Iphone 6
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I got my new IPhone 6 yesterday. Very happy with it so far. I traded in my 5s that was 6 months old, they gave me $350 for it so made the upgrade make sense since that cost me $299.
First you are not going to break this thing by sitting on it. The back is metal still and you would really have to put some serious force on it to bend it. If people are breaking these by sitting on them they are idiots.
What I like:
Very snappy.
Keyboard is more responsive than previous versions
Screen is much brighter
The larger screen real estate is nice when typing on the keyboard (more space between letters)
Wifi Calling (thank you Verizon for finally giving me that)
Enabling the LTE so that I can do both talking on the phone and still get texts and emails etc.Ehh:
It's still an IPhone not a whole lot new there. But it's also why I like it very stable all my office 365 apps work with no issues.Dislike:
Well as I said not much different here so nothing really to dislike.After attempting to use Android once again recently IOS is where I am staying until Microsoft figures out what the heck they are doing and makes a stable phone.
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I've heard the "bendy" problems may stem from when the phone is hot and under tensile stress. You should keep an eye on it while it's charging or in your pocket for awhile.
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@Rob-Dunn said:
I've heard the "bendy" problems may stem from when the phone is hot and under tensile stress. You should keep an eye on it while it's charging or in your pocket for awhile.
Aluminum doesn't get more plastic at the range of temperatures that the phone could withstand. It would need hundreds of degrees more for that to be a factor.
Tensile stress is always what creates a plastic deformation of a material, so that part is a given. But aluminum is stable throughout the human-withstandable temperature range.
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But what we are really looking at here is the flexural strength of the material. Tensile deformation would result in tearing and a snapping sound that could not be missed. This is different than that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Rob-Dunn said:
I've heard the "bendy" problems may stem from when the phone is hot and under tensile stress. You should keep an eye on it while it's charging or in your pocket for awhile.
Aluminum doesn't get more plastic at the range of temperatures that the phone could withstand. It would need hundreds of degrees more for that to be a factor.
Tensile stress is always what creates a plastic deformation of a material, so that part is a given. But aluminum is stable throughout the human-withstandable temperature range.
Right, but tensile strength doesn't just imply only tearing or breaking, it also refers to bending up to breaking/tearing. This guy seems to think his had an overheating battery that caused his issue (although this is a single incident), which is reasonable. He may have just simply had a bad battery.
Either way, put a hardshell case on it, and you shouldn't have much to worry about.
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Even if the battery catches fire it should not be hot enough to cause the metal to become pliable. This is aluminum, the temps on it are very high.
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@Rob-Dunn said:
Right, but tensile strength doesn't just imply only tearing or breaking, it also refers to bending up to breaking/tearing.
Flexural is the bending property, tensile is really the tearing. Plastic deformation is very different than tearing.
Ever done a dogbone tensile test? It's freaking awesome.
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Aluminum melts at 1,221 deg F
Where as a Li-Ion battery failure can reach 932 deg F
Chances are, at Li-Ion failure, would soften the case enough to bend. But also with failure, you likely to see the screen pop off and other things...
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Well it is still doing well. Been traveling since 6am this morning and had to charge it once with VERY heavy usage. So I am pretty happy
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Yeah, i charge mine at night and dont need to charge it for 30+ hours depending on usage! spectacular. Mine's the Plus, and it's just...spectacular.
