iPhone bendgate is not True says CEO

Foxconn's CEO blames iPhone 6 Plus 'Bendgate' on rivals

The outspoken CEO of Foxconn Technology Group, the maker of Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus, is scoffing at the idea that the iPhone Plus has a problem with bending if left in a user’s pocket too long, and said rivals were behind the controversy.

"How can a phone bend? This was ll caused by distortions from the competitors. Don't blindly listen to it," Foxconn's CEO Terry Gou said in News Footage online.

"BENDGATE" erupted last month after pictures and videos were posted to the Internet claiming to show how the iPhone 6Plus could be easliy bent while sitting in the user's pocket or by being manipulated manually. Smartphone rivals including Samsung and LG later mocked Apple on Twitter over the controversy.

Apple said the complaints had been overblown and that the phone warping was extremely rare.

He added that  " Hands are made to shake hands,not for bending", in an apparent dig at the videos showing users bending the iPhone 6 plus with their bare hands.

"People are talking about, wow, displays that can transform, but they forget that you to be able to use the device," said Gou.

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