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Yes, the Galaxy S6 Edge bends under extreme pressure, but Samsung disputes the testing

Remember the hoopla around the iPhone 6? Now Samsung’s latest is getting the spotlight

Bendgate is back! Or, at least, that’s what SquareTrade aimed to reignite, posting a video on Friday that showed the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge put to a three-point pressure test against the HTC One M9 and iPhone 6 Plus.

In this test (below), the Galaxy S6 Edge bent at exactly the same point as the iPhone 6 Plus – 110 pounds of force – while the HTC One M9’s hefty metal frame gave way at 120 pounds of force (the standard Galaxy S6 wasn’t tested). Yes, thin slabs of metal and glass bend under a lot of pressure. Surprised?

The video made the rounds on the Internet over the weekend, and Samsung fired back today with an official statement and its own testing video (below). Samsung’s main point of contention: it’s incredibly unlikely that anyone would ever encounter a scenario in which a point receives 110lbs of force with three points of pressure, and that the phones were only tested on one surface.

Fair points there. If anything, it shows how absurd the whole bendgate saga has been. Indeed, as phones become thinner and thinner, they naturally are less durable – and a freak occurrence could bend or break your device. But how many iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus devices were unintentionally damaged out of the many millions sold? A few handfuls?

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

That’s not to say that Samsung comes out of this looking heroic; if anything, it just evens the playing field to show that both the iPhone 6 Plus and Galaxy S6 Edge are equally susceptible to very rare instances of extreme force. Samsung says that the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge won’t bend at its testing level of 79 pounds of force, which it says is the point at which five pencils can be snapped at once.

In summation: there’s another sensational video on the Internet that shows expensive things being destroyed, but the results are unlikely to be anything like those of you sitting on the sofa with a phone in your pocket. Don’t worry too much about it. Enjoy exciting new phones.

[Sources: YouTube, Samsung]

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Andrew writes features, news stories, reviews, and other pieces, often when the UK home team is off-duty or asleep. I'm based in Chicago with my lovely wife, amazing son, and silly cats, and my writing about games, gadgets, esports, apps, and plenty more has appeared in more than 75 publications since 2006.

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