iPhone 4S & Samsung Galaxy S II Compete In A Drop Test
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Let’s face it — non-techies don’t usually care what a phone’s processor is, what the resolution of the screen is, and who’s suing who over which patent. What they want to see is how a phone fares in real life. Is it fast? Is it easy to use? And in this case, will it survive a few drops almost inevitable within a phone’s lifetime? Squaretrade.com takes that into account and performs a drop test face off between the new iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S II.
The Squaretrade crew dropped both phones three times on concrete — a waist high drop, a shoulder high drop, and a face-down chest high drop. The iPhone 4S display incurred considerable damage when dropped waist-high. Upon getting dropped face-down, it just completely shattered. The Samsung Galaxy S II, on the other hand, performed really well, and barely suffered any damage.
Do we think this sways people from purchasing which handset they want? Not really. Someone who wants an iPhone 4S will get an iPhone 4S — plus a pretty tough case for it. Same goes for those who want the Samsung Galaxy S II. Let’s just say this test warns new iPhone 4S owners to be especially careful with their devices.
Squaretrade is a warranty company affiliated with websites like Amazon and Buy.com.
Edit: Redacted iPhone 4S Gorilla Glass, as Apple clearly didn’t use the display tech!
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The iPhone 4s does NOT have Corning Gorilla Glass. The Galaxy S II does (as do many other smartphones).
I’m really surprised Apple didn’t use Gorilla Glass, as it would have resulted in a thinner and slightly lighter phone, but they do also sell a lot of phones as replacements for dropped and shattered phones.
“iPhone 4 is using glass from Chinese manufacturer named Lens Technology. While there might be some truth to the claim that the properties of their class are similar to Gorilla Glass (I wonder if iFixit actually meant exactly that), in reality iPhone never used the actual Gorilla Glass. There are unconfirmed reports of other sources of glass used in some batches of iPhone 4, but none of them are Corning Technology glass.
So, today the debate is already closed. No Gorilla Glass in iPhone 4.”
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