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Apple Watch Sport Destroyed in Torture Test Video

I love the frownie face that the watch makes after the skillet impact...

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Plutonius said:
Not from me. I have no desire to watch the destruction video of any products.
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I do. I was a bit, "What's the point... Don't DO THAT TO YOUR $350-$18,000 WATCH!!!".

But then, I thought about it...

1. It's their watch. If they want to destroy it, that's their right as the owner.
2. Now I know that getting it wet won't kill it. My safeguards will be more stringent than what they showed, but it's nice to know there are protections beyond the edge of where I'm willing to go with it.
3. Destructive testing shows where the limits are.
  • Stomp Test Passed
  • Wine, Syrup, Nutella, Peanut Butter, Ketchup, Mustard Test Passed
  • Ten Minute Underwater Test Passed
  • Boiling Water Test Passed with flying colors*
  • Drop a 7 lb. skillet test Failed

*The watch shut off, thereby preserving the processor and/or battery from runaway destruction, and that's important, especially on your wrist.
 
I'm just curious, are these videos even profitable still? They are supposed to come from Ad revenue, but with soo many people useing ADBLOCK I would think that eventually the money from the millions of views would stop rolling in. I blame all the people who watch this stuff from mobile devices where there is no proper adblock.
 
So, how many people on here had a heart attack because they are destroying an :apple: Watch and you are still waiting for yours? Raise of hands please. :mad:
 
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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Why?

it is just lot of fun the way she did it.

Those who become ill watching an expensive product getting destroyed, I do not know how you will feel if you get to watch Apple doing destruction tests of their finished products. Only difference is those watches did not cost Apple the full list price :)

Well, another difference is here a pretty person fakes an expression of disbelief after dropping that skillet on the watch, where as an Apple engineer will write a report 'After the application of 9.80665 newtons of force, the fracture lines were radial as anticipated. Test PASSED'
 
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If they really wanted to do realistic life tests they should have put the watch in a jeans pocket and put it through the washer and dryer.

Also, why didn't she try to turn it on after the skillet smash? It may have only needed a new glass, so NOT destroyed.
 
flat five said:
she shoulda scratched it with that wedding ring
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This is similar to what Mrs. thequick has...
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Needless to say, I don't get her mad enough to punch me.

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gnasher729 said:
I think the hot water bath will have caused damage. Maybe not immediately visible, but damage.
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That the watch shut down is probably what saved it, and that's a good thing.
 
Idiocy.

Not because these "tests" were done, but because doing them to the Apple Watch and not 2 or 3 other very common watches for comparison means almost nothing.

"Look!! We destroyed a Watch! How does it compare to another you may have seen or worn before? We have no idea! We weren't smart enough to think of that."
 
lol....Using a cheese grater, that's new to me...

Only Cnet can do this which is pointless...

So, it scratches,,,, so what ?? every watch scratches. .....does it really matter how tough something is unless your job is in that kind of area,the Apple watch is not for you..

I'd like to see the same video done on the 17,000 gold edition :cool:
 
Did anyone really think it was just going to fall apart with normal use? If I dropped it on the floor while putting it on, I would surely hope it would survive 99% of the time. If you can wash your hands and shower with it, that's good too. Apple doesn't claim it is suitable for swimming or diving, even though it may be fine for swimming. I'll bet if I hit it with a 16lb sledge hammer it would break too. Hardly normal use.
 
I thought the stain test on the white band was useful. That was was of my biggest concerns. Just wish they didn't ruin a perfectly good watch! I have a long wait for mine.
 
Keirasplace said:
The problem with heat is not the watch itself, its the battery. All lithium batteries will be badly affected if you stay all day in heat (over 30 Celcius). Apple doesn't recommend using any Apple device at over 35 Celcius (were you can get quick irreversible damage), but longevity of battery is affected before that. That's will occur with all electronic devices using lithium batteries, not just Apple devices.

You were facetious; but in some jobs, you couldn't wear any smart watch or you'd likely mess it up quick. I worked in a factory in my late teens (made cans of all type, which uses sheet metal) as a summer job and temp there was close to 40 Celcius for 2 months in the summer.
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40C in the factory? Wow. Sounds like OSHA might have something to say about that. These are conditions for pretty much guaranteed heat stroke. (body temperature is 37C)
 
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