Phil here with Android Central.
We have the new Moto Z Droid Force on Verizon.
This is the exclusive one for Verizon and it's got the shatter shield.
The idea is if you drop it the display is not going to break.
It's not going to crack.
The phone might well quit working at some point.
It does not guarantee against that, because obviously you're jarring things around.
It's not shock-proof, but the glass should not shatter.
We're just going to drop this thing and see what happens, and we're going to keep dropping
it until something happens or until it's just too damn hot anymore.
So are you ready Greg?
I am ready.
Here we go.
Drop numero uno.
That landed on the back.
It did launch Google Photos, so there's that, but it totally still works.
You guys on Facebook, you can see that.
It still works.
Drop number two.
Right on the face.
I'm definitely starting to scratch up the sides of this thing, but the front is just
fine.
Drop number three.
God, that sounded really bad.
Greg, I don't know to break this to you, but it didn't break.
It's still going.
It is still ... Yes, it's working.
It's not ... I'm getting some pock marks on here.
It doesn't look good.
I'm not going to want to take this phone home to mama after this, but it has not cracked.
It's still working.
The edges have been in better shape.
Here we go, drop number ... What am I on, four?
Oh, another one right on the face.
I'm starting to sweat on it.
That's getting a little gross, but it still works.
I definitely have some little indentations where like tiny little rocks have gotten into
it, but-
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Yeah.
Look, the calendar still works, the buttons all still work.
No problems there.
Drop number five.
I think we might have gotten it that time.
I think we did.
Yep.
Oh, wait.
I felt something.
I do feel something.
It's buzzing at me, but the screen is no longer lighting up.
Let me just hold down on the power button here for second and we'll see if maybe that
resurrects it.
This could be it for this one.
The good news is that it has worked exactly as advertised.
The glass is not shattered, but the rest of the phone ... I think we just like unhooked
something, because it just buzzed like it's rebooting, but there's definitely nothing
on the display, as you can see.
Take your time.
I think that's it.
We got five good drops out of it, and look, this was drops straight on the face, not just
down on the side, so it's abuse, but it went through five before it died.
Again, it did exactly what Motorola says it will do.
It protected the screen itself.
The screen has not shattered.
You're not going to want to drop this thing over and over and just be done with it, but
it did not shatter.
They do say it might well quit working, and in fact that's what happened, but it didn't
shatter.
There you go, shatter-shield drop test on the Moto Z Force.
Facebook, see you guys later.
Everybody else, see you later.
Phone, see you later.