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stevesnj · Jul 3, 2007, 07:47 PM

YouTube - iPhone's first scratch/crash test ever! -iPhone Stress Test

SSharon · Jul 3, 2007, 07:52 PM

I was in an apple store yesterday and an employee asked for my keys so he could do the same scratching test. I was impressed.

ajprice · Jul 4, 2007, 03:48 AM

I'm waiting for willitblend.com to get one

Simon · Jul 4, 2007, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by ajprice

I'm waiting for willitblend.com to get one

I loved the way he blended his old iPod.

richwig83 · Jul 4, 2007, 06:53 AM

Hmm surly the iPhone is still susceptible to hard-drive problems when bashed and dropped!!!

willitblend is an awesome idea... anyone willing to donate their iPhone??

chabig · Jul 4, 2007, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by richwig83

Hmm surly the iPhone is still susceptible to hard-drive problems when bashed and dropped!!!

The iPhone doesn't have a hard drive.

richwig83 · Jul 4, 2007, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by chabig

The iPhone doesn't have a hard drive.

Oops sorry.. my bad... didn't think it was Solid State!!!

Go ahead and drop your iPhones!!

Eriamjh · Jul 4, 2007, 10:18 PM

Just don't let Think Secret get your iPhone:

They trashed it taking it apart.

icruise · Jul 4, 2007, 10:31 PM

A moment of silence, please.

ort888 · Jul 4, 2007, 10:32 PM

I want to see a drop test where they drop it from 4 feet onto solid concrete... and do it 100 times in a row.

One of my main concerns about the iPhone is dropping it... since I drop my cell phone all the time. This video had done a lot to ease my fears.

Kregg · Jul 5, 2007, 10:29 AM

Here is a good true DROP story. I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I will.

On Saturday morning (only the day after waiting in line a long time) I was enjoying listening to tunes on my new iPhone and was getting ready to cut my lawn. I was driving my good size Craftsman lawn tractor down my driveway and was fiddling with finding a song with the iPhone interface..... When I dropped it onto the concrete driveway from about 4 feet. That not being enough, I proceeded to run over the shiny new iPhone squarely with the large rear wheel of my heavy tractor with me sitting on it.....

After crapping myself, I got off and picked it up. The metal side facing the concrete and the glass screen was on the rubber tire side. The back metal has a few burs now, but I'm happy to report the device still works like new.

Let see if you can beat that one.
I started a new thread for horror stories like this one.

mdc · Jul 5, 2007, 10:48 AM

I'm surprised your screen didn't shatter when you drove over it.
I have been so careful with my iPhone. I am really scared of dropping it.

PBG4 User · Jul 6, 2007, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by mdc

I'm surprised your screen didn't shatter when you drove over it.
I have been so careful with my iPhone. I am really scared of dropping it.

I dropped mine onto my kitchen floor and just about crapped a brick. Doesn't seem to have done any damage at all and it still works fine.

jasonv1 · Jul 6, 2007, 10:27 PM

I went to the local Apple store today to buy a holster. I had (up to this point) not had any "incidents" with my phone.

I had my phone in my hand to put it against holsters. I had picked the one I wanted and slipped the phone in my shirt pocket. Right then one of the stupid holster boxes fell off the (low) shelf as I was getting one and I bent over to pick it up.....

Plop, phone goes about 14 inches from my pocket to the rough tile floor of the storge. It landed face down (after a bounce or 2), no scratches on the screen but a few microscopic burrs on the metal "surround". I was quite impressed that the display was still perfect.