How strong is that glass?

[RonHC]

Give me a break, that test was ridiculous and completely bogus.

We have no details of the test, no pictures or video of the test taking place just pictures of the smashed phone that could have very well been photoshopped or even smashed with a hammer.

Second it was a phone SHELL. It was a hollow case with no internal components, not even buttons making it MUCH MUCH more easily broken because there is nothing to share the force of the shock or to support the screen.

Bogus testing should be ignored. I do look forward to seeing real testing done after launch.

+1

 

[drewby]

Second it was a phone SHELL. It was a hollow case with no internal components, not even buttons making it MUCH MUCH more easily broken because there is nothing to share the force of the shock or to support the screen.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Gigzz]

Scientific knowledge fail.

Perhaps you didn't have high school physics yet?

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/demoweb...ravitational_acceleration/drop_two_balls.html

Apparently you haven't.

 

[cmwall]

Apparently you haven't.

Not to be mean, but I'm going into 9th grade and I even knew for a fact that the iPhone with internal components will have a much more compact structure, so it will break less easier than a shell with nothing in it. It's pretty simple, to be honest.

 

[highertechnology]

Fact of the matter is that the tested unit was not a production unit. Verdict is still out on the materials used in its assembly.

 

[jpetticrew]

Not to be mean, but I'm going into 9th grade and I even knew for a fact that the iPhone with internal components will have a much more compact structure, so it will break less easier than a shell with nothing in it. It's pretty simple, to be honest.

Less easier? 9th grade science, 6th grade ELA.

 

[asleep]

...that strong.

 

[ct2k7]

Less easier? 9th grade science, 6th grade ELA.

ELA - RaEng?

hang on, grade, so that's America? (EDIT: you're in Texas)

Since everyone wants to chime in their qualifications:

A Level physics, maths: additional further maths, chemistry, biology.

So, going back to the topic. The most simplest answer to the glass itself is that aluminosilicate glass is glass which has been chemically strengthened.

What I/we want to know is, which aluminosilicate glass is it - lithium strenghened? Alkali strengthened?

 

[gloss]

ELA - RaEng?

hang on, grade, so that's America? (EDIT: you're in Texas)

Since everyone wants to chime in their qualifications:

A Level physics, maths: additional further maths, chemistry, biology.

So, going back to the topic. The most simplest answer to the glass itself is that aluminosilicate glass is glass which has been chemically strengthened.

What I/we want to know is, which aluminosilicate glass is it - lithium strenghened? Alkali strengthened?

Yellow card for attempting to raise the level of discourse beyond that allowed by the MacRumors product-launch guidelines. Don't do it again.

 

[jpetticrew]

ELA - RaEng?

hang on, grade, so that's America? (EDIT: you're in Texas)

Since everyone wants to chime in their qualifications:

A Level physics, maths: additional further maths, chemistry, biology.

So, going back to the topic. The most simplest answer to the glass itself is that aluminosilicate glass is glass which has been chemically strengthened.

What I/we want to know is, which aluminosilicate glass is it - lithium strenghened? Alkali strengthened?

Haha, that was just a joke. I was giving him a hard time about his grammar. Nothing more.