Is the Nexus 6P a "Joke"?

[GoodBytes]

I would imagine it's just like regular glass. It all has areas where it's the weakest like the edges. If you ever tap a piece of glass on the edge or corner the whole things explodes into tiny pieces.

Only tempered glass does this (which is what Gorilla glass is). Normal glass is much stronger from shattering when hitting it's edge or corners, but breaks in large peaces and these peaces edge can be very sharp and cut you, like a knife.

 

The manufacture should protect the edges of the glass, here they didn't. If you look carefully at say your tablet, be a Surface line, or iPad, or one of the many Android tablets, notice how the glass edges are protected.

[LukaP]

Only tempered glass does this (which is what Gorilla glass is). Normal glass is much stronger from shattering when hitting it's edge or corners, but breaks in large peaces and these peaces edge can be very sharp and cut you, like a knife.

 

The manufacture should protect the edges of the glass, here they didn't. If you look carefully at say your tablet, be a Surface line, or iPad, or one of the many Android tablets, notice how the glass edges are protected.

The main point of tempered glass isnt actually the fact it shatters into pieces, but that its extremely scratch resistant, and very impact resistant as well, except for its weakpoints, which in this case are its edges, or any other high curvature area

[GoodBytes]

The main point of tempered glass isnt actually the fact it shatters into pieces, but that its extremely scratch resistant, and very impact resistant as well, except for its weakpoints, which in this case are its edges, or any other high curvature area

When I talk about "durable" I mean knocking it on the side. Normal glass with just chip the corner it got hit (of course, if you hit it really hard, it will break regardless). But tempered glass will shatter or crack.

[kuzimins]

They were such small scratches though like its kinda sad how it worked

Not really small considering how thin the glass is.

[kuzimins]

You have a circuit board and battery on the way. The screen should not crack like that. The screen was just scratched. And I am not even sure it is because it was scratched, probably found a week spot by accident and cracked, else the crack would have went through the scratch.

 

To me it shows that the Chinese company Huawei doesn't make quality phones, which might explain the low cost for specs they are offering.

I think the scratches did the crack. What else? That same glass is used on many other phones, we would know if it liked to crack itself randomly. 

Also, read this. https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3qtuaj/nexus_6p_does_not_bend/

[Mr_Troll]

if i can bend a flagship 600+ dollar phone with bare hands .... there must be a big problem with the device ... hell u cant even bend the iphone 6 like this.... wtf...

[CtW]

^Bend test on a consumer version of the phone

 

As you can see, nothing happens. The original vid is complete bs.

[Shadohd]

The scratches he put into the screen are completely ridiculous but I was surprised when the screen cracked. 

 

Holding my 6p right now, feels nice and sturdy

[CaptainGazzz]

I find bend tests bull-S, who would treat their product like that? Lets see if this lightweight device will bend if I use all my force. It doesn't reflect any use-scenario. 

[kacper]

Can we please stop with thread names like this? It's tech forum , not some mainstream bullshit journal.

[Arty]

You have a circuit board and battery on the way. The screen should not crack like that. The screen was just scratched. And I am not even sure it is because it was scratched, probably found a week spot by accident and cracked, else the crack would have went through the scratch.

 

To me it shows that the Chinese company Huawei doesn't make quality phones, which might explain the low cost for specs they are offering.

The phone is built pretty well. That was a prerealse model, thats not even close to enough data, most people are unable to bend their 6p, and the we need more data. 

[Techicolors]

my nexus 6P came in today (yes, it does live up to the hype), but i'm not awfully worried about this sort of thing happening. i mean, when will i ever bend this phone so deliberately and forcefully? when i will ever deliberately place this phone over a flame? when will i ever deliberately scratch my phone until it looks like the wolverine shredded it? besides, why wouldn't i treat this phone like it was fine china? same applies for the iphone, the note 5... any of those pricey smartphones. of course bad things happen, or your phone's screen shatters. but that's nowhere near bending a phone like you were splitting atoms. 

 

just take care of what you paid good money for. 

[pit5000]

Im just waiting for the iPhone haters to go wild on this BendGate Part 2!

 

Wait for it...., wait for it......

 

to be fair, the burn test could have greatly weakened the phone to allow for the bend. As for the crack on the glass, I have no idea about that.

[ZetZet]

http://www.phonearena.com/news/FYI-the-Nexus-6P-doesnt-have-a-bending-problem_id75310

 

 

 

 

doesn't bend. that video was a joke..

 

 

 

my nexus 6P came in today (yes, it does live up to the hype), but i'm not awfully worried about this sort of thing happening. i mean, when will i ever bend this phone so deliberately and forcefully? when i will ever deliberately place this phone over a flame? when will i ever deliberately scratch my phone until it looks like the wolverine shredded it? besides, why wouldn't i treat this phone like it was fine china? same applies for the iphone, the note 5... any of those pricey smartphones. of course bad things happen, or your phone's screen shatters. but that's nowhere near bending a phone like you were splitting atoms. 

 

just take care of what you paid good money for. 

 

[Doobeedoo]

Phones should just be made more rugged with solid body.

[Aniallation]

bendg8 m8

[Guest Kloaked]

Phones should just be made more rugged with solid body.

 

The 6P is made good enough. Watch the video on page 2 of this thread.

[D13H4RD]

Here are my thoughts

 

The Nexus 6P bent in that video because the glass was damaged and the heat probably weakened the adhesive.

Now, you might be thinking "What the heck does glass and adhesive have to do with the frame of a phone?"

Well, this might come as a surprise, but the glass actually plays a central role in the structure of a phone, kinda like a car's bonded windshield. If it's damaged, the car's structural integrity is compromised. Same thing goes for phones.

When the screen of the 6P was damaged, he was essentially bending a piece of aluminum, which is pretty easy.

In fact, further bend tests with an undamaged 6P showed that it's just as strong as any other phone.

TL;DR version: The phone isn't that weak. It's just as strong as any other phone. Just don't purposely bend it and it'll be fine.

I'm not saying this as a fanboy. Bend tests are pointless to me and really, if the Nexus 6P was as easy to bend as paper when it's undamaged, then we would have seen a flurry of complaints.

[TechStyle]

iphone bendgate was stupid. nexus bendgate is still stupid.

[MrSuperb]

Here are my thoughts

 

The Nexus 6P bent in that video because the glass was damaged and the heat probably weakened the adhesive.

Now, you might be thinking "What the heck does glass and adhesive have to do with the frame of a phone?"

Well, this might come as a surprise, but the glass actually plays a central role in the structure of a phone, kinda like a car's bonded windshield. If it's damaged, the car's structural integrity is compromised. Same thing goes for phones.

When the screen of the 6P was damaged, he was essentially bending a piece of aluminum, which is pretty easy.

In fact, further bend tests with an undamaged 6P showed that it's just as strong as any other phone.

TL;DR version: The phone isn't that weak. It's just as strong as any other phone. Just don't purposely bend it and it'll be fine.

I'm not saying this as a fanboy. Bend tests are pointless to me and really, if the Nexus 6P was as easy to bend as paper when it's undamaged, then we would have seen a flurry of complaints.

 

a further bend test, showed that there is no difference at all ...

[zMeul]

EDIT: @kuzimins found this reddit thread that further explains why that bend video is straight up BS: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/3qtuaj/nexus_6p_does_not_bend/

I see your excuse and raise you a case (shell) bend test:

yes, the Nexus 6P is a joke, a 500+$ joke

[Mr_Troll]

 nexus 6P second bend test (without fire dmg) :

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3cWVdLqXCg

[xewp]

Regardless whether the phone bending is stupid or not, it's disturbing how the easy the aluminum body splits open at the point of bend. Surely that's gotta be an indication of poor quality material used for the body.

[Stadiz]

Is the Verge a joke?

 

okay its snaps period.

[patrick3027]

The bad news continues for the 6P: back glass on Nexus 6P shattering spontaneously

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Back-glass-on-Nexus-6P-shattering-spontaneously_id75589

Some of the reddit comments:

Well that was a surprise. For me, and the cat. It was sat on a table next to me when I heard the glass snap, leaving a little snowfall of shavings on the table under it. It's now continuing to crack away to itself..

 

Made an account just for this. I thought I was the only one. I have a case open with Google which they've forwarded to Huawei. PM me. Here's my damage: http://imgur.com/3GIJfs3

 

This could be caused by the method they use to temper the glass. I'm by no means an expert, but the method used to temper Gorilla glass involves giving the glass ion baths to strengthen it. The strength comes at a cost though - due to the strong attraction of the glass particles to one another and compression of the whole, the glass develops lines of internal torque and stress, leading to explosive results if the glass is impacted or pressed from the wrong angle. Because most of the potential damage to your screen comes from the face of the glass, they temper it to resist head on impact, at the cost of durability in sheer impacts. To make up for this, most screens (including the 6P's) have a very small plastic shock ring between the case and the screen. The visor does not appear to have one of these.

Ergo my theory: If the case exerts any lateral pressure on the visor, it would take only a very small amount of force over a period of time to develop stress fractures, which would then propagate due to the internal forces of the ion infused glass.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_glass_breakage