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iPhone 7 Undergoes Extreme Durability Test in New Video [Updated]
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That's the point, it will scratch the sapphire glass with a 9 tip but on the holder it says 6 hardness.
And that is why his next test will be iPhone 7 vs Jack Bauer.
we're running out of time!
For once this was a legitimate durability test from YouTube. Nice to see a phone taken through more realistic things instead of being dropped from 40 feet or dipped in liquid nitrogen. Anxious to see the jet black tests.
Disagree with his comments on the lightning port though. To assume that someone would plug the headphone adapter in just as often as they plug it in to charge is ridiculous. Some people never use their headphones with their phone, others might use it once a day or a few times a week, and there are the heavy users that will use it multiple times a day. You can't generalize to say it will be used twice as much.
Disagree with his comments on the lightning port though. To assume that someone would plug the headphone adapter in just as often as they plug it in to charge is ridiculous. Some people never use their headphones with their phone, others might use it once a day or a few times a week, and there are the heavy users that will use it multiple times a day. You can't generalize to say it will be used twice as much.
I'm pretty sure the camera lens and TouchID button are still made out of sapphire. It makes no sense at all for Apple to lie that blatantly about the use of materials. It would result in a marketing distatser (espacially in the case of Apple, since media does focus more on them).
I am with you! I was literally cringing when I was watching it...I mean, there are people that legitimately want one that can't get one and you are using yours to damage it?
Why would he do that? What's the end game? Others can do the same test. If the results are the same, does that mean there's a conspiracy?
The guy uses the phone as a tool in his job. It's a simple piece of consumer electronics, not a baby seal. Besides, everyone who wants an iPhone 7 will be able to get one. They may not be able to get their instant gratification fix, but they will get a phone.
Like I need some asshat that goes so far out of his way to get a phone for the express purpose of destroying it (which ultimately contributes to my not getting one on launch day) to tell me that it is inadvisable to sit on it, drive over it with my car, whack it repeatedly with a diesel-powered back hoe, etc.
Seriously, WTF is wrong with people.
Seriously, WTF is wrong with people.
If the lens cover and touch ID indeed aren't made out of sapphire, Apple could be in serious trouble here. The lawsuits are coming, and rightfully so. (If this is true).
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What do these 'tests' ever show us? Surely there are no actual surprises here to any adult with a normal capacity to respect and take care of a premium item?
You shouldn't sit on your phone? Yeah, thanks for that. I also recommend not sitting on your glasses or standing on the hood of your car.
Don't mix your glass or ultra shiny phone with keys? (BTW, what are the 'other abrasive materials that can be found in pockets'?). Again I advise against driving your new car along the side of a brick wall.
It seems to me that releasing a new phone to the world is like handing them over to a kindergarten.
The phones are broadly in line with what we had last year and the year before. Incremental improvements in some areas perhaps, but still along the lines of don't use a blowtorch, don't sit on it and don't throw it in a bag full of rocks.
Hardware review YouTube channel JerryRigEverything has put the new iPhone 7 through an intensive durability test, concluding that Apple has designed a "solid phone" with good build quality, but with a couple of reservations.
What do these 'tests' ever show us? Surely there are no actual surprises here to any adult with a normal capacity to respect and take care of a premium item?
You shouldn't sit on your phone? Yeah, thanks for that. I also recommend not sitting on your glasses or standing on the hood of your car.
Don't mix your glass or ultra shiny phone with keys? (BTW, what are the 'other abrasive materials that can be found in pockets'?). Again I advise against driving your new car along the side of a brick wall.
It seems to me that releasing a new phone to the world is like handing them over to a kindergarten.
The phones are broadly in line with what we had last year and the year before. Incremental improvements in some areas perhaps, but still along the lines of don't use a blowtorch, don't sit on it and don't throw it in a bag full of rocks.
Never mind lawsuitss, plenty of global regulators would hammer them hard as it's pretty illegal to do false advertising and it would no doubt capture media attention too.
I think I can put a complaint it which I certainly will do if this is the case.
Why would he do that? What's the end game? Others can do the same test. If the results are the same, does that mean there's a conspiracy?
I said it could be easily faked, didn't say he actually faked it.
You don't actually, seriously think that Apple have stated it's sapphire when it isn't? After what you yourself have said about the consequences? Because a knob with a youtube video says so? I would disregard this idea as utterly implausible until something a little more authoritative emerged. Which I doubt very, very much.
omg I dropped a 200 lbs. safe onto my iPhone 7 from ten feet. It folded like a cheap suit! #re-bendgate!
So someone else got something you didn't get... yet. Seriously, WTF is wrong with people.