Right, so why is it a waste of money to renew the contract and get a free phone out of it if he plans on staying on that plan anyway and would otherwise be paying the same amount?
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Apple iPhone 6 [OT]
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Right, so why is it a waste of money to renew the contract and get a free phone out of it if he plans on staying on that plan anyway and would otherwise be paying the same amount?
hitsugi
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Perhaps it is only for the 6+.. T-Mobile says 4-6 weeks for the regular 6, though.. whereas Apple Store says 4-7 days for the T-Mobile version. Wonder what the difference is when making that purchase
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Deleted member 17706
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I was saying that it would be a terrible waste of money to sell the phone and not use it.
He had to have paid a minimum of $200 to have received the device in the first place, since the latest iPhones are never fully subsidized. He's probably paying an average of $30 more per month than a non-contract plan, which comes out to around $700 give or take over two years. He'd have to sell the phone for $900 just to break even, and he'd still be stuck with using the iPhone 5 for an additional two years.
It really only makes sense to use the new device since he's already renewed the contract.
Oh, so people can switch to cheaper non-contract plans?
AlphaTwo00
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God damn it Canada. Failing me over and over again. Apple.ca hasn't moved at all.
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Deleted member 17706
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Contracts typically last for two years. If your contract is up, you can cancel your service without any additional fees. Some carriers are beginning to offer non-contract plans that don't offer subsidized phones. I guess it really comes down to what's available in your area, though.
My 2 year contract just ended and I'm now paying $10 less a month. I'm on Verizon Wireless.
most glass is bendable.. windows shuddering and all. Also remember that it's pressed against the aluminum which is also absorbing some of the force of the bent glass.
I'm having a similiar issue with Verizon.
Backfoggen
Banned
Any case friendly glass covers?
How does this happen to people?
I get that aluminum is soft, but how do you even bend the glass like that?
off topic, but screensavers in 2014!!!!!
hmmm didn't know there were multimonitor ones.
XShadows69
Member
Gonna get this case in a couple of days. If you're interested, I can do a little write up of my first impressions and hopefully a day of usage if it gets here by Thursday.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Got my phone. I forgot what a premium phone feels like lol. So good. Feeling everything. Easy to get back into iOS after a hiatus.
I've juste received the one pictured. I think it's really nice. Slim, good build quality, some nice details and cut out well.
The buttons are firm but it's nothing unusual. The bumper part is from a really nice material, and the glass part is really discrete and transparent.
I really like it for now.
Goddamn. So...is this actually a widespread issue or something? Maybe I'm just dumb, but I'm pretty confused as to how that could happen (while staying fully functional and having nothing shatter).
How does this happen to people?
So UnboxTherapy did a bending video for the 6+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znK652H6yQM
I like MKBHD's comment on it, saying how people are making a fuss about the 6+ bending when plastic phones like the Note 3 bend even easier but it's Apple so people need to make it an issue...
I like MKBHD's comment on it, saying how people are making a fuss about the 6+ bending when plastic phones like the Note 3 bend even easier but it's Apple so people need to make it an issue...
This is disgusting how easy it is to bend.
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Deleted member 17706
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Is it just me or did it start out slightly bent?
Based on that video, I can totally see it bending in a warm front pocket if you're leaning over a low table or counter and into a sharp edge and putting a lot of strain on one particular part of the device. It's probably less likely to happen if it's in the pocket glass-side out.
It was one he was already using and he says he keeps it in his back pocket I think.
He talked about it on the video. It's the bending he had gotten from storing it in his pocket for the past few days.
The 6 can be bent too. It just the 6+ are easier due to bigger size. Just put them into a hard shell case and not have to worry.
Yes. It has to be our fault somehow. Steve died for our sins.
But then you risk cracking the glass, which happened to me back in the day with my 4.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Yeah, and he says it does
Waiting for someone to do this with a 6 so I know if I should be paranoid or not.
And I'm out. I'm not dropping £700 on something that could experience that. Yes I appreciate that's a pretty good amount of pressure (and I think it lays bare the person who said he "lightly bumped into someone") but I'm not risking having that happen.
How hard are we talking here? A case should protect it from cosmetic and drop damage, not be used to reinforce its structural integrity.
(Note: I really want to be convinced, I want a new phone)
infiniteloop
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Bendghazi
Garrett Hawke
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I've put mine in a hard shell case but it was tough pushing it in and now I'm concerned I might've bent it trying to do that. :-|
Edit: tested it by putting a plastic card on the screen and pushing the four corners of the card to see if it wobbled. It didn't, so I guess I'm good (for now).
Maninthemirror
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Did you see his thumbs go white in terms of the amount of pressure he applied?
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I love the 6 bezel. The sides are great for swipes and the top and bottom are great for landscape with the thumbs.
What phone has a bezel that makes the 6 bezel seem like a problem? I guess it's preference but I don't like the asymmetrical Android's that don't have any consideration for how the phone is held.
Oh god, I almost had a panic attack when he started actively bending it :lol
Sucks they have that, though...guess I'll have to keep an eye on mine. I'm sitting at my desk for large parts of the work day, but I'll try to just keep it next to me as opposed to in my pocket.
You forgot the dark middle chapter, "Scuffgate".
gimmmick
Member
Wow. Hopefully will get it's shit together come 6s lol (I'm on the S cycle upgrade).
Which Android phones are asymmetrical? Or do you mean vertically?
Also I don't think the 6 bezels are horrible, at least not the sides. The top and bottom are sadly still pretty tall for my liking.
This is what got me in for the + in the first place, but when it's not on my desk my current phone (4S) sits in my front pocket the vast majority of the time.
ARGH, why! I don't know if I can look past this. >_<
Scuffgate - 2012
You're probably not going to get your phone until at least Oct. 02. Right now it seems AT&T is only shipping out to premier customers. I have seen quite a few people with my exact phone who ordered after me, receive shipping info.
It isn't first come first serve... it is more of a lottery.
AT&T 6+?
TheOhrenberger.
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so is it pretty much just the 6 plus that is bending, or is there a pretty big outcry with the standard 6 as well? This might be the deciding factor in which model I get...
Yeah, I never put my phone in my back pocket, so hopefully I'll be okay with the regular 6.
