Not long ago it was launched, the iPhone 6 Plus has been hit by bad news, which is why the iPhone 6 Plus is said to bend easily and bends easily when under pressure. Based on reports from a number of websites, a number of users of this sophisticated iPhone 6 Plus phablet have warped or bent the chassis after being put in the user's pocket. Not even that long ago, a video on YouTube showed the body of the iPhone 6 Plus that looks easy to bend or bend without expending much effort. Some sites say the weak point is at the bottom of the volume.
Well, responding to the bad news circulating, Apple invited several journalists in the US to see firsthand the iPhone endurance test facility in Cupertino, California. For information, Apple also has an endurance test facility in China. One of the journalists who received an invitation from Apple was Lauren Goode from the site recode.net. Through his article entitled Inside Apple's Secret Testing Labs (25/9), it was revealed that several stages of the iPhone 6 endurance test had never been released to the public. This isn't the first time Apple has invited journalists to its Cupertino lab. In 2010, after the issue of "antenna gate" on the iPhone 4 rolled, Apple was also busy inviting the media for clarification purposes.
Phil Schiller, Apple's VP of Worldwide Marketing said, “Of the approximately 15,000 iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that have been marketed, we have received nine reports about the iPhone 6 Plus. Of course this is a small percentage. It's not right if there is an assumption that the iPhone 6 Plus is easy to bend due to the unibody aluminum casing combined with a thin body." Plus Schiler, the iPhone 6 Plus is actually formulated with a superior unibody construction, such as high-quality aluminum, the strongest screen layer, and components that are fed with steel and titanium.
A true phone endurance test covers many aspects, and based on demonstrations from Apple, only four stages of testing for the iPhone 6 Plus were shown to journalists. This test involved several dozen technicians, as the test material was a mock up of the iPhone 6 Plus with the same size and weight as the original.
Sit Test
In this test, the iPhone 6 is simulated to be placed in a pocket, and is subjected to pressure as a result of being seated. This sitting test consists of three parts, the first part where the user sits on a hard surface. Second, the user sits immersed in a soft area, such as a sofa. And the third, simulated the iPhone 6 in a pocket and in a cradle at the corner of a hard surface. "We've done thousands of times for this test phase, and the results are quite satisfactory," said Dan Riccio, Apple's VP of Hardware Engineering.
Three Point Bend Test
This time the iPhone 6 Plus was tested by getting a pressure of up to 25 kg. Pressing is done directly to the center of the phone, the phone is pressed simultaneously from the front and back. This test is intended to measure the strength that can be tolerated. When the pressure is released, the iPhone 6 body appears to return to its original shape position. If the user puts a lot of pressure beyond the tolerable standard (deformation), then the iPhone 6 has the ability to 'restore' its original shape.
Pressure Point Test
Almost similar to the test above, in this test the iPhone 6 Plus received strong and fast pressure weighing 10 kg directly to the center area of ​​​​the phone (the center of the screen).
Torsion Test
This test covers iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and MacBook Pro devices. The test is carried out by rotating the device from various angles. This test is intended to measure the effects on mobile phones due to circular motion in various variants