iPhone 7 outlasts Galaxy S7 in 35-feet (~10 m) of water, survives 10 foot face-down drop (and from a helicopter)

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1 minute ago, Magnetorheological said:

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What are you talking about? Everyone knows the cause of Magma is when a Nokia 3310 dies, its battery recycling creates a molten rock river 

[othertomperson]

14 hours ago, JAKEBAB said:

This is one random guys test and far from conclusive.

"Bend gate" was the product of one random guy's test, that was never reproduced apart from that one other test that did the same thing with lots of phones and found the force required to bend an iphone 6 to be equal to that required to bend a HTC One M8.

[Sauron]

Finally, I see so many people having a broken screen within 4 months of getting a new phone... even if the tests are probably not conclusive given it's just one guy (as other said), it still seems like they paid some attention to durability this time.

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14 hours ago, The1whokill5 said:

Jesus the heli vid is just awesome

If how to basic did unboxings

[Tech_Dreamer]

Rich people be like

 

"Oh no , i dropped my iPhone from my Helicopter"

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10 minutes ago, Tech_Dreamer said:

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They wont be able to discern one of these from a Jet Black Iphone while falling tough!

 

[Noctus]

5 hours ago, Hunter259 said:

Lol. 1000? So we are going to try to break $650000+ of electronics? That's hilarious. No one tests that many phones dude. Come on.

Exactly. These videos "proving" thing's are utterly pointless.

[Hunter259]

1 hour ago, Noctus said:

Exactly. These videos "proving" thing's are utterly pointless.

Eh. When multple videos show up it pretty much giving the same information and results there is something to say about that. Of course who is keeping there phone under water for 7 hours or in 25+ meters of water.

[LoE Ferret]

8 hours ago, DocSwag said:

That phone broke the concrete?!?

 

WHAT THE HECK?!?!?

We are lucky it stopped there, the Earth's core was at risk for a moment. Imagine one of them dropped from a helicopter. I am not sure if Physics will survive.

[Kimmers]

6 minutes ago, Hunter259 said:

Eh. When multple videos show up it pretty much giving the same information and results there is something to say about that. Of course who is keeping there phone under water for 7 hours or in 25+ meters of water.

A lot of people like things that they'll never ever everrr use. For example there are some diving watches that can handle pressures found in the Mariana trench or cars like the Veyron that can go like 260+ mph. They'll never ever do these things but the fact that the stuff can makes them appealing.

[Misanthrope]

Maybe it's just me but if you can afford to travel by helicopter you can afford to destroy the occasional 700 bucks phone anyway.

[Paragon_X]

12 hours ago, othertomperson said:

"Bend gate" was the product of one random guy's test, that was never reproduced apart from that one other test that did the same thing with lots of phones and found the force required to bend an iphone 6 to be equal to that required to bend a HTC One M8.

Just recently it was showed that the iphone 6 after some time it bends and some touchscreens stopped working. Compared to 6s the 6 is flimsy.

Source: Iphone 6 owner.

[ShadowCaptain]

6 hours ago, Misanthrope said:

Maybe it's just me but if you can afford to travel by helicopter you can afford to destroy the occasional 700 bucks phone anyway.

You can probably wipe your arse with smartphones

[Misanthrope]

49 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

You can probably wipe your arse with smartphones

It's probably too slippery on it's own and you'd need some kind texture, speaking of phone textures our next sponsor is DBRAND!

[ShadowCaptain]

Just now, Misanthrope said:

It's probably too slippery on it's own and you'd need some kind texture, speaking of phone textures our next sponsor is DBRAND!

Nah like a nice scooper

[Misanthrope]

Just now, ShadowCaptain said:

Nah like a nice scooper

Oh I see, maybe you can just bend it to create a nice curve then

[ShadowCaptain]

2 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

Oh I see, maybe you can just bend it to create a nice curve then

Sure i mean you are gonna flush it anyway 

 

maybe use the airpods as a suppository 

[Noctus]

8 hours ago, Hunter259 said:

Eh. When multple videos show up it pretty much giving the same information and results there is something to say about that. Of course who is keeping there phone under water for 7 hours or in 25+ meters of water.

List ALL the videos that make these tests conclusive proof please.

[Hunter259]

6 hours ago, Noctus said:

List ALL the videos that make these tests conclusive proof please.

Since I dont have the time for this I will post the iFixit video where it was in a meter of water for 7.5 hours before they stopped it due to youtube not allowing for live streams past 8 hours. Also please stop trying to find something that isnt there. No where did I say that just because there are a few videos that it is conclusive. I said theres something to say. Not that is conclusive.

 

[spartaman64]

Not big enough of a sample size but that drop is impressive

[CBojorges]

On 18/9/2016 at 2:06 PM, Repost said:

Sample size of 1 means nothing; it's not science and it's not indicative of anything besides the fact that your phone might survive past the ip rating and it might survive a fall on a roller coaster. Test at least 1000 of the S7 and iPhone 7 in the same exact conditions and you might get something meaningful. 

You don't need 1000 phones to make a meaningful test. 

[VerticalDiscussions]

Alright, drop it from Orbit, just not like UAG did ofc, with a deployable parachute. A caseless and fair drop from the outer surface of our Planet and we can finally conclude this phones durability

 

Gotta ask Lockheed Martin for some advices on how to do this properly!

[Repost]

5 hours ago, CBojorges said:

You don't need 1000 phones to make a meaningful test. 

What does 1 run of a test tell you? Nothing. All it tells you is that the iPhone 7 might survive a fall from a helicopter. It's the same as looking at one review of a 6700k to determine its overclocking capability. 

[mattebad]

All of you guys fighting about the iphone 7 beating the S7 and I'm just here wondering how the revised Note 7 would stand against it 

[RedRound2]

2 hours ago, Repost said:

What does 1 run of a test tell you? Nothing. All it tells you is that the iPhone 7 might survive a fall from a helicopter. It's the same as looking at one review of a 6700k to determine its overclocking capability. 

Well one drop test will definitely have more credibility than benchmarking a silicone because there are too many uncertainties to draw out a definite conclusion.

ANd second, although you wont find many helicopter drop tests, you will find the regular drop tests and the iPhone 7 objectively performs better than 6S and many other phones (which was the entire point by going overkill with a helicopter)