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Crazy considering multiple iPhones (latest being an iPhone 11) haven't survived a few feet fall for me (no case...I'm extremely particular about using a case no

Crazy considering multiple iPhones (latest being an iPhone 11) haven't survived a few feet fall for me (no case...I'm extremely particular about using a case now).

mensetmanusman 3y ago
Must be a U-shaped curve of survival rate versus drop height.
- kadoban 3y ago
  Realistically it's more of a rounded L shape. Once you reach terminal velocity, you're not getting any more energy. Then all you need is to get really lucky and/or hit something relatively soft, like grass on some less-dense ground.
- CharlesW 3y ago
  Also, how it lands (corner-first or not) and what it lands on (concrete or tile vs. dirt with ground cover) makes a huge difference.
- lxgr 3y ago
  It's well established that intermediate fall heights are the most dangerous, since the phone doesn't have enough time to rotate into the optimal landing position and brace for landing. Or was that for cats?
  - pantalaimon 3y ago
    It takes the phone some time to switch into airplane mode and deploy the landing gear.
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earthling8118 3y ago
I've never owned an iPhone (never will either) but I'm in the opposite boat these days. Cases degrade my phone experience and result in more waste to throw away. These phones are seemingly built like tanks now. I'd be hard pressed to break the screen on this one. It's survived falls on concrete no problem. Generally I don't let it fall because it's too expensive to aimlessly drop.
- kjkjadksj 3y ago
  iPhones they brilliantly decided to make a rounded glass edge the first contact point for a lot of falls. All it takes is a few feet.
walteweiss 3y ago
I broke iPhone 4, 5, 5s and 1 st. Gen. SE. All of them are quite small, and all also the 4th are light as well. I use cases, but those light ones, so they don’t add weight and add some protection. Mostly from scratches. In my case, all of them fell from some surface onto the floor. Usually it’s a metre distance. I think I never dropped a phone from my ear height, so not even 2 m.
JoeAltmaier 3y ago
I had a spectacular break once. Sat my phone on my recumbent trike seat when I stood up, to take off my jacket. Went to pick up my trike, put it in the back of my truck and the phone spun off. About four feet off the ground. Hit the cement spinning, which spiderweb cracked one corner. Not content with that, it bounced, now spinning in the opposite direction from the impact, hit on the other corner, spiderweb crack. Now the bottom third of my phone was shattered glass with shards sticking out. And I had to call my team, learn their eta. One a week-long five hundred mile cycling tour. Sucked.
ssivark 3y ago
The photos showed the phone had a cover/case — so maybe that’s very important? (contra Apple’s marketing) Add in factors of hitting soft ground (grass/brush) and having enough height to rotate into a flat profile instead of hitting a corner. Now I kinda wanna read about an experiment where someone drops a few hundred phones and compares various models
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Crazy considering multiple iPhones (latest being an iPhone 11) haven't survived a few feet fall for me (no case...I'm extremely particular about using a case now).

mensetmanusman 3y ago

Must be a U-shaped curve of survival rate versus drop height.

kadoban 3y ago
Realistically it's more of a rounded L shape. Once you reach terminal velocity, you're not getting any more energy. Then all you need is to get really lucky and/or hit something relatively soft, like grass on some less-dense ground.
CharlesW 3y ago
Also, how it lands (corner-first or not) and what it lands on (concrete or tile vs. dirt with ground cover) makes a huge difference.
lxgr 3y ago
It's well established that intermediate fall heights are the most dangerous, since the phone doesn't have enough time to rotate into the optimal landing position and brace for landing. Or was that for cats?
- pantalaimon 3y ago
  It takes the phone some time to switch into airplane mode and deploy the landing gear.
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earthling8118 3y ago

I've never owned an iPhone (never will either) but I'm in the opposite boat these days. Cases degrade my phone experience and result in more waste to throw away. These phones are seemingly built like tanks now. I'd be hard pressed to break the screen on this one. It's survived falls on concrete no problem. Generally I don't let it fall because it's too expensive to aimlessly drop.

kjkjadksj 3y ago
iPhones they brilliantly decided to make a rounded glass edge the first contact point for a lot of falls. All it takes is a few feet.

walteweiss 3y ago

I broke iPhone 4, 5, 5s and 1 st. Gen. SE. All of them are quite small, and all also the 4th are light as well. I use cases, but those light ones, so they don’t add weight and add some protection. Mostly from scratches. In my case, all of them fell from some surface onto the floor. Usually it’s a metre distance. I think I never dropped a phone from my ear height, so not even 2 m.

JoeAltmaier 3y ago

I had a spectacular break once. Sat my phone on my recumbent trike seat when I stood up, to take off my jacket. Went to pick up my trike, put it in the back of my truck and the phone spun off. About four feet off the ground. Hit the cement spinning, which spiderweb cracked one corner. Not content with that, it bounced, now spinning in the opposite direction from the impact, hit on the other corner, spiderweb crack. Now the bottom third of my phone was shattered glass with shards sticking out. And I had to call my team, learn their eta. One a week-long five hundred mile cycling tour. Sucked.

ssivark 3y ago

The photos showed the phone had a cover/case — so maybe that’s very important? (contra Apple’s marketing) Add in factors of hitting soft ground (grass/brush) and having enough height to rotate into a flat profile instead of hitting a corner. Now I kinda wanna read about an experiment where someone drops a few hundred phones and compares various models

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