Dubbed «bend-gate», some iPhone 6 Plus owners have discovered their new phone's aluminium body literally bending in their pockets.

Unlike LG's bendy G FLEX and numerous other bendy phones that came out earlier this year, the iPhone 6 was not made to bend.

MacRumors, which first reported on the issue, said «a small but growing number» of iPhone 6 Plus owners had reported in their forums that their phone had been bent after carrying the device in their pockets. In one example, a new 6 Plus was bent during a day of «dancing, dining, and driving to a wedding».