CONSUMER REPORTS TESTS NEW IPHONES: NOT AS BENDY AS BELIEVED!

After Apple let reporters in their stress test labs for new products, Consumer Reports has come with its own results that show the new Apple phones are far stronger than what the media has pictured it to be.

Consumer Reports:

All the phones we tested showed themselves to be pretty tough. The iPhone 6 Plus, the more robust of the new iPhones in our testing, started to deform when we reached 90 pounds of force, and came apart with 110 pounds of force. With those numbers, it slightly outperformed the HTC One (which is largely regarded as a sturdy, solid phone), as well as the smaller iPhone 6, yet under performed some other smart phones.

Throughout most of our test, the LG G3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 3 bent, then recovered completely from each step up in force. But at 130 pounds, the case of the G3 fractured. At 150 pounds of force, the Note 3′s screen splintered and it stopped working.

Results of Consumer Reports smart phone bend test

	Deformation	Case separation
HTC One (M8)	70 pounds	90 pounds
Apple iPhone 6	70 pounds	100 pounds
Apple iPhone 6 Plus	90 pounds	110 pounds
LG G3	130 pounds	130 pounds
Apple iPhone 5	130 pounds	150 pounds
Samsung Galaxy Note 3	150 pounds	150 pounds

source: Consumer Reports

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