How does the i phone 6 and the i phone 6 plus bend but does not break and snap in half?

Question: How does the i phone 6 and the i phone 6 plus bend but does not break and snap in half?
- Keywords:
  bend,
  phone,
  technology
Asked by to Áine, Ciarán, Eoin, Lydia, Victoria on 13 Nov 2014.
- Ciarán O'Brien answered on 13 Nov 2014:
  
  Those phones are made out of bendy materials. Some plastics and most metals prefer to bend under pressure instead of snap in two.
  
  It also helps that the iPhones are very thin. Thinner materials will bend more easily than thick ones because there’s less matter being put under pressure.
- Lydia Bach answered on 13 Nov 2014:
  
  The i-phone 6 isn’t that bendable though, check it out:
  
  (too bad for the guy’s phone).

Question: How does the i phone 6 and the i phone 6 plus bend but does not break and snap in half?