Gadget Lab Podcast: We Dig Deep Into the Bendy iPhone Controversy


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Your favorite technology talk show returns after a three week hiatus—we had to move the studio, and we were out on vacation last week, and there was one week where we just weren’t around, OK? Mat and Mike discuss the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, both of which were reviewed on WIRED this week. Also: the strange bendability of the new iPhone 6 Plus, and whether this is a pocket-sized controversy overblown by the zealous media, or in fact a really big problem Apple needs to fix, stat. The hosts also weigh in on Ello, the new social network on the block, and whether it stands a snowball’s chance in Guam. At the end of the show, we all learn a rich, personal detail about Mat: he’s really, really into birds.


Programming note: This episode was recorded on Thursday while #bendgate was still unraveling, and the guys weren’t yet privy to the new arguments that emerged Friday about how the structural makeup of the iPhone 6 Plus is causing some of the devices to bend.


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