What's up guys david here and the iphone 10 is finally here
So you guys know what that means? It's time for a phonebuff style drop test where we'll be dropping
It side by side next to the larger iphone 8 plus to see how apple's latest flagship smartphones compare when it comes to durability
But before we get into it. I want to give a big
Thanks to Tech 21 for sponsoring today's episode so when we tested the Evo check case for the iPhone 10 it handled the back
Corner, and face drops without a problem tech 21 protects to drop up the drop with the iPhone 10
We tested still being in perfect condition
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Preventing it from passing on to your device
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Let's get to the drop test round number one backdrop in three
two
one
Alright after that backdrop both phones still remain fully functional however
There's a big difference when it comes to the damage on the back the iPhone 8 plus has this rear glass
completely shattered while the iPhone 10 actually fared really well like it didn't go completely undamaged the camera lens did get some nasty scuffs and
There's a really small crack at the edge towards the middle of the phone
But overall a really impressive result for the iPhone 10 and an easy win for it here in round number one Round number two
corner drop three two one
So the corner drop doesn't do all that much damage to either phone. However the scratches on the iPhone 8+ definitely do look worse
That's not to say that the iPhone 10 didn't get scratched it did but the stainless-steel band makes those scratches look almost imperceptible
giving the edge to the iPhone 10 in round number 2 round number 3 face drop and 3 2
1
Unfortunately after that face drop both phones have their front glass cracked
I was really hoping the iPhone 10 would do as well as it did in the back drop
But without that big ol protruding camera lens to protect it the top left of the phone gets fractured
But while disappointing the results is a better one than the result on the iPhone 8 plus
Where not only did the phone get cracked along the bottom?
But it also has more severe shattering along the top right giving the win to the iPhone 10 in round number 3
Bonus round okay so with both phones still being technically usable we entered the bonus round where we drop each phone
directly on to steel from much higher up
Which should put the shock and impact resistance of each phone to the test
Last time the iPhone 8 plus was able to survive eight bonus drops before its screen stopped being fully
Functional with it getting severely damaged on the front in the back with its rear camera actually failing to work
So let's see if the iPhone 10 can do any better three two
one
There's no way that sounded so bad. I heard I heard glass crunching so
Um oh
Okay, now it is working. Let me let me make sure to really test it yeah, it's still good and three two
one
Three two one
Jeez jeez
oh
Okay, look at that
Got shattering all over. So that's what it took to actually shatter the glass on the iPhone 10, but
It does appear like the glass or the screen is still working, so we're good to go on drop
and
abracadabra
All right just more of the same more shattering, but the screen oh
wait
huh
okay, that's interesting looks like I
can't
whew oh
So the bottom of the screen has lost a little bit of functionality there that's interesting
I don't know how to go home from here so unlock
no, I
Can't unlock it says swipe up to unlock I
can't
No, okay, so after five drops the iPhone ten swipe up gesture
No longer works
Which obviously on a phone that relies on that gesture to unlock and to go to the home screen is a really big problem
So while we did find a workaround to get to the home screen by going through the camera app and then using the phone in?
landscape
it's just too much of a hassle to do every time without using assistive touch, so we
Decided to throw in the towel
But the really weird thing about this result was the bottom of the touchscreen still seems to work fine like you're able to press on
The icons down there, and you're even able to slide between apps
But no matter what we did and no matter how many times we tried
We just couldn't get the swipe up gesture to work however
The good news is after doing our 10 point inspection that we do after each round the rest of the phone still remains fully
functional including the camera and face ID
All right with all four rounds in the books. Let's take a look at the score card
We're in the first round the iPhone 10 did significantly better than the eights plus. It's stainless steel band helped
Give it the edge in round number two with it also suffering less damage in round number three and then in the fourth the iPhone
8 plus was finally able to squeak out an ugly win
But only just barely making the over winner in this drop test the iPhone 10
Anyways 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