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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Successfully Survive Second Drop Test
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Seriously, how many drop tests does the Internet really need? That poor kid in Perth already did it for you.
What happens to all the scuffed/damaged phones AFTER the tests?
And lastly, don't get me started on that "Will It Blend" idiot.
What happens to all the scuffed/damaged phones AFTER the tests?
And lastly, don't get me started on that "Will It Blend" idiot.
THE DROP TEST VIDEO IS FAKED!
You can even see the glas panel coming off when the 6 plus hits the ground (3:53), then they cut to a completely intact phone.
Oh and glass flying at 3:45.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS8f-hVsDzA
You may have been sarcastic here, but I can't be sure from the context, and I've met plenty of people who actually didn't understand this, so I'm going to reply as if it were an honest question.
Yes, a larger piece of a given material, of a given thickness will be more prone to breakage. If you want to see an example of this in action, here's how:
1) Buy a cheap wooden yard stick.
2) Place it across 2 chairs, such that only a few inches on either end are touching the chairs.
3) Press down on the yardstick in the middle until it breaks.
4) Repeat with the progressively smaller pieces until you can no longer press hard enough to break the yardstick.
You'll notice as you repeat the process, it will take more and more force to bend the smaller pieces of the yardstick to their respective breaking points.
Title of thread...
Yes, technically both phones survived the drop test. However the 6+ definitely didn't survive intact. Sort of devalues the "survived" don't you think?
Yes, technically both phones survived the drop test. However the 6+ definitely didn't survive intact. Sort of devalues the "survived" don't you think?
I dropped my iPhone4 a couple of times, both with and without case...luckily it survived. The case based it bounce and slide but the without case was a full on face plant!
I also dropped my 5s without case...landed on an edge, now it has a little dent....lucky it landed towards the back. I think a corner drop where the glass side makes contact first is probably worst case in terms of transferring energy to the screen so I was lucky.
In the end, it takes a lot of drop testing to determine accurately the strength in average fall case....even manufacturing tolerances come into play. I've seen phones that have a 'pinch point' where the bezel or case is slightly tighter at one side. When the phone drops, more energy gets transferred at that point, greater chance of glass breakage.
The lesson is, you have a very expensive supercomputer with beautiful but largely fragile component...treat it with kid gloves and put a decent rubber case on it.
I also dropped my 5s without case...landed on an edge, now it has a little dent....lucky it landed towards the back. I think a corner drop where the glass side makes contact first is probably worst case in terms of transferring energy to the screen so I was lucky.
In the end, it takes a lot of drop testing to determine accurately the strength in average fall case....even manufacturing tolerances come into play. I've seen phones that have a 'pinch point' where the bezel or case is slightly tighter at one side. When the phone drops, more energy gets transferred at that point, greater chance of glass breakage.
The lesson is, you have a very expensive supercomputer with beautiful but largely fragile component...treat it with kid gloves and put a decent rubber case on it.
Seriously, you are accusing ANDROID AUTHORITY of faking an iPHONE drop test and being SOFT on Apple?!? Conspiracy nuts are funny sometimes...
You seriously scrubbed the video and zoomed in to try and find this conspiracy? The still you posted shows nothing of the sort.
Let us know how Android Authority responds to your conspiracy emails. It will be good for a laugh.
No.
No. Look at the previous shot from the other (almost opposite) angle. That's the same bit of street debris you see blown by the iPhone reaching the ground. As you can see it was there before the phone hits the ground and is clearly not glass (is perhaps a piece of grass off of someone's shoe).
Weak.
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nah. you can see the 'glass' that 'flies' already on the ground (a white speck of something)... and what your circled screenshot shows is antialiasing to account for a diagonal line that the pixels can't reproduce. whatever camera they shot that particular angle with still shows up in 480p resolution, even in the 1080p playback.
There was some sarcasm in my question because I knew the answer was most likely obvious, as you pointed out. But it was also genuine curiosity and hope I could be wrong. Hoping that the glass used in the iPhone 6 differs enough from the iPhone 5s, stronger and more durable.
I do thank you for the easy to follow example though. I had not thought about it that way before.
NO it's not IT'S A FAKED VIDEO
- Glass shattering and you can see the panel coming off the phone (3:45)
- Glas panel coming off when the 6 plus hits the ground (3:53)
TBH I think it's even lower than 480p - them jaggies!
They should have used the 240fps slow mo on another iPhone 6, we would have seen the phone-ground contact shot in 1080p then
you're trolling. that's clearly the stand to a tripod. no way anyone would mistake it for anything else if you're watching the video. that 'glass flying' is visible paper scrap or cigarette ash on the ground before it hits. you've wasted a total of about 30 seconds of about 10 people's time rewatching the video. happy yet?