Wednesday, September 24, 2014
iPhone 6 Reports of bending, "Wave", and update withdrawals
So if you're into Apple's products, you should have heard about iOS 8, the new iPhones, and most of the "revolutionary" changes to iOS. As a new Android user, I had no reason to buy the new iPhone, but now it seems like I have even more reason not to.(Sorry, Apple fans.)
One of the big reasons why the new iPhone won't have a spot in my pocket is because it will permanently bend if I do. Literally.
The image above is Unbox Therapy's Lewis Hilsenteger bending his brand-new iPhone 6 with his bare hands.
Reports of iPhone 6's bending in people's pockets absolutely flooded the internet, giving birth to the new #Bendgate. As a result, Lewis decided to try bending his iPhone 6 with his hands, and ended up warping his phone. As an attempt to try and bend the phone back, he ended up cracking the screen, which doesn't use Apple's new Sapphire display.
Of course, people don't usually try to fold their phone in half, but even just putting your phone into your pocket, nevertheless putting it into your back pocket(a bad idea in general), can warp the screen by just a bit. Even when the difference is small, the phone's tendency to bend just gets worse with use.
The big reason why this happens is because to cut down on weight and size, they had to reduce the actual metal case with a thin sheet of aluminum. This gives way to a very malleable phone, and ultimately, a bent one.
Although this isn't my second reason why I'm not buying the iPhone 6, this is a bit that I definitely did not want to pass up.
A hoax ad for an iOS exclusive called "Wave".
So users on various websites have spread this hoax about microwaving your iPhone updated with iOS 8. By upgrading to the latest iOS version, you can charge your phone using a household microwave oven.
...Guys, what were you thinking?! I get it, it sounds pretty cool, but looking back did you have ANY COMMON SENSE TO THINK THAT PUTTING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE INTO A BOX FULL OF MICROWAVE RADIATION WOULD TOTALLY NOT COOK YOUR PHONE?!
This is why people go to school, guys...
And my third bit, which is probably why I won't buy a new iPhone is because the new iOS update CRIPPLES your phone.
For some reason, the new update will render your phone unable to make calls, and the Touch ID finger scanner will be glitched up and unusable.
Apple has stated that they will release an update as soon as they can, but did not reply to their complaints about their new phone bending...
But these glitches only seem to be mostly on the iPhone 6 and 6 plus, and is not confirmed if they are on other devices as well.
Overall, this makes the iPhone 6 probably one of the biggest disasters in phone history, probably reminiscent to Windows Vista's various bugs.
So have you ever had your iPhone 6 bend? Have you ever been tricked into nuking your phone? Share this to your friends and laugh as they weep over their freshly-roasted iPhone 6!
--TheGameKiller