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“Hairgate”: iPhone hit by new social media storm

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.