can someone drop the One M8 from 3 to 5 feet and see how well the screen survives the drop?
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can someone drop the One M8 from 3 to 5 feet and see how well the screen survives the drop?
thanks!
can someone drop the One M8 from 3 to 5 feet and see how well the screen survives the drop?
thanks!
The thing about drop tests is that they're about as unscientific as it can get. The biggest factor in a screen breaking is when it bounces around on the edges, especially on a rough surface, and you get multiple impact points that radiate across the screen and converge. But the point is you can do a drop test for an hour and get no screen break and then drop it when you get out of bed the next morning and totally shatter it.
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The thing about drop tests is that they're about as unscientific as it can get. The biggest factor in a screen breaking is when it bounces around on the edges, especially on a rough surface, and you get multiple impact points that radiate across the screen and converge. But the point is you can do a drop test for an hour and get no screen break and then drop it when you get out of bed the next morning and totally shatter it.
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Here's an idea about what can happen to any phone dropped from any height... it can break.Yeah your right...crack incidents from dropping are totally random and unpredictable, no drop test can show what would really happen, but it does give the viewer an idea of what they can expect from dropping it
Here's an idea about what can happen to any phone dropped from any height... it can break.
Drop tests are silly.
Here's an idea about what can happen to any phone dropped from any height... it can break.
Drop tests are silly.
I don't mean to slag on any test you have done or info you offer to the community. More info is better than less. My point is that no two drops are going to be the same, and drop tests across devices are not reliable, so really, what's the point?Drop Tests are not meant to be scientific proof, but its just a simulation on what could happen if it dropped at that height. Sure you may not drop it like that, but there are many people who would accidentally drop the phone on its face at that height as in the video and the same result could possibly happen.
Drop tests are not silly, they are just not determinative
I don't mean to slag on any test you have done or info you offer to the community. More info is better than less. My point is that no two drops are going to be the same, and drop tests across devices are not reliable, so really, what's the point?
If you drop a smart phone that incorporates glass, guess what? It can break. OK, we've established that. What more can be offered? Not much.
Ummm, no. Why don't you go out and buy a $640 phone and do it yourself? Some people...
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Agreed on no two drops are the same, but it gives a general or limited idea on the strength/durability of the phone and how much it would take from that specific height, not saying that all phones dropped from that height will produce the same result, but just gives somewhat a general idea on the durability of the phone and its material
It really depends on how it is dropped. If it fell on its back, then it is probably ok. If it fell on its face onto a sharp object at 5',likelihood is that any glass screen phone would crack.
If it drops on plush carpet, most likely any phone should survive a 5' drop.
If it drops 5' into water that has a strong electric current then probably there would be damage because the phone is metal and not water proof. Otoh, a plastic waterproof phone might survive better.
Unless you know the specifics of the drop test, saying that a phone survived a 3'-5' drop doesn't mean much to me.
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