Curved smartphones are slowly making their way into the market. But Apple's new super-sized iPhone was not supposed to be one of them.

Some iPhone 6 Plus owners are reporting that their 5.5-inch phablets are bending when placed in back pockets.

"Maybe at 5.5" it is too thin?" owner hanzoh wrote in a MacRumors forum, posting a photo of a slightly handset, which was kept in a pants pocket for almost 18 hours of continuous sitting.

The folks at Unbox Therapy tested the theory—a first for the Web-based show—to prove whether Apple's latest fare is a hazard to tight-pants-wearing users. And, as painful as it is to watch someone deform a brand-new 6 Plus, the video (below) indeed shows the phone getting bent out of shape.

"Bottom line here is, it's an aluminum phone, it's going to bend if you apply enough pressure, like I just did," Unbox Therapy's Lewis Hilsenteger said. "It's probably not going to be the most durable from that standpoint. But it's a huge footprint," he continued. "This is a huge piece of aluminum, and we all know that aluminum is incredibly malleable."

A case could do the trick to keep your new phone in tip-top condition (see the slideshow below). But not everyone wants to be burdened with that extra bulk, especially when carrying an airy device like the iPhone 6 Plus.

Apple introduced the 5.5-inch handset earlier this month, alongside the slightly smaller iPhone 6, which stands at 4.7 inches. Taking the crown as Cupertino's largest iPhones, both come with an 8-megapixel back camera, fingerprint Touch ID, and between 11 and 12 hours of Wi-Fi surfing.

Some folks following "Bendgate," as the issue is unsurprisingly called, might want to consider the iPhone 6, which has not yet been proclaimed bendable.

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In a follow-up video, Unbox Therapy's Hilsenteger reported that an attempt to force the phablet back into position only furthered the damage: the device and screen both cracked under the continued pressure.

The controversy has spread across social media, where people are releasing images of their own contorted devices, or just making a mockery of the situation.

Tough evening over here. Flexed my quad under my iPhone 6 and it curved around my leg like a snap bracelet. Currently wearing it as a watch

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) September 24, 2014

Breaking: Hipster trousers incompatible with iPhone 6.

— eleanor bloom (@eleanorbloom) September 24, 2014

In all fairness, anyone who puts a gadget made of aluminium in their back pocket and sits down deserves for it to bend. #bendgate

— Mark Withers (@markwithers) September 24, 2014

Is that a bent iPhone 6 in your pocket or are you just mildly happy to see me? #bendgate #bendghazi

— Nick Musgrave (@nickskies) September 24, 2014

Apple did not immediately respond to PCMag's request for comment.

For more, see PCMag's review of the Apple iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6 vs. iPhone 6 Plus: Big or Bigger?