Video of HTC One drop test

[Topgonzo]

Yes, I noticed that as well--a bit misleading. I'm not sure why everyone is saying its a "solid block of aluminum" when in fact its an aluminum back with plastic sandwiched in the middle with the metal parts on the other side glued on. All smartphone makers use glue by the way, including Apple, but its how they use it that matters. Sometimes you need glue, and other times its better to use screws or brackets.

Ok the phone is a single piece of aluminum..there is silicone or plastic molding injected into areas of the phone back for the antennae etc. The speaker broke off in the video at the place it was weak. There is no screws or partial pieces put together or glued

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[qnet]

It's interesting to watch but I always put cases on my phones so it won't matter to me. I only use my phones naked when I'm in my home which it wall to wall carpet. Cases don't always protect everything but they are better than nothing.

 

[reddragon72]

Gentlemen, ladies.....

Drop tests are not like crash tests for cars. If they had a perfect system that dropped stuff onto the phone to simulate a repeated result drop test then I would go with it. You can argue all you want but simply holding a phone up and letting go WILL produce different results each time.

Think of it like this. Cars used to be made of steel body panels. Then they switched to aluminum. But aluminum is not as strong as steel so why switch? Steel rust's and the body is likely to rust sooner, but not if the engine and other parts die first. So if you buy a phone I think the battery wearing out would be my main concern over whether is can survive a drop test. I mean I don't buy an aluminum car thinking I'm going to go and crash it tomorrow I think is the engine and electronics going to last.

I'm not dissing the video I'm just stating that from a view of probability. If he had 5 HTC One's and dropped them all from the same height from the same spot I bet the results for each one would be different. So unless someone can repeat this with 5+ phones then I will dismiss it.

 

[xtn]

Ok the phone is a single piece of aluminum..there is silicone or plastic molding injected into areas of the phone back for the antennae etc. The speaker broke off in the video at the place it was weak. There is no screws or partial pieces put together or glued

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There is a lot of inaccuracy in that post. The phone is not a single piece of aluminum. The speaker did not break off. There are screws in the phone. There are partial pieces put together. There are parts glued on.

The speaker GRILL, which is a SEPARATE PIECE, and which is GLUED onto the PLASTIC part underneath, did not break. It got knocked off because the glue failed.

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[Peter Venkman]

The whole test (OP's video drop) is a joke. The One holds up perfectly well and head and shoulders above the iPhone. And only when the tester isn't satisfied with the results does he basically slam the One against the ground and say, "Oh, gee, guess it's not all that." That guy is total f-up. The One held up admirably well, and much better than the S4 will. Wait for that test. Or don't. Actually, don't.

 

[xtn]

Think of it like this. Cars used to be made of steel body panels. Then they switched to aluminum. But aluminum is not as strong as steel so why switch?

Pound for pound, and depending on the specific requirements of the engineered application, aluminum can be stronger than steel. So can "plastics" for that matter. Just saying.

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[qnet]

The whole test (OP's video drop) is a joke. The One holds up perfectly well and head and shoulders above the iPhone. And only when the tester isn't satisfied with the results does he basically slam the One against the ground and say, "Oh, gee, guess it's not all that." That guy is total f-up. The One held up admirably well, and much better than the S4 will. Wait for that test. Or don't. Actually, don't.

I agree with you to a extent. It seemed like he wanted to make sure he could get the HTC One to break somehow. When he dropped both phones the Iphone 5 happened to keep landing on it's face were as the One kept landing on it's corner. Then he finally dropped both phones face down.

I don't think he's f-upped he's just trying to do a test to show what could happen to your phone and providing some entertainment. What I don't agee with is how negative some people are being about the H-one over this test. All these new smart phones have the potential to be damaged badly when dropped, that's just the way it is. If you want to carry your phone naked that's fine but you should get insurance, be careful and, realize you're taking a chance.

 

[reddragon72]

Pound for pound, and depending on the specific requirements of the engineered application, aluminum can be stronger than steel. So can "plastics" for that matter. Just saying.

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So we have aluminum guns? and swords/knives? Pound for pound steel beats aluminum any day. If aluminum where that great steal would have been taken off the market long ago.

Anyways back to OT.

 

[xtn]

So we have aluminum guns? and swords/knives? Pound for pound steel beats aluminum any day. If aluminum where that great steal would have been taken off the market long ago.

Anyways back to OT.

Yes we have aluminum guns. Steel with a high carbon content is better for blades because it holds a sharp edge better. But it's also more brittle. Those are different properties than strength-to-weight ratio. As I said it depends on the design/engineering criteria that are to be met for a given application. Sometimes those criteria might include cost, manufacturing methods, any subset of physical material property minimum requirements, etc. Steel is still cheaper than aluminum. So of course it is still used in many applications.

However if you look at applications where a certain strength is required, and the weight is a more important factor than the cost, you will find aluminum is selected more often than steel. Such is the case in the aviation industry, for example.

If a part is allowed a certain weight maximum, it can likely be made stronger with aluminum than with steel.

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[Topgonzo]

Could it be possible to make a phone out of steel?

 

[xtn]

Could it be possible to make a phone out of steel?

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Sure. You could make a phone chassis out of any solid material you like. A lot of the choices might be poor ones though.

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[CaCHooKaMan]

ive dropped my phones over the years in way worse ways and ive never managed to crack a screen or cause any major damage. i guess im one of the lucky ones.

 

[go3go]

Sure. You could make a phone chassis out of any solid material you like. A lot of the choices might be poor ones though.

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yep, a steel phone would be unnecessarily heavy though.

 

[teerone]

Videos like these are great entertainment that's all!

 

[Erik Pendleton]

What annoys me is that the picture of the "one piece chassis" HTC released has the speaker grills on it, implying that they are machined whole as part of it. The fact that they are poorly glued adds to the pain.

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Yeah, I was a bit surprised that the grills are just glued on. I thought they said this was one piece aluminium? And like you said, the picture out and about shows the grills with the back, implying they are connected. If not why 2 hours to CNC this thing? It certainly isn't one piece aluminum. It is a one piece aluminum back and the front is 2 pieces and the screen.

I still can't wait for my pre-order to arrive, but am somewhat disappointed that there is nothing holding those grills on but some glue, apparently.

 

[Topgonzo]

Yeah, I was a bit surprised that the grills are just glued on. I thought they said this was one piece aluminium? And like you said, the picture out and about shows the grills with the back, implying they are connected. If not why 2 hours to CNC this thing? It certainly isn't one piece aluminum. It is a one piece aluminum back and the front is 2 pieces and the screen.

I still can't wait for my pre-order to arrive, but am somewhat disappointed that there is nothing holding those grills on but some glue, apparently.

This is absolutely not true. Watch the video. The grill is part of the entire uni body aluminum. It hit on the corner and broke the place where it connects because it's weak there. The dumb *** in the video acted like the grill popped off and it couldn't go back on.

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[Russ Smith]

Yeah, I was a bit surprised that the grills are just glued on. I thought they said this was one piece aluminium? And like you said, the picture out and about shows the grills with the back, implying they are connected. If not why 2 hours to CNC this thing? It certainly isn't one piece aluminum. It is a one piece aluminum back and the front is 2 pieces and the screen.

I still can't wait for my pre-order to arrive, but am somewhat disappointed that there is nothing holding those grills on but some glue, apparently.

I thought it was a one piece, still I believe the sides below inlayed plastic are aluminium and the whole back was 'carved' out of a block, not bent into shape, not really a bug for me yet only time will tell build quality until then I'm gonna really enjoy this phone

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[CaCHooKaMan]

the speaker grills arent a part of the unibody case

HTC One Teardown - iFixit

 

[xtn]

This is absolutely not true. Watch the video. The grill is part of the entire uni body aluminum. It hit on the corner and broke the place where it connects because it's weak there. The dumb *** in the video acted like the grill popped off and it couldn't go back on.

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Really? Then why does ifixit's teardown picture skow both grills laying there separately next to all the other parts?

What does it feel like to be absolutely wrong?

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[Topgonzo]

Really? Then why does ifixit's teardown picture skow both grills laying there separately next to all the other parts?

What does it feel like to be absolutely wrong?

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Those aren't the grills..they are the speaker parts in the appropriate shape. It's not the grill..