back to article Foxconn exec on iPhone 6: You're BENDING it WRONG

The head of Apple partner Foxconn has blamed the flexible iPhone 6 scandal — now using the grimly predictable suffix "gate" — on nasty, gossiping rivals. "Bendgate" video bloggers claim the new iPhone, when strapped to fanbois' thighs, has been losing its shape quicker than Man Utd's back four. CEO Terry Gou maintains that …

  1. Truth4u

    “Hands are made* to shake hands, not for bending,” he advised.

    I think Uri Geller would have something to say about that...

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: “Hands are made* to shake hands, not for bending,” he advised.

      There is another option to that phrase, but I shan't go there.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: “Hands are made* to shake hands, not for bending,” he advised.

        Pah! You got there before me. Assuming you've got the mind of a Viz reader, too.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: “Hands are made* to shake hands, not for bending,” he advised.

      and my boots were made for walkin.

      1. Captain Queeg

        Re: “Hands are made* to shake hands, not for bending,” he advised.

        And that's just what they do? :-)

      2. Dr Patrick J R Harkin

        Re: “Hands are made* to shake hands, not for bending,” he advised.

        I sometimes wonder what Christopher Walken's cobbler hums under his breath as he works.

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: “Hands are made* to shake hands, not for bending,” he advised.

      "bend me, shake me anyway you want me as long as you love me, it's alright".

    4. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: “Hands are made* to shake hands, not for bending,” he advised.

      Anything can bend, even an erect pen*s.

      Though I admit some are bendy by default.

  2. tony2heads

    Zen of Apple

    is the sound of one hand - bending a phone

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Zen of Apple

      If Steve were here, he'd know what to do - invent a new slogan to divert people.

      What about "Bend Different"?

      1. Evil Auditor Silver badge

        Re: Zen of Apple

        Nah, he'd say you're holding it wrong!

  3. i like crisps

    GOU

    Grip. Outercasing. Underneath.

  4. i like crisps
    Trollface

    Foxconn exec on iPhone 6: You're BENDING it WRONG!!

    To do it right just put it on the edge of a curb and twat it with your Doc Martins!....Sorted!

    Yours faithfully,

    Mr Terry (call me Tezza) Gou.

  5. CaptainBanjax

    Ill give this my best shot...

    Ill throw it in the ring.

    Where bending is concerned we know from The Matrix that it isnt the spoon bending only ourselves. Which leads to the conclusion...there is no spoon. If theres no spoon theres no iPhone 6.

    Based on theory that its a lie (there is no spoon) and that the cake is also a lie...am I right in thinking that the none existant iPhone 6 is made of cake? Or is it made of spoons because it bends? Or us because we're the spoon?

    The iPhone is made of either people, spoons or cake.

    Someone help me work this out!

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Ill give this my best shot...

      "The iPhone is made of either people, spoons or cake".

      The only thing we can be sure of is that all 3 items, at some point, played a pivotal role in the design and manufacture of the iPhone 6.....mmm, i could just eat some cake now.

      1. imanidiot Silver badge

        Re: Ill give this my best shot...

        The conclusion can only be that the iPhone 6 is some sort of sentient cake serving scoop.

        1. Unicornpiss
          Meh

          Re: Ill give this my best shot...

          According to Carl Sagan, we're all made of "Star Stuff" So that means the iPhone 6 is made of sunbeams and rainbows...

      2. Santa from Exeter

        Re: Ill give this my best shot...AC

        You spelled it wrong, at some point, people, spoons and *coke* were involved in the design

    2. Fungus Bob
      Boffin

      Re: Ill give this my best shot...

      "The iPhone is made of either people, spoons or cake."

      We can rule out people, Soylent Green is people.

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Of course, we all know the cause of the problem - the famous Reality Distortion Field...

  7. WatAWorld

    Maybe he doesn't have internet access and hasn't seen the videos

    Maybe he doesn't have internet access and hasn't seen the videos

  8. Alan Denman

    there is a catch all phrase for all of them pips.

    You are OWNING it wrong.

  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Is his denial because Foxconn let too many cases.....

    go without proper heat treating of the aluminum??????

    Or is it because Foxconn would be entirely liable for their subcontractors screwups?????

    BTW, Bender from Futurama would know something about bending, with hands.

  10. Mitoo Bobsworth

    "You're BENDING it WRONG "

    So what's the right way of bending it, then?

    1. Jedit Silver badge

      Re: "You're BENDING it WRONG "

      That's the point. Gou is saying that the iPhone 6 isn't bending at all, reality is just distorting around it. It's like watching Chemical Ali at work.

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