To all the resident PPRuNe Apple bashers, sitting on their bandwagon trying to blame Apple for the actions of people who should know better than to sit on their phones.....

Proof that Apple do extensive QA on their phones

Inside the building where Apple tortures the iPhone 6 | The Verge



So... will the resident Apple bashing trolls go back to their caves.... thank you.

""As we add more and more features, we have to find out a way to break them before customers do." - they are right.......they have to.

No they don't, they keep them permanently glued to their right paw.

Look - you can see from Mixture's link they are bending them BEFORE delivery!

Seems like there's more than one problem with the new iPhones.

The iPhone 6 Plus has at least one initially-hidden downside.

I just got my iPhone 6 Plus, and I'm already thinking about returning it

It seems like the makers of THIS iPhone 6 Plus critical accessory, are onto a winner ...

What a load of typical journalist tosh.

Just shows he hadn't tried any of the other "large" phones, or he'd have known. If I buy an iPhone 6 (a very big "if"), it will be the standard size.

My 4S does all I need at the moment, including checking WiFi channel numbers when setting up local folks' systems to avoid channel clashes. (It has to be jailbroken to do that since a couple of years ago, when Apple decided users mustn't be allowed to see which channel a WiFi is on). It's known that I'm the "bloke in the village" who can do that, so I get plenty of cups of coffee, biscuits, and 5 minuteses with routers. Oh, and bottles of wine.

I think part of the problem is how people value their money. If I spend 2-3 hundred dollars on something I take care of it. My Galaxy S5 is my first smartphone. Verizon blessed me with an OtterBox case as part of the deal. Being retired I no longer wear shirts with pockets so the phone goes in the front pants pocket. I would never think of putting it in my back pocket. I know what a new wallet looks like after a few weeks.

Why do people treat devices costing hundreds of dollars/pounds as though they were throwaway items?
Us pensioners don't do that.

I blame Uri Geller, he'll be on the news soon claiming it was him who bent the phones.

Who are 'people'?

As manufacturers are pumping out a steady stream of new devices, each touted as more amazing and must have than the previous one, 'people' are encouraged by clever marketing to replace their device as often as possible.

Also 'people' aren't buying devices, they are buying status symbols, fashion accessories and self-image. Look at any ad and you will see that they are not about the device but how the device makes you feel. Ads work, that's why so much money is spent on them.

So blame the manufacturers for "why do people...".

Marketing Spin
 

Apple will put a positive spin on this issue:
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Or try to make a buck: Oh relax! It's what's known as humour, so take a chill pill.

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Duck tape and a hammer are the basic required mancave tools. The iron does sometimes need to be borrowed from womancave.

BUT - A rolling Pin in a man cave?


NEVER!!!

A rolling Pin in a man cave?

Gave yourself away there, Ancient - you knew what it was ! Oh the shame....

Only 'cos he's been cracked over the head by one a few times.............

Er, right. I can remember my mother using one and doing her best to train me in how to use one.

In this age of recycling, a rolling pin is the perfect tool for punching out the metal bottom of a cardboard packaging tube like single malt Scotch whisky containers.

SD

Lets hope no one sits on this.

New MacBook Air with Retina display release date rumours, design and specs - News - Macworld UK

All these modern devices seem to have their troubles:

Now we have the gurus producing figures on exactly how much the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus cost Apple to make. About 20% of the regular retail price. Talk about bending over and handing them the Vaseline. :ooh:

How much an iPhone 6 actually costs to make

Went to my phone carrier's retail shop today to pay a bill and asked them why are they all just standing around with nothing to do.

"We've run out of iPhone6's" was the reply.

They are only worth what people are willing to pay for them.

Bending problem solved
 

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SPECIAL iPHONE TROUSERS will ease Apple into the fashion world

SPECIAL iPHONE TROUSERS will ease Apple into the fashion world ? The Register

Seriously guys.... the joke is getting old.

How about we let this thread die.

- not according to 'The Register' - maybe not the joke?

There is a precedent.

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Welcome to my ignore list BOAC.

As I said, the joke's gone on long enough. As has been explained a million times, its not Apple's fault that people are clumsy and/or sit on their phones.

The Register is notoriously Apple-bashing, so I would take anything they have to say on the topic of Apple with a significant pinch of salt.

It takes over 30kg to bend an iPhone 6, which is only the sort of pressure that you can exert comfortably by sitting on the phone.

Enough piss taking has been taken on this thread by the resident Apple bashers. Its time for to find another thing to take the piss out of because the Apple jokes are really just becoming tedious....

Could someone please thank mixture for his welcome?

I think we are done with this topic.

Time to move on.

SD