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iPhone users blast Apple over new #hairgate controversy via Twitter

Monday, October 6, 2014

iPhone fans and critics alike took to Twitter to voice their concerns and protests about the new iPhone 6 snagging hairs. Users have claimed hashtags #beardgate, #hairgate.

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iPhone users blast Apple over new #hairgate controversy via TwitteriPhone fans and critics alike took to Twitter to voice their concerns and protests about the new iPhone 6 snagging hairs. Users have claimed hashtags #beardgate, #hairgate.

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Apple just can't catch a break these days. Between the iOS 8 issues and the past month's #BendGate fiasco, the tech-giant has been enduring some of the most severe criticism in recent memory. Now the biggest talk is that the the iPhone 6 Plus is making owners rip out their hair. Literally. Take a look at some of the responses in the above gallery.

READ: Is the iPhone 6 bendable?

Some iPhone 6 Plus owners have complained that their beard and head hair are getting snagged in between the device's glass screen and the aluminum casing. This, apparently, results in painfully ripped out hairs much to the chagrin of iPhone owners and Apple fans.

Taking their angst to Twitter, iPhone 6 Plus owners voiced their complaints, often in the form of parody, claiming the hashtags #HairGate and #BeardGate.

READ: Twitter users attack Apple with brutally honest photos over iPhone #BendGate.

What are your thoughts? Is #HairGate real or not? Let us know in the comments below.