First there was bendgate… now brace yourself for #Hairgate hairgate.
Fresh from the online uproar over whether the shiny new iPhone 6 bends when carried around in pockets, Apple has been hit by a new complaint – that the handset traps users’ hair or beards when they make calls.
It is difficult to gauge whether there is any real issue, but Twitter users have made #Hairgate. a rising social media trend, leading major news outlets to pounce on the story. “The seam on my iPhone 6 where the aluminum meets the glass is definitely catching my hair and pulling it out,” one user tweeted.
#HairGate: iPhone 6 Customers Are Complaining That The Phone Is Ripping Out Their Hair http://t.co/ymrh714OeC
— Point Blank Digital (@pointblankdigi) October 8, 2014