You Might have heard Bendgate? Old news. The latest scandal around the new iPhone 6 — and the larger iPhone 6 Plus — is particularly hairy: Some users are claiming that the new Apple device catches strands of hair between the phone’s screen and the metal frame, pulling them out when the user moves the phone away from his head.
Just as there was an uproar on social media from users claiming that new iPhone 6 bends when carried around in pockets, it remains to be seen whether the new phone’s tendency to yank out facial hair results from an actual design flaw. But that hasn’t stopped social media users from hustling to comment on the new complaint, and news outlets from reporting on it.
“The seam on my iPhone 6 where the aluminum meets the glass is definitely catching my hair and pulling it out,” one user tweeted.
This newest iPhone-related mini-scandal follows complaints leveled a few weeks ago that the phone bends under pressure, an issue that became known as #Bendgate. It quickly became a matter of dispute whether the phones really bend.
Apple has not commented on the latest tempest.
Joke Fodder
And with the controversy come the inevitable jokes from all corners. The Twitter account of the Atlanta International Fashion Week speculated that the hair-pulling habit might be a subtle way to get bearded young men to shave. Another user tweeted: “Congrats, Apple, for finally getting hipsters to shave.”
Others got a little carried away, claiming that the phone is “ripping out chunks” of hair rather than one strand at a time, which seems to be the much more common complaint. A couple of users chided tweeters for concentrating on such a relatively minor malady when some studies have linked prolonged cell phone use with cancer.
“Smartphones are not perfect,” Atlanta tech analyst Jeff Kagan told us. “As such a successful and dominant smart phone maker, Apple is exposed to all sorts of problems and issues. Some are real problems and others only bother a handful of people.”
Not a Big Hairy Deal
Gillette Co. used the chatter as a way to subtly advertise, tweeting: “Your phone may be smarter than ever, but leave the shaving to the experts.”
Many iPhone 6 users, though, were left to wonder what all the complaining was about.
“I have iPhone 6. Doesn’t bend and doesn’t snag hair. Who thinks up these things? Apple haters? Competitors?” tweeted John Wooten, a Virginia-based technical consultant.
“I can report the gap between the front glass and aluminium does not exist,” said Forbes’ Gordon Kelly. “There is a bevel, but the glass front panel is actually fused to the aluminum and the tiny gap you do see is significantly narrower than a human hair.”
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