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Tag: durability testing

Scratch and bend test: Apple’s iPhone 8 is extremely strong and durable

Friday, September 22, 2017 9:55 am3 Comments

In the perennial bend test, the new iPhone passed with flying colors, showing no sign of flex even with…

Steve Jobs built a FUD deflector shield for Apple

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 12:28 pmTuesday, September 30, 201412 Comments

The guy’s hands are literally trembling from the force he exerts in his FUD attempt…

Consumer Reports stress test: Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus not very bendable at all

Friday, September 26, 2014 10:40 pmSaturday, September 27, 201493 Comments

It took significant force to do this kind of damage to all these phones – any of these phones should stand up to typical use…

Inside the facility where Apple tortures the iPhone 6

Friday, September 26, 2014 1:56 pmFriday, September 26, 20147 Comments

Absolutely the last place on earth you’d want to be if you were an iPhone…

After hemorrhaging $23 billion in market value, Apple plays defense

Friday, September 26, 2014 9:20 amFriday, September 26, 201426 Comments

Apple Inc broke its silence…


Apple opens testing facility to reporters, details exhaustive iPhone 6 Plus durability tests

Thursday, September 25, 2014 10:00 pmThursday, September 25, 201439 Comments

Appel today invited reporters into its testing lab to see the machines it uses to test its products…

Consumer Reports claims to be ‘designing authoritative test’ for iPhone 6/Plus bendability

Thursday, September 25, 2014 7:15 pmThursday, September 25, 201432 Comments

Consumer Reports want to do a “scientifically valid test” of the structural strength of the new iPhones…

Apple’s gauntlet of five durability tests that iPhone 6 Plus passed with flying colors

Thursday, September 25, 2014 5:28 pmThursday, September 25, 201427 Comments

With some 15+ million units sold, Apple has received just nine customer complaints of bent iPhones…

Apple posts job for Product Design Structural Analysis engineer to help assure next-gen iPhones don’t bend, either

Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:07 pmThursday, September 25, 201416 Comments

Apple is looking for experts in failure analysis, metallography or fractography…

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