Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge as Bendable as iPhone 6 Plus, More Likely to Break: Report

The famous bendgate videos and memes may just
start doing the rounds of the Internet again, and
this time it's not Apple and its new larger iPhone
models that are the butt of the joke. SquareTrade,
an extended warranty service provider for
consumer electronics, has come out with a video
showing the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge being put
through a bend test alongside the iPhone 6 Plus
and HTC One M9 .
The video shows that the Galaxy S6 Edge bends
as much iPhone 6 Plus; though the former's
screen broke due to excessive pressure applied,
something that was not reported for the Apple's
biggest iPhone last year. The approximately 2-
minute video also shows the HTC's new flagship
put under bend test.
According to SquareTrade, the iPhone 6 Plus
started bending when 110 pounds of pressure
was applied. It reached its breaking point at 179
pounds of pressure. The HTC One M9 bent at 120
pounds of pressure, and that was also its
breaking point.
The Galaxy S6 Edge, similar to the iPhone 6 Plus,
bent at 110 pounds of pressure. The dual-edge
sporting smartphone's screen cracked at this
point, which was not the case for the iPhone 6
Plus. Even with a broken display, the Galaxy S6
Edge worked, and the phone finally broke at 140
pounds of pressure.
Square Trade used "BendBots" for applying
pressure on the handsets under tests, a method
that detects how much bending and breaking a
smartphone can handle. It is claimed to simulate
forces similar to sitting - the most common
bending scenario.
In case of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus, it all started
user complaining that the phone was bending in
their pockets while sitting.
Soon after YouTube videos thrived, showing other
flagships put under similar bend tests to see
whether they will bend similar to iPhone 6 Plus.
It's worth mentioning that after the report about
iPhone 6 Plus bending landed on the Internet,
Samsung was one of the first companies to take
pot shots at Apple with viral memes. Apple later
defended the build quality and testing method of
both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, taking
media on a tour of its testing facility.