The New iPhone Is Bending in People’s Pockets

A #bendgate scandal has hit Apple. New iPhone 6 Plus owners are taking to Twitter to post evidence that their new, extra-large phones are bending after being carried around in their pants pocket. On YouTube, one owner even performed an “iPhone 6 Plus Bending Test,” seeing how much force it would take to reshape the phone with his bare hand—spoiler alert: It bends relatively easily. Thanks to hipster physics, we now definitively know that oversized iPhones and tight pants are non-compatible physical entities …