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Apple Watch Sport Destroyed in Torture Test Video

These test are a waste of time . You can destroy an Abrams tank with the right ammo. Day to day use does not even come close. Boiling water temperature is too high for any electronic device to work. How stupid!!!
 
More than the video itself, I love how angry it's making people that someone else paid the same money you did for one, but they're using it in a way that you see unfit and think you deserved to have yours first because the way you'd use it is better.

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Actually, if you sent it down to the Titanic, and it continued to work, not only would it be waterproof, but it would be amazingly pressure resistant also. Just sayin'.

HobeSoundDarryl said:
All these "waterproof" implications are a disservice to the community. All they show is that the watch will tend to be fully functional after a period of time under water. However, even if electronics survive the initial plunge, it doesn't mean the water intrusion won't continue to work against the guts of the watch if any got inside. Apple has stated explicitly that this thing is NOT waterproof and recommended against even some scenarios where water resistance (not proofing) should be avoided or minimized.

Every one of these "it's waterproof"-type suggestions should have an asterisk with the fine print saying "check back in a few days, a week or two and a month because implied results may not be representative of actual results with a little passage of time".

A flooded house can have the internal visible parts cleaned up to look as good as new. But the water intrusion is probably also working behind the walls, growing mold over a period of time.

Irradiated humans can seem fine right after exposure. It's only some time later that their hair starts falling out and the other effects of radiation poisoning show.

Water intrusion in electronics is not always immediately & obviously damaging. But mix that intrusion with a little passage of time and see what you get.

Apple has said "NOT waterproof". 50 posts of "I sent mine down to the Titanic and it's still working" doesn't make it reliably waterproof. All that each of these scenarios implies is short-term luck... like the guy who claims his flooded house is "back to new" after the flood or the radiated people "are fine" immediately after the event. Check back again some time later and see if that luck persists or if the reality of chemistry and physics have set in.
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To everyone who complains about this: this is called publicity, and marketing, and regardless of your envious complaining, it makes people talk about Apple watch; kinda the point.

As for you assuming that one or two Apple watches being smashed is going to significantly affect the delivery time of your ALREADY PURCHASED/processed/shipped Apple watch, I think you need some lessons in supply chain logistics.
 
smirking said:
The original idiots.
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"Will it blend" is not about wanton destruction of objects. It is about demonstrating the quality of a high-end blender by the company making the blenders. Nothing stupid about it.

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Piggie said:
Apart from the Boiling water, and drop on the floor, which I thought were worthwhile in that they actually told you something.
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I have a reasonably expensive watch, and 99.9% of the time it is either on my wrist, or on my bedroom table. So it doesn't drop on the floor. It doesn't get into boiling water; I bet it would survive it better than my wrist would. It doesn't get sliced by a knife because I'm not going to let anyone cut my wrist. Pure survival instinct keeps it away from most dangerous things. An iPhone will be treated much worse than an Apple Watch.
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
boiling actually makes me optimistic. I have a hot tub, and I wasn't even considering daring to wear it in there, but if it can be boiled, I can't imagine a hot tub would do much damage... hmmm...
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Hot tubs aren't really that hot, are they?

They're in the low 100s (F). Computer internals hit those temperatures and beyond in everyday use. I'm pretty sure the iPhone says it operates up to 120 before it shuts off, and then won't be damaged until 140. Which is good, because in some parts of the world, triple digit temperatures are not uncommon.
 
Meh, I don't care for Cnet. Their tests usually aren't realistic. I remember they put a boulder on the 13" rMBP. Yeah, that happens. :rolleyes:
 
aflatness216 said:
My reaction:
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That's what I did during the cheese grater part! I cringed.

I thought these torture tests were supposed to be real life test! When are you ever going to rub your wrist against a cheese grater in real life!?

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Starving people everywhere and she wastes all that food/those condiments. SHAME!
 
iLoveiTunes said:
that's the new trend these days...waste a sub 1k gadget doing such gimmicks, millions of hits and truckloads of ad revenue.

Last I heard the "bendgate" guy is a millionaire now.
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lol do you really believe youtube will make you millions? cmon man. it's a "job" but nothing more. he will be where he was before bendgate in a year from now. youtube doesn't pay you THAT much, look it up.

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Traverse said:
That's what I did during the cheese grater part! I cringed.

I thought these torture tests were supposed to be real life test! When are you ever going to rub your wrist against a cheese grater in real life!?

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Starving people everywhere and she wastes all that food/those condiments. SHAME!
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in real life no cheese grater, sure, but you might rub it on the wall or something rough like that. It's just to show you that it's not that easy to scratch it.
 
poppe said:
She makes me very nervous the way she uses that knife. She seems kind of careless in her review while thinking it's comical.

I mean it's not a bad review, but why not just be serious and treat it like a serious review?
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There was a video a few years ago where she was using a box cutter and when to wipe the hair out of her eyes with the blade pointing toward her. She didn't get hurt, but even the Cnet production staff made a comment about it.

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I do have to say though, I'm impressed. This was the "cheap" Apple Watch Sport and its build quality seems superb.
 
What is the exact purpose of these tests? Getting traffic to their web site? How does boiling a watch benefit anybody? This is stupid. How about you take the watch on a mountain climb in extreme cold conditions or get lost in the middle of the woods with no phone and see what this thing can do for you under those conditions.I stopped visiting the CNET web site a long time ago like many, its full of crap.


-Mike
 
deviant said:
in real life no cheese grater, sure, but you might rub it on the wall or something rough like that. It's just to show you that it's not that easy to scratch it.
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I agree, but odds are you're not going to continually bang your wrist against the wall. But like I said in the my post above, I am more impressed with the Watch's build quality now.
 
TomMcIn said:
Most of us take the odd stupid pill but these people were taking them by the hand full. The only thing she forgot was to put it in the crapper then fish it out.
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They'll probably glance at this forum and use that idea for the next gadget. I think there should be a deuce in there before they drop it in though. :p
 
This is a porn video in every sense of the word. The music, her voice, and most of all the "tests" that have little grounding in reality. They didn't even test the microphone, heart monitor, etc.!

Ah well. In 2 days it'll have 20M views...
 
To everyone complaining about the existence of this video, well done for discussing it, you're driving people to want to watch it EVEN MORE.

Intelligence quotient: 0.02.
 
For the first time ever, I'm actually impressed. It seemed to endure water, spillages, scratching and drops.
 
roadbloc said:
For the first time ever, I'm actually impressed. It seemed to endure water, spillages, scratching and drops.
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But no skillet. What if your significant other and you get in a fight and they come at you with a 7 lbs skillet? You're screwed

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Actually, I was very impressed at the end of the video. Especially since this the "cheap" model. It held up phenomenally against drops and scratches.
 
iLoveiTunes said:
that's the new trend these days...waste a sub 1k gadget doing such gimmicks, millions of hits and truckloads of ad revenue.

Last I heard the "bendgate" guy is a millionaire now.
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Because most people are stupid to watch their videos. Don't feed these trolls!:mad:
 
I can't help but think this is a pointless video and waste. I get the water tests, but the rest is plain silly.
 
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