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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Get Cracked in First Drop Test
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Based on this video alone, if you don't use a case then you're insane or have too much expendable income.
If I hear "S is for Sapphire" one more time.. *eyeroll*
This is unfortunate though. I was super pleased (still am) with the 5, as I drop it quite often due to carelessness. Actually I throw it around a lot too. Dents and dings but no issues whatsoever.
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Well, given the 5 performed much better than the smaller 3.5".... I'm not sure it's always so cut-and-dried as that?
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Good luck breaking a diamond, Earth's hardest material, with anything other than a diamond hammer
Good luck breaking a diamond, Earth's hardest material, with anything other than a diamond hammer
Lol. We have a few diamond earrings around the house that have cracked or had issues. Even Diamonds crack and break.
And the poster earlier above is correct. Sapphire is harder which makes it more scratch resistant. It also means that it has less "give" and on a device that gets used and abused, at varying levels not necessarily a 6ft drop, that lesser "give" is not a good thing. Add to that they have now decided to use a less robust design for the sake of aesthetics and this is the result. Never a perfect combination for everyone unfortunately.
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iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Get Cracked in First Drop Test
I'm sorry but these YouTube drop test videos are every bit as sad as the millions of un boxing videos. Made more for the attention seekers of YouTube than for any real world use. It's a smart phone....It's glass.....It breaks.....No s@$t!
Not to mention your an idiot for breaking a perfectly working phone!
I think the worse one I came across was guys testing iPad cases......by throwing them up and off a building drrrrrr!
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Give me a 5.5 sheet of Diamond as thin as the glass on the iPhone and I promise you it'll break from a 5 ft. Drop!
I'm sorry but these YouTube drop test videos are every bit as sad as the millions of un boxing videos. Made more for the attention seekers of YouTube than for any real world use. It's a smart phone....It's glass.....It breaks.....No s@$t!
Not to mention your an idiot for breaking a perfectly working phone!
I think the worse one I came across was guys testing iPad cases......by throwing them up and off a building drrrrrr!
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If I hear "S is for Sapphire" one more time.. *eyeroll*
This is unfortunate though. I was super pleased (still am) with the 5, as I drop it quite often due to carelessness. Actually I throw it around a lot too. Dents and dings but no issues whatsoever.
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Well, given the 5 performed much better than the smaller 3.5".... I'm not sure it's always so cut-and-dried as that?
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Good luck breaking a diamond, Earth's hardest material, with anything other than a diamond hammer
Give me a 5.5 sheet of Diamond as thin as the glass on the iPhone and I promise you it'll break from a 5 ft. Drop!
Good luck breaking a diamond, Earth's hardest material, with anything other than a diamond hammer
You can easily smash a diamond with a regular hammer.
You can even accidentally knock against something with a diamond ring on your finger, and chip a piece off it.
You are 100% correct. Diamond is one of the hardest substances on earth but it's relatively brittle. There is no other material (just about) on earth that can scratch it but it will shatter with relative ease.
