The company SquareTrade, providing services to extend the warranty service of consumer electronics, conducted a series of tests to determine the strength of the received in the sale of smartphones iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat
As it turned out, the new models are superior in strength are tested in the past year, smartphone iPhone 5s, as well as the flagship device competitor Samsung Galaxy S5.
Both news withstood immersion in water for 10 seconds, as well as six drops from a height of 1.2 m. Both models can be easily held in the hand.
The most impressive strength iPhone 6, which of shocks left only a few small dents, while the iPhone 6 Plus is separated from the body front and back panels, although the screen is left unscathed. In addition, 30 minutes after falling iPhone 6 Plus has lost the ability to reproduce audio.
The screens on both models are protected ionized glass, which, as it turns out, is not inferior to the strength of Gorilla Glass. Surprised as resistance to water penetration devices. Especially that Apple is not highlighted this quality.
According to a 10-point scale in which the highest score is the minimum resistance to breakage, iPhone smartphone 6 received 4 points. Slightly worse rate the iPhone 6 Plus – 5 points. For comparison, the previously tested iPhone 5s and Samsung Galaxy S5 got 6 and 6.5 points, respectively.
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