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4 points is not better than 3. If anything, the phone probably withstands more force when you're distributing it over 2 points instead of 1, because those point
by eridius 12y ago
4 points is not better than 3. If anything, the phone probably withstands more force when you're distributing it over 2 points instead of 1, because those points are (presumably) closer to the edges, and therefore don't have as much leverage.
- pkaye 12y ago3 point loading puts peak moment at one point while 4 point distributes the moment over a wider area to find the weakest point. You can do a simple statics analysis to show this.