- What's up guys, David here and today
we have a drop test between the Samsung
Galaxy Note7 and the Apple iPhone 6S.
Now if you've seen the drop test we did
on the Galaxy S7 earlier this year
you know that because of its all
glass body it didn't do too hot.
Obviously the Note7 also has
an all glass body but the difference is
the Note7 is packing Guerrilla glass five
which Corning says can survive drops
from 1.6 meters up to 80% of the time.
Using our professional drop test machine
we're only dropping it from one meter,
first on its back, then on its bottom,
third on its side and the big one right on its face.
If it happens to survive it'll enter
the bonus round where we'll drop it over and over
again until it can't technically make a call.
With that said, let's go ahead and get right into it.
- [Voiceover] Round number one, back drop.
- [Voiceover] Three, two, one.
(techno music)
Alright, so with it's metal back, the iPhone
6S performs just like you'd expect it to
suffering only a few minor scratches and scuffs.
But the main story here is the
glass back on the Galaxy Note 7.
No, it didn't come away unscathed
but a huge improvement over what we saw in
the Galaxy S7, with the back of the Note7
only suffering damage along the bottom sides
of the phone with it cracking and shattering
a bit right where the glass curves over,
so better than the S7 but nowhere near the
iPhone giving the nod to the 6S in round number one.
- [Voiceover] Round number two, bottom drop.
- [Voiceover] Three, two, one.
- [Voiceover] Both phones suffer only a few
small scuffs after that bottom drop
with the Note7's damage looking a bit worse
mainly due to its darker metal band.
It is worth noting, however that this drop
did add to the damage on the back of the Note
with the glass now having spider webs going all over.
So that, in addition to the more visible scratches,
gives the slight edge to the iPhone in round number two.
- [Voiceover] Round number three, side drop.
- [Voiceover] Three, two, one.
Oh, that's a good drop.
- [Voiceover] Neither device suffered too much damage
after that side drop with really no separation
between the two, so it's a draw in round number three.
- [Voiceover] Round number four, face drop.
- [Voiceover] Three, two, one.
- [Voiceover] Okay, so both phones crack after
that face drop but the difference is
the Note7's cracks are nowhere near as
noticeable as the cracks on the iPhone 6S.
In fact, when you run your fingers over the Note7's
damage, it doesn't feel like the glass will cut you
the way it does on the iPhone.
Most of the Note 7's damage came to its corners,
again right where the glass curves over, so it seems
like the curves are really the weak point on the Note7.
The iPhone 6S, on the other hand, took the majority of
the damage on the bottom right corner
and as you can see, it looks a heck of
a lot worse with the damage spreading
more violently across the rest of the screen.
So while neither phone comes away with the display
fully in tact, the Note7 trumps the 6S here,
getting the nod in round number four.
- [Voiceover] Bonus round.
- [Voiceover] Alright, so both devices
made it through all four rounds so they now
enter the Bonus round where they'll be
dropped on their face over and over again
until they can't technically make a phone call.
The iPhone's 6S took not one, not two
but five additional drops to the face before
it gave out, so the question is, Will the Note7
be able to beat that mark and if so, by how much?
Let's find out.
- [Voiceover] Three, two, one.
I think it's still working.
And it is.
Ugh.
Still good, nice.
Fuck, I had just beat the iPhone, actually.
What magic is this?
Oh, and it's getting pretty banged up on the edges,
but the screen itself is fine.
And abracadabra, wizardry.
Ugh, it's gotta have done something.
Nothing.
I'm impressed, man.
It's all glass.
It's all freaking glass.
(mumbles), yup.
Oop, we're seeing some damage, finally.
Oh, it landed flat.
We don't know, the suspense, the suspense.
Nope, still good.
Alright, alright, number 32, will it beat
the HTC in the bonus round, I don't know.
Okay.
Getting a workout, man, 43, I'm starting to sweat.
Five more and you made it all the way, buddy.
Five more.
Fifty?
It got fancy for this last one.
It got fancy, still good.
- [Voiceover] Okay, so the Note7 survives
a whole 50 face drops in the bonus round
and despite the sides of the phone
being completely shattered and the display
itself having a few streaks going through it,
the screen is still 100% functional which
is pretty damn impressive, especially considering
that its brother, the Galaxy 7S, couldn't
even survive one additional face drop.
So there you have it, the Note7 beats the
iPhone 6S in this drop test
becoming the third most durable phone we've every tested.
That is it for me in this video,
thank you guys for watching and as always,
I'll see you in the very next episode.