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Apple Watch Sapphire Crystal Display Cover Faces Drill in Scratch Test
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To shatter, the corners would need to receive a significant force on them, or you'd have to fall on something hard right in the middle of it without touching the sides.
The option first seems improbable by how the watch is built (and its weight) on it falls by itself without you wearing it. The forces will be pretty low that way.
Even if you wear it, the sides seam to well protected; so I think it would be OK.
The second case, hard impact in the middle of the face while wearing it is most probable, but not in a regular non sport use. That's why the sport watch has the Ion-X face I guess.
bet they could. since it appears the lcd and glass are not touching it should be easy enough. bet the part is $150 though.
I will have to give this a try and report back, with the two Watch Editions I will be buying, one for each wrist.
A heart-shaped genie appears and grants you three wishes (four if you purchased Applecare+ or you have the Gold Watch Edition model.)
I wouldn't do it. The immersion test is just to meet the IPX7 specification. But being in a pool/shower/sea and moving around there are different stresses put upon the watch that are not tested, plus chemicals in the water that changes the water's properties.
Meeting the 1 meter for 30 minutes immersion specification is not the same as real world submersion scenarios.
You could buy one as a nose ring too, heard they offer a discount if you do that ;-). People have some weird questions about this watch don't they; like Apple suddenly invented Sapphire watches...
The shower, probably not a big issue (unless your doing it for 30 minutes), but wouldn't do it anyway (because its gross to not wash yourself everywhere and there's no point to it).
Though, I often manipulate my Iphone while in the bathtub (don't put it in water though
, so I wouldn't be too afraid to have the watch on around water. Having the watch on, arms outside while relaxing in the hot tub would be fun though .Some triathletes were using IPX7 in their swimming caps for years without problem.
Exactly. Anything can be altered (destroyed) by something similar. It's like a quantum physicist selling snake oil to a hobby physicist. My company routinely alters (destroys) various materials all the time. 90 Rc material isn't really any more difficult to alter than 30 Rc material; you just have to use an effective method.
If they send me a sapphire crystal I will drill many holes through it and turn it into a shiny sapphire crystal screen.
The hammer bit made me laugh.
The reason a hammer exists as a tool is because it consists of a heavy weight on the end of a long handle, so, using momentum you can obtain a lot of force onto a small area using a swinging motion.
If you are going to tap a hammer onto something what does that prove?
That it's hammer proof, or that you can just use a hammer lightly.
Hey, you know what.....
The windows in my house must be made from Sapphire as I can hit them with a hammer lightly and they don't break either
I won't believe it's strong until I see someone tap it with a 40 caliber bullet...
Aren't the minor scratches generally in the oliophobic coating, not the glass itself?
They have to nuke it from space, that'S the only way to make sure (same solution as in Aliens ;-).
I guess going more scratch resistant makes more sense on a watch, it's not like you are going to drop it like you do with a phone.
But from my experience actually using watches for several years it's really hard to avoid the occasional "clunk" when you accidentally smashed your hand into a table, ladder or something else.
I wonder if the sapphire or the ion-x glass will fare better in terms of withstanding brute force like that. We already know Sapphire will do great in terms of scratching but might the Ion-X actually be better in terms of accidentally being hit into various objects from time to time?
But from my experience actually using watches for several years it's really hard to avoid the occasional "clunk" when you accidentally smashed your hand into a table, ladder or something else.
I wonder if the sapphire or the ion-x glass will fare better in terms of withstanding brute force like that. We already know Sapphire will do great in terms of scratching but might the Ion-X actually be better in terms of accidentally being hit into various objects from time to time?
It is "sink-proof" and "finally got a hold of my kid and brought him to the bath, but forgot to remove my watch"-proof Which is all I need.
The hammer bit made me laugh.
The reason a hammer exists as a tool is because it consists of a heavy weight on the end of a long handle, so, using momentum you can obtain a lot of force onto a small area using a swinging motion.
If you are going to tap a hammer onto something what does that prove?
That it's hammer proof, or that you can just use a hammer lightly.
Hey, you know what.....
The windows in my house must be made from Sapphire as I can hit them with a hammer lightly and they don't break either
The vast hammer ignorance among the nerd community boggles the mind.
I'm just glad they didn't try to show bullet resistance or something else... Point well taken.
No, I've put some deep scratches in iPhone 5 screens in my day; and it's not like i carry anything harder than a key in my pocket.