iPhone 4 drop test yields results (video)

There's been a lot of fuss about the iPhone 4's Gorilla Glass "custom glass" comparable in strength to sapphire crystal but 30 times harder than plastic. Sounds incredible, right? But make no mistake, that front glass panel will still break if dropped. Ok, it took four deliberate attempts to accomplish what you see above but it still happened. Bottom line: like any cellphone, you'll have to worry about more than just scratches. See the destruction after the break.

[MManLA Posted Jun 24th 2010 5:50PM]

Funny how they was saying that everyone at the conference needed to turn off their devices. And it is no surprise that the phone cut off on the second drop. Then broke on the 4th.

[bufbarnaby Posted Jun 24th 2010 6:40PM]

Best comment all day. LOL

[docmurdock Posted Jun 24th 2010 6:50PM]

www.yourafreakingidiot.com - give me a break. nobody in their right mind walks around dropping their phone 4 times within that short of a time span.

The waste that people create by doing this. Of course since you're a fix shop, you probably have a parts bin to rebuild the phone, but still. This is one reason other countries look at America and say we're wasteful. Some of us are to a degree beyond measure.

What a maroon.

[maztec Posted Jun 24th 2010 8:47PM]

I'd like to see this done again with the bumper on it.

[mkoerner Posted Jun 24th 2010 9:13PM]

Chuck Norris could break it just by looking at it.

[stacey Posted Jun 25th 2010 12:48AM]

Compare this.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/29/dell-streaks-gorilla-glass-screen-torture-tested-for-your-amus/

[stacey Posted Jun 25th 2010 1:15AM]

Gizmodo also reports same problem. This is chinaware. Not a phone.

http://gizmodo.com/5572227/fuuuuuu-gizmodos-first-accidentally-dropped-iphone

[dragoneye Posted Jun 25th 2010 2:26AM]

I actually thought the phone would do better than that. I'd like to see an actual drop test of the phone because I know AT&T requires better drop test performance than that. I hope they aren't allowing the iPhone to not meet their requirements just because it is an iPhone.

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[Chuckinator0 Posted Jun 28th 2010 2:57PM]

OMG it shattered! Everyone, Apple products suck!!!

Give me a break. Buy a case. Antenna problem and "shattering problem" gone.

[Andy4 Posted Jul 3rd 2010 7:43PM]

@Chuckinator0 Even more sensible, don't buy a phone encased in two sheets of glass. Then there's no problem to begin with. I would rather get an iPhone 4 that only had gorilla glass for the screen (so I don't need a screen protector anymore) but had the rest of the body built from the same material as the previous iPhone. Everyone says they beat up their iPhone 3 and 3GS and it still looks great.

[Chuckinator0 Posted Jul 3rd 2010 8:16PM]

@Andy4 Their choice to use glass on the back panel is actually really brilliant. It's scratch resistant (unlike the original iPhone and all iPod aluminum backs), it's crack resistant (unlike the 3G and 3GS plastic backs). All that is important is the front screen. It's not very sensible to not buy the phone just because it has glass on the back that is superior to the plastic it originally had. My 3G has a pretty big crack on the back (even though I mostly use a case!), and apparently that's pretty common. Seriously though, a case, which you should get anyway, will solve all of the iphone 4's "problems."