Why use actual hammer? When you use the actual hammer. You intend to destroy your phone. There is nothing to stop that. I think the hammer they used to replicate the impact of a drop phone.
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Samsung Demonstrates New 'Unbreakable' OLED Display Panel
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Why use actual hammer? When you use the actual hammer. You intend to destroy your phone. There is nothing to stop that. I think the hammer they used to replicate the impact of a drop phone.
The glass front also provides strength and rigidity to the whole phone. This also exposes internal components to bend and other stresses that they do not normally need to contend with. I think this is a wonderful step providing the covers can be easily replaced when scratched, and they can provide a rigid frame to stop it from being bendy. Until these other hurdles can be overcome, I do not see this as a solution to anything dealing with the current generation of phones. Perhaps a new "flip" phone? Yah, exactly.
Personally, I'd love it if Apple went back to plastic screens. Since they handle impact so well. I could care less about scratching. Screen film only runs about $1.50 each. Plus you can use matte film and get rid of the glare. Although I can't see why anyone wouldn't put their phones in anything less than an IP68 case. Especially something as pricey as an iPhone.
The outer glass layer needs to be glued on to make it stronger.
Thin glass without glue will shatter even in gentle drops and with the slightest pressure (pressing hard enough to activate “force touch” on an iPhone would crack it without glue).
You can make the glass thicker to make it as durable as you want. But it’s still always going to be massively stronger when glued on - bullet proof glass is always glued to a non-glass layer (usually plastic).
You want then thing it’s glued onto to be as strong as possible - which means gluing it to almost every layer including the oled/lcd panel.
If it’s not glued, replacing the glass will still have some cost. Apple only charged me $120 last time I needed a screen replaced. I’d rather do that rarely than replace a $30 screen protector frequently.
The real solution is to have the right glass thickness for a balance of strength and weight. I’ve broken two screens in the last six years and I drop my phone at least twice a month (with no case or screen protector). To me I think Apple has found the right balance.
Old plastic screens are not wanted, we had them and moved onto glass and improved on the glass screens to give us that plastic quality of hard to crack, plastic just only advantage is it dose not chatter or crack that’s all.
Remember iPods with the plastic scratched scuffles screens, nano all over again no thanks
They do have a place but not a phone, laptop yes , tablet maybe a phone no way
Also if you put a screen protector on it would not project from a pointed object, or if glass cover if cracked could result in screen getting scratched or puncture
Remember iPods with the plastic scratched scuffles screens, nano all over again no thanks
They do have a place but not a phone, laptop yes , tablet maybe a phone no way
Also if you put a screen protector on it would not project from a pointed object, or if glass cover if cracked could result in screen getting scratched or puncture
Think of it another way, if you can have a plastic screen with easily replaceable glass overlay, you could get the best of both worlds.
That sounds like the worst of both worlds. What’s the point of the plastic of the assembly still includes a breakable glass overlay.
She missed entirely on the first hit, so I'm not impressed with the tester. 
We'll see about the product.
We'll see about the product.
I'm done with iphones. I have an iphone 6 which isn't even 4 years old, but the thing started to stutter because of the battery age. So my options are to either spend $$ and replace the battery or to install iOS 11 and disable throttling. If I go for the second option, the phone will be stuttering regardless simply because iOS 11 isn't optimized for iphone 6. If I go for the first option, there's a chance Apple will wipe iOS 10 and install the latests one, and I'll be screwed regardless.
It's too bad Samsung's bendable screen won't go mainstream by the time I get my next phone. So I'll probably get some cheap android. Either way — no more apple. Unfortunately, at this point the only product left for which I respect apple is the ipad.
It's too bad Samsung's bendable screen won't go mainstream by the time I get my next phone. So I'll probably get some cheap android. Either way — no more apple. Unfortunately, at this point the only product left for which I respect apple is the ipad.
People doing stupid stuff to prove it is unbreakable will find the display as such, but not the internal components of the phone.
What a STRANGE video. Weird framing, tacky music, gawdy title design, and then they use a mallet on a flat surface instead of a hammer.
Who at Samsung let this one out into the wild?
Who at Samsung let this one out into the wild?
Yeah, ‘cause there’s no flaw in that logic. Hell, they may as well tap Samsung for a few exploding batteries. Even more profit then right?
Alas, I scratch screens a hell of a lot more than I break them. Just saying.
[doublepost=1532757604][/doublepost]And...I guess you could put a glass screen protector on the damn thing, huh?
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[doublepost=1532757604][/doublepost]And...I guess you could put a glass screen protector on the damn thing, huh?
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It seems more like an internal video aimed at convincing a corporate big head to invest deeply in this OLED option.
The iPhone 4s was the easiest phone to replace the battery and rear glass panel because it was designed that way.
Apple now intentionally designs the screen and components to be difficult to replace because of the black market.
Apparently, people would hypothetically buy used phones, replace the LCD, battery and add more storage. Then sell the phone at a profit, but cheaper than a 128 GB iPhone.
Even with the massive amount of glue, this still happens today in China where unlocked iPhones are difficult to obtain. There are interesting YouTube videos where they literally solder on new components.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/black-market-iphone
Apple now intentionally designs the screen and components to be difficult to replace because of the black market.
Apparently, people would hypothetically buy used phones, replace the LCD, battery and add more storage. Then sell the phone at a profit, but cheaper than a 128 GB iPhone.
Even with the massive amount of glue, this still happens today in China where unlocked iPhones are difficult to obtain. There are interesting YouTube videos where they literally solder on new components.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/black-market-iphone
I wish Samsung would make a decent small phone then, I'd say around half the people I know with iPhones are holding on to their 5/SE because they still want a good replacement, we already have iPads if we want to go the "innovative" way the newer large phones are going.