If you take a look at Apple’s iPhone launches, you will always see some scandal tied to it. This latest release already has two: there was a scandal tied to the supposedly weak construction of the iPhone 6 plus, that can bend if held in the pocket of a pair of tight pants, and the current one, already called “hairgate”, based on a claim that the new iPhone catches people’s hair and rips it out.
Actually, Hairgate has started based on a user complaint picked up by a series of international publications. The user claims that there is a gap between the new iPhone’s glass and aluminium body, and that hair can possibly get caught in it while talking. When the user puts the phone down, the hair caught in the gap is torn out in a very painful way.
Actually, this report is utter nonsense according to an article written by Gordon Kelly and published by Forbes. He has an iPhone 6 in his possession for review, and he has confirmed that there is no such thing as a gap on the phone’s body. Even if it was, making such a big deal of it is simply stupid, or just another way to gain publicity.
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Actually, starting with the iPhone 3GS, all iPhone releases had their respective “gates”. First it was the “crackgate” when a few iPhone users claimed that a small crack has suddenly appeared on the back of the phone, followed by the “overheatgate”, when a few users have reported that the phone’s white back panel was browned by the excessive heat generated by the phone. Then there was the famous “antennagate” of the iPhone 4S, Apple’s only official ‘gate’, according to Wikipedia. This time Apple has confirmed its fault, even a class action lawsuit was considered against Apple over the problem, but things chilled out after some holding tips and free phone cases were offered to users. Finally, the iPhone 5 had some issues with its camera and its material being easily scratched, but this was not a big deal in the media.