% agree. Particularly, the white one.
On this occasion it can't actually be anything but user error though
Even if there's a design flaw here, you still have to exert enough pressure on it to make it bend. I try to bend the phone in my hands and it doesn't budge, so it needs a fair amount of pressure.
If you wear skinny jeans and the phone is constantly being twisted, pushed and pulled in your pocket, then that's clearly a problem.
Yeah, but a phone should be able to withstand that kind of pressure. I don't know if the iPhone 5 does or does not bend from those kinds of pressure, but a phone certainly shouldn't bend just because you are wearing skinny jeans. Putting your phone in the back pocket, on the other hand, is just silly.
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Unless it's a Nokia 3310. Then you should fear the floor doesn't break.
You are just comparing to something even less expensive. How much is a ton of hay?
Aluminum is still a relatively inexpensive material. Like you mention car manufactures use it to reduce weight. My Subaru has an aluminum hood and roof....not exactly a Ferrari.
If you made a graph you'd find aluminum toward the bottom. Ton of gold is 50,000,000+ dollars.
Btw I'm not saying plastic is better, just that aluminum isn't a precious metal or anything.
According to ifixit the back of the iPhone 5 weighs in a little over half the weight of a single soda can (which is food grade aluminum btw).
Aluminum comes different alloys at different price points. Certain refined aluminium alloys are very inexpensive and get used in tons of products like pop cans. Some alloys have expensive metals in them for strength so they are used in cars and vehicles. I wonder which one is used in the iPhone...
Apple uses cheap aluminum. They don't use a fancy strong alloy. Aluminum 6061 is what they use and its the most common and one of the cheapest aluminum types. More common than plastic. Aluminium is the third most abundant element (after oxygen and silicon) in the Earth's crust.
I think it depends how skinny the jeans are / how fat the person is. You can't possibly know what kind of strain is being put on the phone, so it's not possible to say that it should withstand those kinds of pressures.
Given that this news hasn't spread like wildfire, I'm guessing that not everyone who wears tight jeans has this problem... probably just the tubbies
(or people with defective phones)
Oh I am well aware of what they use, that last comment about "wondering" was more for the guy I was quoting.
I think it depends how skinny the jeans are / how fat the person is. You can't possibly know what kind of strain is being put on the phone, so it's not possible to say that it should withstand those kinds of pressures.
Given that this news hasn't spread like wildfire, I'm guessing that not everyone who wears tight jeans has this problem... probably just the tubbies
Oh no! Poor overwieght hipsters!
Hay isn't a metal. We are talking about metal and material use to make smartphones. What does it have to do with Hay?
Aluminum cost a lot more than steel or plastic.
Your Subaru has aluminum hood and roof? Damn, you are going to die when the roof starts to bend.
Bad example. The body plastics on that is the same quality as a Ford Focus. It's the Engine, design, and etc: that make the cost. But I understand and agree with your point.
When you're talking on scale of a mobile phone the cost difference comparatively small.
Anyone that puts any mobile phone in the front or rear pockets of tight fitting jeans is asking for trouble, I'm surprised that people can't see this, how hard is it to work out that if one exerts pressure from the weight of a body on a phone it will eventually break.