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Reports claim ‘a small but growing number’ of iPhone 6 Plus handsets bend when placed in a back pocket. The unintended extra feature has been dubbed ‘bend gate’. Thinner design and aluminium casing of the larger phone causes the issue. An Apple support employee has said the firm may replace bent devices, but added it would be up to individual stores, on a case-by-case basis. The next-generation Apple smartphones launched on Friday. Apple for the time being has not yet commented on the reports. Though during the web chat, The Next Web journalist asked if a ‘bent enclosure occurring during normal use’ would be covered by a warranty. The support employee, replied: ‘That is 100 per cent up to the Genius you speak with at the store.’ A Genius is an Apple employee (stock image) who works in stores.

The thinner design of the 5.5-inch phone and the use of aluminium on the frame will cause the new iPhone 6 Plus to bend if pressure is applied.

This isn’t the first time iPhone frames have bent or warped and the issue isn’t unique to Apple. Reports in 2012 claimed that the iPhone 5 had similar frame weaknesses. The iPhone 5S release was met with similar complaints. Samsung devices are also vulnerable, and the Galaxy S4 in particular was found to bend. Samsung devices are also vulnerable, and the Galaxy S4 in particular was found to bend under pressure, as did Sony’s Xperia Z1.

Apple issued a statement advising customers should ‘avoid gripping [the phone] in the lower left corner’ when making or receiving a call, which was met with even more complaints.