Dubbed "bend-gate", some iPhone 6 Plus owners have discovered their new phone's aluminium body literally bending in their pockets.

Unlike LG's bendy G FLEX and numerous other bendy phones that came out earlier this year, the iPhone 6 was not made to bend.

MacRumors, which first reported on the issue, said "a small but growing number" of iPhone 6 Plus owners had reported in their forums that their phone had been bent after carrying the device in their pockets. In one example, a new 6 Plus was bent during a day of "dancing, dining, and driving to a wedding".

Other users have found it bends when only a nominal amount of force is applied.