A Woman Holds A Mock iPhone 6 Plus (L) And An iPhone 5s.
A woman holds a mock iPhone 6 plus (L) and an iPhone 5s as she waits in a line, ahead of the September 19 release of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, in front of an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district September 10, 2014. Apple Inc unveiled a watch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service on Tuesday as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook seeks to revive the technology company's reputation as a wellspring of innovation. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
A woman holds a mock iPhone 6 plus (L) and an iPhone 5s as she waits in a line, ahead of the September 19 release of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, in front of an Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district September 10, 2014. Apple Inc unveiled a watch, two larger iPhones and a mobile payments service on Tuesday as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook seeks to revive the technology company's reputation as a wellspring of innovation. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMS)

The furor over the bending iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units has barely died down, yet, Apple is faced with another public relations crisis as #Hairgate threatens to be another headache for the Cupertino-based tech giant that was supposed to be enjoying brisk sales of its new flagship devices. Apple executives must be tearing their hair in anger at this looming PR disaster.

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Business Insider reports that some iPhone 6 users are ranting on Twitter and the 9to5Mac online community about how the new smartphone, when held up to the ear, rips out hair from the head caught in the gap between the glass display and aluminium cover. Ironically, Apple competitor Samsung has a similar problem recently labeled in social media sites as #Gapgate.

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However, while concern has been aired over the possible entry of water and dust in the gap of Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phablets, so far, there has been no complaint about hair of users being caught in the gadget's gap large enough to fit two name cards.

The problem has even extended to facial hair, some netizens gave it the hashtag #Beardgate.

Apple has yet to respond to #Hairgate and #Beardgate. In the case of #Bendgate, experts believe the problem is not a design issue but a quality control issue, arising likely from the desire of the of Apple devices to rush production and meet expected high demand for the device.

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During the first 24 hours that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were released in 10 markets on Sept 19, Apple sold about 10 million units. However, with #Bendgate and now #Hairgate and #Beardgate threatening to be another viral storm for the company co-founded by the late Steve Job, some Apple fans are now thinking twice about buying the two new flagship gadgets.

Here are some tweets about #Hairgate:

"The seam on my iPhone 6 where the aluminum meets the glass is definitely catching my hair and pulling it out." - Paul Peavler.

"My iPhone6+ was pulling my hair too, I returned it, it was underwhelmingL" - Graham Cracker

"If you buy an iPhone 6, you better be totally bald." - Dave Smith

"They clearly can't catch a break .. I wonder if testers were mainly bald guy." - Diane

"Anyone else getting beard pulled by the iPhone 6/Plus? It catches my scruff in the seam and yanks it during calls." - Chad Coleman.

"My hair keeps getting caught in the microscopic seam between glass and aluminium on my iPhone 6." - Kavan.

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