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Twitter users attack Apple with brutally hilarious photos over the iPhone 6 Plus

Thursday, September 25, 2014
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (Mixfmlebanon/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (donmcmillan/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (moynihan/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (9GAG/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (gadgetloveit/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (ItsShannaMay/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (jperlow/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (CalandCo/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (Candeva_pink/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (ChillNite/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (OmarMohsen04/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (Heineken_NL/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (Doobie_Jedi/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (jimdunlopusa/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (albertmarini/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (micodonoghue/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (NeonNettle/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (SamsungMobile/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (newbelgium/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (Pringles/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (r_x_g/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (seedcamp/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (mrpillustration/Twitter)
Twitter users, including those of large corporations, offer brutal criticism of Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus, which many owners have claimed is easily bent days after purchase. (tutor2u/Twitter)
Apple just can't get a break as controversy over the iPhone 6 Plus only continues to heat up. iPhone fans and detractors alike have taken to Twitter to blast their mockery of a possible design flaw in the Apple device, posting some scathing, yet hilarious, satirical images of one of the most furor-driven tech disappointments of 2014. Regardless of where you stand on the subject, you can't help but laugh at these jokes. Take a look above.

READ: Is the iPhone 6 bendable? Before and after photos here.

For the uninitiated, the #bendgate controversy over the iPhone 6 Plus centers around claims made by owners, saying that the phone appears visibly bent after being carried in their pocket only a few days after purchase. But when YouTube product critic Lewis Hilsenteger posted the following video to YouTube proving that the thin, aluminum design is malleable enough to be dented by pressing on it with his thumbs, the internet just went bonkers. Take a look.


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In just two days, the video has amassed over 23,700,000 in two days, quickly on its way to become one of the fastest viral videos of 2014.



Twitter users have claimed the hashtags #BendGate, #BentGate and the controversial #BendGhazi in regards to the iPhone bending.

Would you still buy the iPhone 6 Plus after all this criticism? Let us know in the comments below.

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