{"id":37077,"date":"2014-09-25T15:35:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37077"},"modified":"2014-09-25T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T14:35:01","slug":"fight-bendgate-with-our-case-giveaway-rolling-pin-explanation-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/fight-bendgate-with-our-case-giveaway-rolling-pin-explanation-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight #bendgate with our case giveaway, rolling pin &#038; explanation video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News broke this week that the iPhone 6 Plus can be bent very easily. At the face of it that&#8217;s not too surprising, but some users were reporting that their 6 Plus was being bent\u00a0<em>just<\/em> from being in their front pockets! It looks like the longer but thinner design of the 6 Plus is much easier to bend than earlier iPhones and even other smartphones at the same size. In what is being called #bendgate, many users are reporting similar problems.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_F2TgFV5oXg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, #bendgate is easy to prevent &#8211; and you can still keep your iPhone 6 Plus in your trouser pocket. Simply adding a case will increase the structure&#8217;s rigidity, preventing gradual bending and keeping your iPhone 6 Plus in good shape. We don&#8217;t want to see people bend their phones, so we&#8217;re actually giving away 1,000 Case-Mate Tough Slim cases for the iPhone 6 Plus over the next couple days &#8211; <a title=\"We\u2019re giving away 1,000 iPhone 6 Plus cases to stop #bendgate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/bendgate\/\">just enter your email here<\/a> and you&#8217;ll be in with a shot of winning one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/bendgate\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/images.mobilefun.co.uk\/graphics\/productmisc\/48970\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Case-Mate Tough Naked iPhone 6 Plus Case - Grey\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/bendgate\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/images.mobilefun.co.uk\/graphics\/productmisc\/48970\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Case-Mate Tough Naked iPhone 6 Plus Case - Grey\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But maybe you don&#8217;t want a win a free, awesome case. Maybe you&#8217;ve already experienced #bendgate first hand, and now it&#8217;s too late for a case? Well, you&#8217;ll want to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/iphone-6-plus-bendgate-repair-kit-49510\">the official Bendgate repair kit<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/iphone-6-plus-bendgate-repair-kit-49510\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"View larger images of iPhone 6 Plus Bendgate Repair Kit\" src=\"http:\/\/images.mobilefun.co.uk\/graphics\/300pixelp\/iphone-6-plus-bendgate-repair-kit-p49510-300.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone 6 Plus Bendgate Repair Kit\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This handy rolling pin is just what you need to repair your newly curved iPhone 6 Plus. Just place your iPhone 6 Plus on a desk, use the rolling pin a few times, and your iPhone will be completely fixed* and good as new. (*note: this will not actually work. Please do not attempt. Photo shows trained rolling pin on closed course. May be useful for making pies.)<\/p>\n<p>So as you can see, the scourge of #bendgate is nothing to fear, if you&#8217;re prepared.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of the whole situation? Let us know in the comments below! You can also reach us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mobilefun\">@mobilefun<\/a>\u00a0for a friendly chat.<\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News broke this week that the iPhone 6 Plus can be bent very easily. At the face of it that&#8217;s not too surprising, but some users were reporting that their 6 Plus was being bent\u00a0just from being in their front pockets! 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