I don't understand why LG decided to not include the Gorilla Glass 4 with the new G4.
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First Drop Test - Very Disappointing Results
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All the gorilla glass is the same. I've yet to see a real difference in day to day use with any version.
You should watch the S6 drop test (Gorilla Glass 4) -
To be honest with you it wouldn't have made a difference. Yes it's true that at the same thickness GG4 is stronger than GG3. What every one misses the point of GG4: Its sole purpose is to have thinner glass at comparable strength to GG3. The reason why Samsung chose GG4 was because they were putting the glass on both sides of the phone and needed the weight reduction.
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Drop tests are SO dumb. What do they prove? They ONLY show what happened for THAT person in THAT environment. They can't reasonably be extrapolated by anyone to any situation beyond that one.
What do you do with dumb info like this when your phone breaks and it does not break like this one? Are you shocked? Do you try to argue with the seller that "so this drop test video I saw showed that.. but mine did....".
Do these actually make people feel better in some way - or worse - and stop or start them from actually buying a phone?
What do you do with dumb info like this when your phone breaks and it does not break like this one? Are you shocked? Do you try to argue with the seller that "so this drop test video I saw showed that.. but mine did....".
Do these actually make people feel better in some way - or worse - and stop or start them from actually buying a phone?
I disagree, a drop test is a very informative way how normal people drop their phones by simulating it. A generic drop test demonstrates how a phone does in that particular environment given those variables and how it fair. It is reasonable to extrapolate that if I were to drop it in that manner it's screen too will likely break. Had I not seen that video, i would think during this day and age, a phone would survive a face drop.
Yeah? And what do you do with this info? How does it help? What are the chances that YOU drop YOUR phone THIS way? And ok, so you drop your phone... then what does this "drop test" help? You cannot, in any way (1) predict how YOUR phone will do in the situation where you drop your phone nor can you (2) in any way use a drop test video to make a case to any maker to get any relief. Do you tell yourself, "hey man, the drop test showed it should survive this 'type' of drop so WTF".
So again.. what does it do? What does it prove? Do you really go around saying, "OMG, did you see how well xxx phone faired in 'the drop test'". A drop test I will remind you, that has no controls and is not repeatable and is just some random people in a random environment.
"if I were to drop it in that manner it's screen too will likely break." - seriously? Ok, when you drop something, what manner is it? What if it is in that manner? What if it is not in the manner? Can you control the manner in which it drops? 1 degree of variability in any way and it is no longer "that manner" to which you saw the drop test video.
"Had I not seen that video, i would think during this day and age, a phone would survive a face drop" really? Ok.. some do. Some don't. I have face dropped phones, NO issues. I have faced dropped phone, screen crack. Ok? What? So now what? A drop test video did what exactly and proved what exactly?
Why not a fire test? Or a "your phone was in a car accident" test. Or a high speed "throw the phone against the wall test" for the angry passionate people.
I stand firm on this.. these are worthless. Just like a stupid blender test. Drop your phone? As it falls through the air you should expect it to break. if it does not it is NOT because of a dumb drop test video confirmed it would or wouldn't, it is because.... in that moment... you got lucky
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It doesn't though. We already know it has gorilla glass 3.
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I don't understand how these drop testers can destroy expensive smartphones on purpose without dying a little bit inside. Even if it was given to me for free by LG or Samsung for the sole purpose of a drop test I still couldn't do it. It's such a waste of a perfectly good phone....
I do not think drop test is going to help to prove anything, if they are really confident, then they should give free exchange if screen cracks.
If the reports (here on xda and on other sites) are to be believed LG should be happy they didn't go for GG4 as the reports are saying that it scratches very easily. GG3 is tried and tested and easily good enough for anything that is thrown at it. Just because things are the latest doesn't mean they are the best.
^ I think you got it wrong to some S6 users the glass have fine scratches from the factory. I didn't see complaining about GG4 get easily scratched.
Corning gorilla glass is for scratches... Never about cracks or breaking. All glass screen phones fail a drop test. You would think a company would produce an unbreakable screen... You may not upgrade as fast though?
After feeling the pressure from "Glass Sphere " they did improve the glass durability against drops (cracks/breakage). According to some articles the GG4 is a big improvement over the GG3.
How about you people stop dropping your phones? :good:
im gonna put a case when i get my G4. not sure weather to get the plastic one because if im going to have it in a case 24/7 i dont think the leather will even show.
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