Sorry, not defending Apple, but just to clarify... "bendgate is real"....??
Just because a bunch of STUPID kids see STUPID conspiracy theory type equivalent crap on the intertoobz, and go to a store and BREAK phones....does not make "bendgate is real". Anyone can break anything. I bet they plan it, and laugh about it. It's not about bend ability, it's about being mischievous, and it's wrong to go to a store and break $500 items and leave for fun. This is an issue of purposefully breaking phones, that may be slightly harder, the same, or slightly weaker...but certainly not defective or ****ty engineering (at this point). It's definitely a fad because Applemania is sweeping the world (which is equally crazy). I like some of their stuff, but it's still just stuff.
I went to the store and exerted quite a bit of pressure, knowing what the phone would be subjected to and then some. I wanted to make a decision on 6 or 6+. And now I'm confident it's fine.