Apple's response to reports of bending iPhone 6 and 6 Plus phones was that "with normal use," bending iPhones "is extremely rare." Maybe you don't trust Apple on this, but Consumer Reports actually agrees. The viral video of that guy bending the iPhone 6 Plus with his bare hands, and all the other reports, were "highly unscientific," Consumer Reports says, and "we don't like unscientific."
"Consumer Reports wanted to bring some science to the matter," explains electronics editor Glenn Derene in the video below. He and his colleagues tested an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, LG G3, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, HTC One, and an iPhone 5, using a "three-point flexural" test. "It turns out, it takes a lot of force to permanently bend one of these new iPhones," Derene says.
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