Earlier this week, we reported on how common tech YouTuber Zack Nelson busted the again of an iPhone 15 Professional Max when he subjected it to his bend take a look at.
The again glass shattered with comparatively little effort, which got here as a terrific shock not solely to Nelson, however to everybody watching, too.
On Wednesday, the YouTuber shared the outcomes of the identical sturdiness take a look at on Apple’s extra reasonably priced iPhone 15 and bigger iPhone 15 Extremely.
After subjecting the smaller system to acts that it will ordinarily by no means face in on a regular basis life (assume field cutters, bare flames, and so on.), the iPhone 15 held up fairly effectively, save for just a few scratches.
Then it was on to the extremely anticipated bend take a look at.
Admittedly, Nelson’s bend take a look at is slightly unscientific. There aren’t any clamps or vises or measuring gadgets. The YouTuber merely makes use of his naked fingers, bending the telephone with what seems to be to be an honest quantity of drive.
Most telephones don’t break throughout Nelson’s bend take a look at, although there was one horrible incident final yr when the One Plus 10 Professional snapped clear — or really slightly messily — in two.
Hit the play button beneath to see how the iPhone 15 fared …
Because the video reveals, the 6.1-inch iPhone 15 remained intact, although there was a regarding second when the show stopped working. This was put proper by deploying rule primary in tech troubleshooting: flip the system on and off.
When Nelson additionally bent the 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Professional in his earlier video, that additionally survived any harm. It was the bigger Professional Max whose again glass shattered, so how would the bigger iPhone 15 Extremely cope? Effectively, regardless of a great deal of attempting, the 6.7-inch smartphone dealt with the bend take a look at simply advantageous. Nelson beforehand contemplated whether or not the Professional Max incident had one thing to do with its new titanium body having practically thrice extra tensile power — or half the elasticity — of the aluminum body discovered on the non-Professional fashions.
Nonetheless, following this newest evaluation, Nelson was in a position to conclude that three of Apple’s 4 new iPhones survived his sturdiness take a look at.
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