(valve clicks)
(air hisses)
(switch clicks)
(metal clanks)
(switch clicks)
(plate thuds softly)
- What's up, guys, David here, and I know,
we haven't done a phone booth-style drop test in a while.
But that ends today with a drop test
between the brand new HTC 10 and the Samsung Galaxy S7.
Now, it's been a while since our last drop test,
so we've changed things up a little with a new drop format.
From now on, the first drop will be on the phone's back,
the second on its bottom, the third on its side,
and then the big one will be a face drop for the fourth.
But we won't necessarily stop there.
If the phone is still technically usable,
where you can make an emergency phone call,
we'll take things to the next level with a bonus round,
dropping the phone on its face over and over again
until you can't make that potentially life-saving call.
Yes, the phone gets weaker and weaker with every drop,
but since we're dropping them consistently
with a professional machine,
we'll be able to see their relative strengths.
All right, let's do this.
Drop number one, the back.
- [Voiceover] Three, two, one.
(phones clank)
(machines hum, phones clatter)
(phones thud echoingly)
- [Voiceover] While the HTC 10 got its metal back scuffed up
along the bottom and the top,
the damage pales in comparison to what happened to the S7,
where the glass back just got completely shattered.
Man, that doesn't look pretty.
Drop number two, the bottom.
- [Voiceover] Three, two, one.
(machines clank, phones thud)
(phones thud)
- [Voiceover] All right, all right,
so after that bottom drop, the HCT 10 got
some nasty scuffs along the bottom of the phone
that probably look a little bit worse than it actually is
due to the fact that it's black.
The S7, on the other hand, also got scuffed,
but it's nowhere near as visible as the HCT 10
thanks to its silver metal band.
Drop number three, the side.
(machines clank, phones clatter)
(phones thud echoingly)
Oh, the side drops did both phones dirty,
with bite marks going all the way across the sides
of both the HTC 10 and the Galaxy S7,
maybe only a bit more visible on the HTC 10,
again due to its matte black coloring.
Drop number four, the front.
(machines clank, phones thud)
- [Voiceover] Oh!
(phones thud echoingly)
- [Voiceover] Spiderwebs going everywhere.
Both phones got their front glass cracked
after that face drop.
But the HTC 10 is still technically usable,
whereas the S7 just threw in the towel,
with it not only cracking on the outside, with the glass,
but the actual display underneath it cracking,
making the phone completely unusable.
Bonus round.
So, since the HTC 10 can still technically make a call,
it enters the bonus round,
where we'll see just how many times it can be dropped
before it stops working.
Three, two, one.
(phone clatters)
Ooh, that didn't sound too go.
Oh.
- [Voiceover] Ah-oh!
- [David] (chuckles) And three, two, one.
(phone clatters)
Okay, let's add two.
Three, two, one.
(phone clatters)
(David applauds)
And four.
(phone clatters)
(men laugh and chatter)
This is five, three, two, one.
(phone clatters)
- [Voiceover] (laughs) That's amazing.
(phone clatters)
- [David] I don't even know what number
we're on any more. (phone clatters)
(phone clatters repeatedly)
Come on. (chuckles)
(phone clatters repeatedly)
- [Voiceover] David's getting a workout.
(phone clatters repeatedly)
It's awful stressful.
- [David] I wanna kill it.
(phone clatters repeatedly)
Oh, my God, (mumbles) a piece is actually missing.
(phone clatters repeatedly)
Oh, we're almost there, we're almost there!
(phone clatters)
I think this is the one.
Oh, no, it's still, it still is working.
- [Voiceover] Almost there!
(phone clatters)
- [David] Yes, yes!!
Cut. (chuckles)
So there you have it, the HTC 10 beats the Galaxy S7
in this phone booth-style drop test
and becomes the most durable phone we have tested
on the channel.
Anyways, that is it for me in this video.
Be sure to subscribe for more drop tests just like this.
And as always, I'll see you in the very next episode.