--- description: A leaked iPhone 6s case shows Apple has added thickness to avoid bending. title: No More 'Bendgate' with the Next iPhone image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7113f5b25dc593c6/69885e04f887dcbeeae91bb1/gettyimages-455053466.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # No More 'Bendgate' with the Next iPhone by [Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2015 7:20 PM CUT  CUPERTINO, CA - SEPTEMBER 09: A member of the media inspects the new iPhone 6 during an Apple special event at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts on September 9, 2014 in Cupertino, California. Apple unveiled the Apple Watch wearable tech and two new iPhones, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) CUPERTINO, CA - SEPTEMBER 09: A member of the media inspects the new iPhone 6 during an Apple special event at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts on September 9, 2014 in Cupertino, California. Apple unveiled the Apple Watch wearable tech and two new iPhones, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2015 7:20 PM CUT Apple’s iPhone 6 encountered something it couldn’t always conquer: men’s backsides. When the phone came out last fall, some customers reported that the phone slightly bent after they sat on it because it was in their back pocket. Dubbed “[Bendgate](http://fortune.com/2014/09/24/bendgate-updategate-and-6-of-apples-greatest-gaffes-through-the-ages/ "undefined"),” the problem made its fear-mongering rounds in the press at the time. But now, a new [video from Unbox Therapy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSMUGGu7l-4&feature=youtu.be "undefined"), shows that Apple’s next iPhone (if we can believe this is it), will be ever-so-slightly thicker, which will avoid any kind of bending. The phone’s back panel in the video is 138.26mm x 67.16mm, compared to the iPhone 6 which is 138.09mm x 66.91mm. Though very small, it’s that difference that could prevent the infamous bending, according to Unbox Therapy’s Lewis Hilsenteger. The back panel in Hilsenteger’s video seems to match [the photos in an earlier post from 9to5Mac](http://fortune.com/2015/06/30/apple-iphone/ "undefined"), adding to the probability that the next iPhone will indeed look nearly identical to the iPhone 6\. Apple will reported hold an event on September 9 this year, where this upcoming phone would be revealed if all rumors align. ### See the World Await and Celebrate Apple's iPhone 6  People pass time as they wait outside an Apple store for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in London on Sept. 17, 2014. Lefteris Pitarakis—AP  People wait in line in front of the Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters  A man sleeps in a tent in the queue outside an Apple store in London on Sept. 18, 2014. Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images  A man wearing a replica of an iPhone 6 Plus model on his head yawns while waiting in front of an Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters  A woman sleeps in a chair as she waits in queue outside the Apple store in London on Sept. 18, 2014. Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images  A staff member removes a display poster of iPhone 5S at an Apple store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014,. Yuya Shino—Reuters  Customers queue outside an Apple store in Hong Kong on Sept. 19, 2014. Xaume Ollerose—AFP/Getty Images  Ken Miyauchi Vice President of Softbank, Japanese mobile phone company and actress Sayaka Kanda, in a pink dress, react during a ceremony to mark the first day of sales of the latest iPhone 6 and 6 Plus at a store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Shizuo Kambayashi—AP  After being first in line for 19 days, Moon Ray, from Jackson, Miss. runs the gauntlet of Apple store workers as she enters the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York on Sept. 19, 2014. Peter Foley—EPA  Apple store staff high five customers as they enter an store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Chris McGrath—Getty Images  A man wearing a mask depicting Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs holds up a cardboard cut-out of Apple's new iPhone 6, as he walks into an Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters  Andreas Gibson celebrates as he exits an Apple store in New York after being the first to purchase an iPhone 6 Plus on Sept. 19, 2014. Julie Jacobson—AP  Jamael Ahmed jumps in the air as he leaves the store after being the first to purchase the iPhone 6 at Apple Covent Gardens in London on Sept. 19, 2014. Ben A. 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