[pawadu]

Remember "bendgate"? It turns out that while the bending may not be big enough to be permanent or visible it may still be enough to cause a chip to loosen from the PCB. Louis Rossmann has a great video on the subject

edit: Rossmann's video is already in the article, so enjoy this other great Rossman rant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rRLkjdgrU

[akgoel]

i had this happen to my 6+ a year while under warranty. The Apple Genius Bar I took it to had seen this problem before and knew to twist it to get it working. He made sure it was backed up to iCloud and then gave me a replacement. This new phone also got the gray bar of death after 3 weeks.

I speculate that I was bending the phone in my pocket. I had gained 20 pounds in six months due to job stress and suddenly my pants were tight and my phone was stressed in my pants pocket. I bought looser pants and then lost those 20 pounds and haven't had it happen again

[jschwartzi]

"Apple advises customers to lose at least 20 pounds before reporting any issues."

[mikeash]

They have been pushing fitness really hard lately.

[intoverflow2]

Seen as its a Californian company and most of the execs are very cargo pants-ish I also don't think they're designing products taking into account people in other parts of the world like to wear smarter skinnier fitting clothes.

[mwfunk]

Skinny jeans (comically, impractically skinny jeans even, IMO) are extremely common in California. Possibly even the norm, if there is a norm.

[maxerickson]

Isn't it largely an age thing? They started to catch on about 15 years ago so people under about 35 favor them.

(of course the preferences above and below that age aren't universal, but I think that's a reasonable dividing line.)

[zeroer]

I prefer my clothes not to be sentient, tyvm.

[pawadu]

According to Rossmann this can also happen if you drop the phone. In which case Apple is known to replace the screen but not fix the touch IC.