By: Manuel Avalos Mateos

On September 9, 2014, Apple revealed their eighth generation iPhone: the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. They were released on September 19. The iPhones received both positive and negative reviews from critics and customers. Within the first 24 hours of preorders becoming available, over 4 million preorders for the iPhones were made, which far exceeded the supply that was available. In the very first three days, ten million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units were sold.

The new iPhones introduced a new larger screen which users had previously hoped for in the iPhone 4 and 5. It had a new design and featured Touch ID on both devices. It had antenna strips on the back and  a brand new display branded as “Retina HD Display”.

The iPhone 6 had a 4.7 inch display and the iPhone 6 Plus had a 5.5 inch display, making it the largest at the time. Both phones had the ability to shoot 1080p video at 30 and 60 fps and slow motion video at 720p at either 120 or 240fps.

The iPhone models are one of the thinnest iPhones to date. This of course, came with it’s own issues.

The iPhone 6’s are famous for their hardware issues. Users were quick to notice how easily the iPhone 6 Plus was able to bend. In a video which can be found on the YouTube channel “Unbox Therapy” they put the iPhone 6 Plus to the test to see how easy it was to bend the phone with bare hands. The video currently has nearly 75 million views. Users also reported the phone bending in their pockets when they went to sit down. The frame was designed to be light and thin and this caused the phone to bend nearly 3 ½ times easier than the iPhone 5. Famously known as Bendgate, some suggest Apple had already been aware of this issue before launch, but never decided to address it.

Regardless of the many issues it had, they are currently the best selling iPhones Apple has ever made to date. Total sales of around 223 million units globally.