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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Successfully Survive Second Drop Test

ApfelSchaf said:
Did you watch PhoneBuff's test (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGxlm82hWDM)? There it also shattered mostly on the bottom -- and, more importantly -- the screen separated towards the bottom, too (around 4:41).
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I definitely did see that video and it hurt my soul. LoL. But it still doesn't mean that's what's happening in the Android Authority video. Admittedly, I did have to look at it a few times but it just doesn't make sense. Why fake it? Why this phone? Why now? Those guy have drop tested tons of phones. Those guys are aiming for likes and clicks by showing phones breaking, not surviving falls. Non Android phones in particular. They even have multiple, simultaneous angles to emphasize authenticity. There's just no reason to fake it. And, again, my phone looks exactly like that as well while being perfectly intact.
 
Stupid!

Has to be the dumbest waste of time ( this sector of tech) ever! Put a slim case on the $700 super advanced piece of tech!!! Done!
 
HurtinMinorKey said:
To garner publicity from people discussing it on forums such as this?
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Wouldn't they get more publicity if they could publish it on all sorts of android friendly blog and tech sites? Surely a site like Business Insider would throw it up in a heartbeat.
 
YegorH said:
I really like Macrumors, but is this a front page article, who gives a ****** about this.? Give me the toughest phone on the planet and it won't survive even the first drop.
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These survived many drop tests:
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I was lmao at the cameraman faces and sounds with each drop.

At the end I could see the disappointment in the guys eyes that the screens didn't even crack. :apple:
 
MacRumors said:
Even when dropped on their faces with a decent amount of force from waist high, the screens remained intact.
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How do you drop something with a "decent amount of force"?

Surely you either drop something and gravity does all the work, or you throw it at the ground?
 
X-X said:
Don't you look at these videos BEFORE you post them MacRumors?

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.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS8f-hVsDzA
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It looks like the screen might separate a bit but that's how the screen attaches, it pushes on and you need suction cups to remove it. It it flexes a bit during a drop it doesn't mean it will break. Actually that ability to flex probably saves it from breaking.
 
Looking at the video over again, it looks like the screen did pop out. I'm inclined to believe that they replaced the damaged phone with a different undamaged one. So yeah, the drop was staged.
 
MacRumors said:
A similar result was seen after a genuine accidental drop. The first person to receive an iPhone 6 in Australia opened up the package on camera and immediately dropped the phone on the hard ground, where it miraculously came away unscathed.
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He can't have been the 'first person to receive an iPhone 6 in Australia' if he's in Perth. Perth is on the west coast and two hours behind the east coast.
 
SgtPepper12 said:
Which leads me to a new tinfoil theory (fight fire with fire, right?):
MAYBE the people in this thread claiming it's fake are actually from Android Authority who want to make us watch the video to analyse their claims. Boom!
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How do we know you don't work in one of those cushy jobs at Apple, and are pushing this story about Android Authority faking the test and then commenting to drive up page views so you can then accuse them of...something. Huh? :p
 
Jsameds said:
OK so it does look like the screen came away from the body to be fair.

In fact popping out would mean a bit of elasticity in there which probably saved the display from smashing.

They probably just squeezed it and it popped right back in.
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Them leaving that detail out would be a significant omission and misleading.

You can easily see that it looks like something popped off in the video.

What I thought was weird was the didn't focus on the top edge during the tests, they kept showing the bottom for the flat or the edge tests (while it looks like the top is where the issue is), coincidence?

Gary
 
X-X said:
Don't you look at these videos BEFORE you post them MacRumors?

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.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS8f-hVsDzA
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I watched the video on a 24 inch monitor. There was no damage, other than scuffs. You are seeing debris from the ground bouncing around.
 
Judas1 said:
Looking at the video over again, it looks like the screen did pop out. I'm inclined to believe that they replaced the damaged phone with a different undamaged one. So yeah, the drop was staged.
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you guys are all like the folks who swear up and down that jesus is indeed, miraculously and without logical reasoning, on the toast. cause, 'look, there's eyes. you can see his EYES'

i feel like i'm in the twilight zone...
 
teslo said:
you guys are all like the folks who swear up and down that jesus is indeed, miraculously and without logical reasoning, on the toast. cause, 'look, there's eyes. you can see his EYES'

i feel like i'm in the twilight zone...
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There's a video right there in front of your face. Take a look at it. The screen popped out, and one corner of the phone is raised bc of it. You can even see it in the real time portion.
 
Judas1 said:
Looking at the video over again, it looks like the screen did pop out. I'm inclined to believe that they replaced the damaged phone with a different undamaged one. So yeah, the drop was staged.
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This assumption means also having to replicate the scuffs and damage caused by the prior drops to match them exactly. That seems unbelievably impractical and highly unlikely.

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For those that are calling fake, how likey do you think it is that they also recreated the same scuffs and damage caused by the prior drops so that it matched perfectly. Otherwise, how was it faked? CGI? Cmon now...
 
K-Rob said:
This assumption means also having to replicate the scuffs and damage caused by the prior drops to match them exactly. That seems unbelievably impractical and highly unlikely.

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For those that are calling fake, how likey do you think this that they also recreated the same scuffs and damage caused by the prior drops so that it matched perfectly. Otherwise, how was it faked? CGI? Cmon now...
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The phone they picked up didn't look like it had any scuffs at all. But its hard to tell because his hand was covering half of the phone.
 
What's the point of these drop test videos? Did those guys really go out and buy a 6 and 6 Plus just to try and break them?

So I ask again, what's the ****** point? Am I missing something here?
 
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