“I’m pretty sure that Apple will be hearing a lot more about “bendgate” in the coming months.”
Actually I’m pretty sure not. This will be more like the “scandalous” purple fringing with the iPhone 5s camera, which turned out to be a complete non-issue.
Apple stated they have an entire six complaints about bending, out of millions of phones sold.
I do wish I had unlimited capital for my good ideas, as I think a titanium 6 Plus case would sell like hotcakes, and would be generally a good thing anyhow. :-)
Regardless of any of that, if you get insurance on your phone (not a bad idea) you will get no-questions-asked replacement...
One small correction. It's nine complaints, not six.