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– via Mashable
Samsung is once again throwing fire at Apple — this time, with a video of itsGalaxy Note 4 surviving a “bend test.”
This is, of course, a direct reference to Apple’s Bendgate — a so-called controversy that stemmed from reports that the iPhone 6 Plus was prone to bending in your pocket. A very popular YouTube video helped stir the pot, too.
The Samsung video is called “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Endures the Gluteus Maximus” and purports to show the Note 4 surviving “being repeatedly sat on.” Supposedly, it’s a simulation of a 200-pound man sitting on the phone “several hundred times.”
There’s also the “three-point bend test” — the Galaxy Note 4 is propped up on each end, with a metal rod pressing down on the center. It’s enough to “break three pencils at once,” the video says.
These tests don’t really prove anything, other than that Samsung is trying really hard to make the most out of its greatest competitor’s micro-scandal.
Apple was quick to rebuff the Bendgate allegations last week, saying that a bend in the iPhone 6 is an “extremely rare” occurrence.
Ironically, Samsung might be prepping to deal with its own miniature scandal. In Korea, there have been reports of a so-called “Gapgate,” and this time, it’s all about a gap between the phone’s screen and metal casing.
– via Tech Crunch
Apple has responded to the various reports of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus bending, saying that it’s “extremely rare,” and that in fact, only nine people out of all the customers that bought devices thus far have complained. That would presumably mean nine out of the well over 10 million that have sold thus far.
Apple noted to TechCrunch that under normal use, the problem rarely occurs, which is in contrast to the demonstration videos hitting YouTube showing users deliberately trying to deform their devices in extremely artificial circumstances. Since the first reports had emerged, mostly in forum posts on Apple enthusiast sites, others including Wired contributor Mat Honan have also come forward noting that their devices had warped somewhat.
Apple also added that the newest iPhones are built with “steel/titanium inserts” to “reinforce stress locations,” and that they use “the strongest glass in the industry” in order to prevent any problems like those described. In addition to the use of high-quality materials, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus also underwent ample testing to ensure they can endure bending, sitting, torsion and other kinds of stress, even over prolonged periods, throughout their design and development.
– via The Verge
Apple’s newest iPhones are on sale, which means it’s time — once again — for iFixit to tear them to pieces. It’s not doing this in malice, but to determine how good (or bad) a job Apple’s done at letting people repair them, as well as to note changes in how the company puts its devices together.
As was to be expected, the larger iPhone — the iPhone 6 Plus — brings with it a far larger battery; 2,915 mAh to be precise, or close to twice the one found in last year’s iPhone 5S. Per the markings on Apple’s A8 chip,iFixit surmises that Apple ended up putting in 1GB of RAM this time, something the company doesn’t advertise, but that makes a marked difference in the amount of data apps or browser tabs can keep open at once. Some were hoping for more. Other findings include a change in location for the vibration motor just to the right of the battery, an LTE modem from Qualcomm, NFC chip from NXP, and flash memory from SK Hynix. The phase-detection autofocus camera is labeled “DNL432 70566F MKLAB.”
GETTING THE BATTERY OUT OF THE 6 IS NOT EASY
Along with the 6 Plus, iExperts (hosted on iFixit) are also doing a teardown of the smaller iPhone 6, which required mangling the smaller 1,810 mAh battery to get it detached. A more complete teardown of the phone is coming later.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus go on sale today after being introduced by Apple last week. The phones are the largest Apple’s ever made, and likely set to be the company’s best-selling. At the beginning of this week, Apple said that preorders in the first 24 hours topped 4 million, though the company did not go into specifics about which one was the better seller.
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