The reason the iPhone 6 bends so easily in *manual* stress tests is because your fingers natural wrap the metal case and pull it away from the screen. When this happens, the screen itself plays no part in the rigidity of the phone and the metal backing bends like putty (as can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... )
If the Consumer Reports test had moved the blocks either side of the phone to the edges of the screen, the phone would have deformed with far less force (as all force would've been acting on the paper-thin metal). This matters because the stress applied to phones when in your pocket are uneven and focused on the phone edges.
Apple should have designed the phone in such a way that the metal directly attached itself to the glass and both reinforced each other.
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The reason the iPhone 6 bends so easily in *manual* stress tests is because your fingers natural wrap the metal case and pull it away from the screen. When this happens, the screen itself plays no part in the rigidity of the phone and the metal backing bends like putty (as can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... )
If the Consumer Reports test had moved the blocks either side of the phone to the edges of the screen, the phone would have deformed with far less force (as all force would've been acting on the paper-thin metal). This matters because the stress applied to phones when in your pocket are uneven and focused on the phone edges.
Apple should have designed the phone in such a way that the metal directly attached itself to the glass and both reinforced each other.