Here's why I prefer polycarbonate to cheap metal... - Page 9

onthecouchagain · Dec 2, 2012, 01:11 AM

The thing to take away from this thread: Don't drop your phone.

ChazUK · Dec 2, 2012, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by onthecouchagain

The thing to take away from this thread: Don't drop your phone.

Unless performing a drop test!

macrem · Dec 2, 2012, 03:15 AM

While you guys make good points, I see the iPhone winning on all drop tests with the S3 & after several tests and several drops per tests. Dropping a phone is a far more common way to break it than sitting on it and the OPs comparison only tested one device. This was the only kind of real durability comparison I could find.

To be honest, I don't really care either way. Both are great phones. I just would not conclude that polycarbonate makes a phone more durable.

daveathall · Dec 2, 2012, 03:22 AM

The only drop test that matters is when you drop your own phone by accident, if it survives unscathed, you have a winner. Don't make a habit of dropping it though, because it will eventually become a loser.

Dec 2, 2012, 03:15 AM	#203
macrem macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Amsterdam	While you guys make good points, I see the iPhone winning on all drop tests with the S3 & after several tests and several drops per tests. Dropping a phone is a far more common way to break it than sitting on it and the OPs comparison only tested one device. This was the only kind of real durability comparison I could find. To be honest, I don't really care either way. Both are great phones. I just would not conclude that polycarbonate makes a phone more durable. __________________ 15" rMBP \| 27" iMac \| iPhone 5 \| iPad (3rd gen) Let's discuss your first world problems
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Dec 2, 2012, 01:11 AM	#201
onthecouchagain macrumors 603 Join Date: Mar 2011	The thing to take away from this thread: Don't drop your phone.
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Dec 2, 2012, 03:22 AM	#204
daveathall macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: North Yorkshire	The only drop test that matters is when you drop your own phone by accident, if it survives unscathed, you have a winner. Don't make a habit of dropping it though, because it will eventually become a loser.
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