Mikey Campbell
As part of its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus ad blitz, Apple recently purchased prominent ad space in major print publications emblazoned with "actual size" images of the new hardware, giving readers a taste of what to expect from the enlarged devices.
As noted by The Mac Observer on Tuesday, the back cover of this month's "Rolling Stone" magazine sports the new iPhone 6 ad, which seen can be seen above overlaid by two real iPhones.
The tagline reads "Actual sizes" and, according to the publication, are actually the same size as the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 plus. With early adopters still gathered at Apple Stores around the country, interested customers may have yet to see the devices up close. As such, the new ad could be one of the first tangible experiences for potential buyers.
Apple's latest iPhones are the largest to come out of Cupertino, with the iPhone 6 boasting a 0.7-inch increase over last year's iPhone 5s screen, while the 6 Plus adds a massive 1.5 inches of real estate.
While critics have largely lauded the expanded iPhone display sizes, some users are complaining of bending attributed to the ultra-thin design and expansive aluminum chassis. It should be expected that a hollowed-out 7.1-millimeter case may bend when proper force is applied, however, as would any product crafted from a similar lightweight material.
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Are you guys seriously going to keep inserting a reference to the Plus bending when there is no proof of an actual problem other than a lone clickbaiter? Please.
Beautiful and intelligent advertisement. Shame they couldn’t put a 3D mockup of them on the page (stuck on with that stupid stretchy glue) to let people know how they FEEL in your hand, too.
I think that Apple should make new 6+ ads, and the tagline would be, "This phone is not for retards".
I'm also damn glad that Apple raised the price of out of warranty repairs, because there sure are a lot of unintelligent people out there.
I was actually watching the 11 PM evening news tonight (ABC), and right on cue, there it was, a story about the bending iPhone! They mentioned some guy who had it in his front pocket for 18 hours and who was driving, attending weddings, dancing, driving back, and who knows what else this genius was doing in those 18 hours!
And then, along comes another genius on youtube who takes an iPhone 6+ and bends it, using all of their might, and what a shocker, while their hands are trembling, it bends!
I'd like to make a youtube video of me punching these geniuses in their faces, just to see if they get a black eye. It would be an innocent, little, scientific experiment.
RE: Bent iPhone 6.... Every smartphone (including just about every iPhone) has had this same issue.... http://www.cultofmac.com/297404/get-bent-shocking-history-bent-smartphones/ With every Apple release, somebody tries to find the critical flaw. This is starting to get really desperate.
I think I made a mistake getting the Plus. Because of my vision, I've held a case at AT&T and it's huge. Maybe I can sell it to China and make a profit and just get a regular iPhone 6.