Watch Nexus One get built, then beaten mercilessly

This might be the best entry yet in Google's Nexus One video series. Today's double feature is marked by the testing and manufacturing of the device, and while the all-white facilities and assembly lines can be interesting in their own right, we love nothing more than seeing just how Google and HTC stress test its labor of love. Watch it dropped, slammed, bent, poked, and detonated -- okay, maybe not detonated, and we unfortunately don't get to see any phones crack, but it's still good fun. The big game's not on yet, so give yourself a few minutes and hit up the two short videos after the break.

[MXY23 Posted Feb 7th 2010 10:02PM]

links (on youku) for anyone who can't access Youtube:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUwODc1NDg4.html
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUwOTMzODE2.html

http://so.youku.com/search_video/q_nexus%20one%20the%20story

pretty cool stuff indeed :)

[tread Posted Feb 7th 2010 10:12PM]

like anyone is gonna press the trackball that much... edit > cut > delete

[PancakeMix Posted Feb 7th 2010 10:17PM]

This makes me love Google so much.

[Thor e Posted Feb 7th 2010 11:02PM]

I can tell from personal experience that iPhone DOES NOT do this kind of testing. I mean their screen is made of glass and it's the one piece they don't warranty. With a glass screen you could not to that kind of bend or impact test.

Bravo HTC, this is a good bit of Marketing. Your phones are head and shoulders better that the iPhone and I hope you do very well with the nexus one. Now if only Palm would let you make a WebOS phone for them.. that would be... PERFECTION!

[Hazdaz Posted Feb 7th 2010 11:53PM]

I find it comical how people think that every phone - hell, pretty much any mass-market consumer electronics product - doesn't go through similar testing.

Very interesting to see in action none the less, but it's not like this is in any way unique.

[stabbytheicepic Posted Feb 8th 2010 12:02AM]

@Hazdaz I bet you the slave labor camps that the iPhone is built in don't look anything like that factory.

[Hazdaz Posted Feb 8th 2010 8:36AM]

@stabbytheicepic

I know it's "fashionable" to be busting on Apple for some reason, but if you think the iPhone is made in any vastly different manner (or tested any less) then you are sorely mistaken. All these type of devices are made in factories in Taiwan or mainland China and are run in a similar manner.

[Maxximtl Posted Feb 8th 2010 1:21AM]

Where were these videos back in December? Google needed to generate some buzz prior to its release, not after.

[stabbytheicepic Posted Feb 8th 2010 2:20AM]

@Maxximtl
Why do people continue to think google cares about the sales numbers on the nexus one?

[haan Posted Feb 8th 2010 2:22AM]

for some reason, i feel more attached to my nexus one after watching these videos

[jpxdude Posted Feb 8th 2010 2:26AM]

I love these video's, I do really want a Nexus One, but what holds me back right now is the method of purchase, and all the stealth taxes associated with getting one to the UK. In total, it would cost be about $850 to get :(

Hopefully by Spring time there will be an easier way of getting my hands on one of these.

[dyyz Posted Feb 8th 2010 7:34AM]

maan i wanna go work there just for that i can destroy phones and gettin paid for it lol.

[ryleyinstl Posted Feb 8th 2010 9:10AM]

I wish Palm had done some "testing" on the Pre before I bought it. I love webOS but the hardware is very disappointing.

[DoctarPeppar Posted Feb 8th 2010 10:28AM]

Great videos...love the production.

[calrouge Posted Feb 8th 2010 11:32AM]

Wow, the testing one was really well produced. Lovely filming, lovely editing. Well done Google. :D

[walsho Posted Feb 8th 2010 2:53PM]

Lost me at "Magical"

[walsho Posted Feb 8th 2010 2:57PM]

@walsho EDIT: Very cool manufacturing video, very well produced. But, I think Engadget should start adding a "Magical" tag so I can opt out of any post that uses that term!

[Shepherd Posted Feb 8th 2010 11:33PM]

They're not showing you how much it can take. It says Bend Test: Simulates maximum bend stress phone can withstand; though it just goes to a point. I watched to see some mindless destruction!

[Raeglatem Posted Feb 9th 2010 10:05AM]

Yup, definitely replacing my G1 with the nexus lol.