What Is Bendgate?

Bendgate was a huge deal back in the day. Bendgate is the controversy surrounding the iPhone 6 Plus in 2014, in which buyers and users claimed the phone would bend in their pockets. This has led to a more significant analysis of the structural design of mobile devices and how users use them daily. Apple claimed that only nine customers had complained about this issue (which sounds like little, but keep in mind that Apple sold 10 million iPhone 6 Pluses in just three months). They also claimed that "normal use" does not cause any bending or warping. They mentioned that other phones were made from aluminum, which is softer than steel (but more robust than plastic), so those phones could be bent too if you tried hard enough, which makes sense! However, a couple of months later, Consumer Reports tested their own iPhone 6 Plus models and found that they bend under pressure, so it's possible there was some truth to what those nine people were saying. Bendgate is a thing of the past. It was fun while it lasted, but now we have new technologies to help us make bendable phones a reality. Engineers have developed a new material called graphene at MIT and Harvard. This material is more robust than steel but only one atom thick. It's also flexible and can create bendable devices like smartphones and other electronics. Graphene could also be used to develop safer flexible batteries than traditional lithium-ion batteries because they do not catch fire when they get too hot. These batteries could also be integrated into clothing or other textiles so that people would never have to stress about their battery dying during an important phone call or meeting with their boss!