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Is the iPhone 6 Really Pulling Out Your Hair?

Is the iPhone 6 ripping out hair? Maybe. Photo: Courtesy of Apple

By now, you’ve probably heard about #hairgate, which has people chattering about an unintended problem with the iPhone 6. According to a forum post on 9to5Mac, Apple’s latest phone traps hair in the seam between the glass and aluminum. “When you try to free it out, it hurts,” the poster laments.

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Sounds like a pain, but aside from some tweets, is there any real evidence of the iPhone ripping out hair? That depends on who you ask. As Mashable demonstrates in a video, it just doesn’t seem to be happening. A variety of men and women — some with short hair, others with long hair — tested the new iPhone by taking calls, rubbing the device on their beards, “combing” their curls with it. Not a one experienced pulling or snagging. Meanwhile, enterprising YouTubers are uploading videos that demonstrate exactly the opposite effect. (#Hairgate truthers, perhaps?)

All of it adds up to a lot of outrage, with #hairgate getting thousands of tweets as well as a Today segment. It’s true that when you drop a few hundred on a new gadget, you’d like to think it won’t gobble up your hair. Considering the severity of this alleged injury, though, we can’t help but think of another hashtag: #firstworldproblems.