Internal documents from a court filing have revealed that Apple knew that the iPhone 6 was 3.3 times more likely to bend than the iPhone 5s with the 6 Plus being 7.2 times likely. The documents of an internal testing were obtained from a class-action lawsuit where plaintiffs accuse Apple of misleading customers about a flickering gray bar at the top of the screen due to bending or flexing from normal use. The documents also revealed that Apple quietly reinforced part of the logic board associated with the issue over a year after the model was launched to avoid "manifestation of chip defects induced by bending." The company eventually acknowledged the issue and offered to fix affected devices for $149, although it blamed it on owners dropping their phones on hard surfaces.

// via Instagram Internal documents from a court filing have revealed that Apple knew that the iPhone 6 was 3.3 times more likely to bend than the iPhone 5s with the 6 Plus being 7.2 times likely. The documents of an internal testing were obtained from a class-action lawsuit where plaintiffs accuse Apple of misleading customers about a flickering gray bar at the top of the screen due to bending or flexing from normal use. The documents also revealed that Apple quietly reinforced part of the logic board associated with the issue over a year after the model was launched to avoid "manifestation of chip defects induced by bending." The company eventually acknowledged the issue and offered to fix affected devices for $149, although it blamed it on owners dropping their phones on hard surfaces.