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

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<p>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.</p><p>“How can a phone bend? This was all caused by distortions from competitors. Don’t blindly listen to it,” Foxconn’s CEO Terry Gou said in news footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubowgRrVfPo&amp;list=UUoNYj9OFHZn3ACmmeRCPwbA) posted online this Tuesday.</p><p>The so-called “Bendgate” erupted last month after pictures and videos were posted to the Internet claiming to show how the iPhone 6 Plus could be easily 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.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2824472/foxconns-ceo-blames-iphone-6-plus-bendgate-on-rivals.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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