SquareTrade testing the resistance of iPhone 6s, 6s and Galxy More … – Le Journal du Geek

The company SquareTrade, which offers warranty services for electronic equipment, tested the new Apple iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy Note with a series of five dropped by land, to water immersion , crunches and submissions to extreme temperatures to determine if these new phones are more resistant than their predecessors. The iPhone 6s Plus was more powerful than its predecessor thanks to its aluminum 7000 series. SquareTrade Labs results also showed that iPhone 6s is as strong as the iPhone 6, and the Samsung Note 5 was the most resistant to the temperature test. Knowing that the extreme temperatures deteriorate the capabilities of the phone batteries, SquareTrade added a thermal test his series of tests. These tests simulate new incidents of everyday life, like leaving a phone in a hot car during the day (43 ° C) or outside at night (-18 ° C).

The results of fragility tests revealed that:

– Apple and Samsung have set the bending problems. The iPhone More 6s and 6s resisted -respectivement- 180 and 170 pounds of pressure, an improvement of 50-60% of the bending capacity. The Samsung Note 5 also withstood 170 pounds.
– The dropped face down are just as destructive. Fate strikes over 50% of smartphones continues to thwart Apple and Samsung. While both manufacturers boast new and improved glasses, the three phones are broken when they fall face down on the pavement.
– Samsung Note 5 takes better in conditions of extreme cold. While Note 5 is the least resistant to fall, it is the most resistant to extreme temperatures. At -18 ° C, the note5 held nearly two hours, the iPhone 6s Plus has given him more than an hour, and the iPhone 6s just 30 minutes.

SquareTrade performs a rigorous set of tests on new phones and assigns a score. This fragility score is based on a number of factors, physical characteristics to results released on the test, immersion, bending, and extreme temperatures. The higher the score higher on a scale of 1 to 10, the risk is more important than the phone breaks following an incident.