Galaxy S6 edge Bend Gate: Worse than iPhone 6 Plus

Uh oh! What an spectacular month love Sammy had this last March. Seems like April is breaking that aura of everything-happy-and-cool every bit we are already looking at one of the bad news surrounding industry's darling Milky way S6 edge. Latest examination reveals that just like iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung'south Galaxy S6 edge is also prone to angle, and worse.

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge bend... gate?

This distressing news comes from SquareTrade which is a company offering smartphone insurance plans. Naturally, this company is interested to know how durable these expensive smartphones really are. SquareTrade posted the results of its internal testing of Samsung Galaxy S6 edge showing that the device bends as easily every bit the iPhone 6 Plus.

For comparing, SquareTrade tested iPhone half-dozen Plus and the HTC Ane M9 too. The video of this test shows that both the Galaxy S6 edge and the iPhone six Plus take in about 110 pounds of pressure before giving upwards and angle. However, the worse thing is that 6 Plys only shows a bent chasis, while the Galaxy S6 edge ends up having a cracked display. Nasty issue to have sorted. HTC One M9 can take upwards 120 pounds before bending.

The video further shows that to render iPhone 6 Plus completely useless, it takes almost 179 pounds. On the other manus, S6 edge gets completely shattered at 149 pounds which makes the device worse than the bendgate infamous half-dozen Plus.

We accept seen quite a few driblet, water, and scratch tests of Samsung Galaxy S6 edge showing how durable the phone is. Even so, seems like the durability meter goes downward a flake when it comes to bending. Nosotros will, nonetheless, expect for user complaints - as we saw many in the iPhone six Plus bendgate issue - before claiming that the device will actually bend in the normal usage pattern too.

It should exist noted though that this test usesBendBotswhich are robots detecting how much pressure a smartphone tin can take before bending / breaking. SquareTrade claims that these BendBots simulate similar forces that occur when a person sits down with a telephone in the pocket. Let'south see if users go to suffer from this Milky way S6 edge bend issue or this is simply robots trying to make u.s.a. hate our gadgets. You never know...