Not sure if I see the point of using a craft knife to scratch the case though. Nor the point of using a lighter to kill pixels on the screen. More for the sheer horror of it than anything.
>Not sure if I see the point of using a craft knife to scratch the case though. Nor the point of using a lighter to kill pixels on the screen. More for the sheer horror of it than anything.
His videos of scratching up phones with razor knifes and breaking them and such get views. It's a bit of a shame, because his other content is actually pretty good, but he built his channel doing those sorts of videos and they continue to pay the bills.
If that's the point, just chuck the thing into a boiling vat of acid and declare with a condescending voice "whoops, looks like they still haven't quite managed that boiling vat of acid problem despite knowing I test this on every new model". I'm sure that will get those likes and subscribes.
Or are people actually putting a lighter to the phone's screen during day-to-day use so that it matters how many seconds it survives?
A cheap lighter if it cracks could potentially cause a small fire. But still it would be astronomically unlikely that your phone is also present with it and then even more unlikely it burns long enough to cause damage without one stopping it.
7:20 for anyone who just wants to see the failure. I have to respect someone committed to the content: Not only does he flip it with his bare hands while it's still sizzling, he makes sure to hover over it while the plume of battery smoke wafts up lol.
They are shipping a "flagship" phone with a new SoC which wouldn't have been competitive three years ago, I'm not convinced this will meaningfully impact their sales number.
While his durability test seemed quite extreme, including things like holding a lighter to the display, the test that made it explode was basically “bend it past 180 degrees like a 2-in-1 laptop”
I haven’t personally used a folding phone, but he was able to break it with his bare hands. I’d expect that from a laptop, but less so from a phone. I put my laptop in a padded laptop bag. I put my phone in my pocket, and sometimes sit on it without issues. JerryRigEverything mentioned the previous pixel folds all broke in the same test in the same spot, along the antenna.
It’s a crazy contrast to Apple, considering how much Apple advertised “titanium” in their phones.
The Samsung Z Fold 7 fares better. He's able to bend it back, but unable to cause it to crack by bending it backwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hgg4YEdPak
Not sure if I see the point of using a craft knife to scratch the case though. Nor the point of using a lighter to kill pixels on the screen. More for the sheer horror of it than anything.
The Iphone air couldn't be broken by hand either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ56ve39l2I
>Not sure if I see the point of using a craft knife to scratch the case though. Nor the point of using a lighter to kill pixels on the screen. More for the sheer horror of it than anything.
His videos of scratching up phones with razor knifes and breaking them and such get views. It's a bit of a shame, because his other content is actually pretty good, but he built his channel doing those sorts of videos and they continue to pay the bills.
The point is a destructive test to failure.
Watch the new iphone tests and you will see the point.
The phone still works at the end.
> The point is a destructive test to failure.
If that's the point, just chuck the thing into a boiling vat of acid and declare with a condescending voice "whoops, looks like they still haven't quite managed that boiling vat of acid problem despite knowing I test this on every new model". I'm sure that will get those likes and subscribes.
Or are people actually putting a lighter to the phone's screen during day-to-day use so that it matters how many seconds it survives?
comparing hand bending a phone and having it catch fire to chucking a phone into a boiling vat of acid is certainly reasonable...
A cheap lighter if it cracks could potentially cause a small fire. But still it would be astronomically unlikely that your phone is also present with it and then even more unlikely it burns long enough to cause damage without one stopping it.
Link to the original video from the guy who actually tested it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uS90jakOuw
7:20 for anyone who just wants to see the failure. I have to respect someone committed to the content: Not only does he flip it with his bare hands while it's still sizzling, he makes sure to hover over it while the plume of battery smoke wafts up lol.
scratches aluminium with knife - me: "stop, stop!"
pours dirt and makes crunchy hinge noises - me: "stop, stop!"
holds lighter to screens - me: "stop, stop!"
bends phone backwards, it breaks at the antenna line - me: "stop, stop!"
smoke comes out - me: "pretty... I wonder when the smoke detector is going to... ah about 20s"
There's nothing like getting your product problem exposed on a channel with 9+ million subscribers...
They are shipping a "flagship" phone with a new SoC which wouldn't have been competitive three years ago, I'm not convinced this will meaningfully impact their sales number.
While his durability test seemed quite extreme, including things like holding a lighter to the display, the test that made it explode was basically “bend it past 180 degrees like a 2-in-1 laptop”
I haven’t personally used a folding phone, but he was able to break it with his bare hands. I’d expect that from a laptop, but less so from a phone. I put my laptop in a padded laptop bag. I put my phone in my pocket, and sometimes sit on it without issues. JerryRigEverything mentioned the previous pixel folds all broke in the same test in the same spot, along the antenna.
It’s a crazy contrast to Apple, considering how much Apple advertised “titanium” in their phones.
Watch his test of the new apple phones, he tortures the device far beyond this test and it still works.
A google pixel going up in smoke because you bent it by hand is completely unacceptable.
Wow; this is a horrible look for Google. Folded backwards like paper.
Where can I place a prop bet that Pixel Fold 10 will soon be banned on airplanes?
"You're folding it wrong"
I know you're joking but truth be told, he did fold it wrong.
You could always hand it to a toddler as a stress test... I'm pretty sure your average toddler would do the same.
Still blows my mind that we allow LiPo's on planes.