LG G5 Drop test
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Smasho, to be honest ever drop test is different but not many phones can survive. Get a tempered glass or case or insurance and you should be good to go
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yeah, but the issue here, is that it cracked in the first drop !!!, and it didnt even land on its face first, that's damn horrible !
I take that with a grain of salt. I've seen so many drop test videos of so many devices. It all depends on where it lands. One g5 may have lasted 3 or 4 drops whereas other g5 will crack on the first one. If any phone lands on the glass first it will break. Of it landed on the bottom it would be different.
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go and watch the first drop, it actually dropped on the bottom corner, which is not connected to the glass, yet it broke the screen
It was because it hit the top during the fall (probably the second contact with the ground) that it broke. You can see the nick on the top that started the crack. This is not new news. Pick any popular phone and search drop tests. You will find some that ever break and some the break right away. It happens. Yes, there is a chance it will break every time but we need more drop tests videos to prove it. But phones will break when dropped... It will happen. If you don't have insurance, case or screen protector and drop it you will have some problems.
The V10 does a good job with drops and of course the new driod turbo but most other phones will break easy.
Gorilla glass may help with scratches but it is still glass, glass will break when under force. Personally why I've never been a big fan or curved glass, I feel the glass is under stress and it provides a bigger surface of bubbled glass that will probably make contact with the ground sometime during the fall. In this case it was enough to crack. The second drop shattered more since the integrity of the screen was already broken. There is a chance if the impact hit the bottom that the glass would not have broken further.
Just my 2 cents from experience and many many glass videos and drop tests
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I think the corner is the worst place to drop. All kinetic energy from the drop is focused into the tiniest area Erich the disperses through the phone whereas landing on front of back or even sides absorbs the shock over a larger surface area.
FWIW, I did drop mine yesterday (day 2) from about 5ft onto tile. Hitting the corner first. Corner is scuffed but OK besides that.
Every drop is different though. Drop tests are so so unscientific.
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FWIW, I did drop mine yesterday (day 2) from about 5ft onto tile. Hitting the corner first. Corner is scuffed but OK besides that.
Every drop is different though. Drop tests are so so unscientific.
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I completely agree. It depends about height, angle, speed, material of the floor (a carpet, cement, tile is all very different from each other).
I am going to have a case regardless, but still... The last phone I actually had that could withstand many drops was my old Blackberry 8300, 8800, 9700, etc. Those were built like bricks (tons of plastic, very little glass if any at all).
Any and all glass will crack. Maybe if the surface were completely flat and the floor was completely clean that fall wouldn't shatter the screen, but if there is a grain of sand on the floor or a spiky piece of cement or ground, all the force would be focused there!
news flash - glass breaks when you drop it on a hard surface.
in other news, water is wet.
in other news, water is wet.
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wait... so if I drop a G5 at the pool and it hits the concrete then bounces in the pool it will break the glass and get wet?!
LG needs to do something, this is an outrage
Wait... WHAT?! Cancelling preorder.
Wait... WHAT!?!??! I'm going to REORDER and then RECANCEL just to show how angry I am! How dare water be wet, and how dare glass break under pressure!
When I first got this phone I was pumped about what was under the hood and I was glad to be free of the woes of touchwiz. But the more stuff has surfaced about the scrappy build quality around this phone makes me think a flagship is not in my hand.
Found this.
Jerry speaks about how the glass is thinner than on Samsung, etc.
I don't know if this is accurate, but it may explain why the drop broke the glass, although different drops can have different results.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQ43cF5TuU
Jerry speaks about how the glass is thinner than on Samsung, etc.
I don't know if this is accurate, but it may explain why the drop broke the glass, although different drops can have different results.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQ43cF5TuU
Nope mine fell 5" out of pocket landed on back and the screen shattered lime no tomorrow...g5 worst durability i have seen.
I have dropped this phone more in the past three weeks then all my phones ever combined. Its almost like I am trying to break it lol. The only damage to my g5 after at least eight drops one flying down my aggregate driveway is a couple chips in the paint and a small scratch, screen is still perfect. Guess I am lucky lol
Drop tests are pointless...drop your phone without protection and something breaks...period. My coworker broke (shattered screen)his Galaxy S7 (without case) dropping it out of his pocket. It doesn't matter what phone you buy, just don't plan on dropping it and buy protection.
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Mine dropped a few feet and was fine, i kind of paniced as i was waiting to switch it out (and thought that extra damage might have stopped it being exchanged?) luckily it was fine.
Lol every time i see a video of people showing drop test and overall durability for some reason my pocket hurts LIKE HELL!!! lol. Come on people, you have to actually be....( Let me try to be as respecful as possible), you have to be an idiot to buy a phone (any phone) and not buy a cover before you actually use it. Sometimes i think people like to spend thousands and thousands of dollar buying smartphone just because they dont want to buy a cheap but good cover ($20-$60). Do you expect your phone to be terminator ot something? Lol. Everything manmade can be broken. And as some previous comments said, glass is glass, and the glass used in phones under no circumstances can be bullet proof lol. (there was a video a saw about an S7 been dropped from 100 fts up by using a drone, and guess what, IT WAS ALL SHATTERED AND IT DIDNT TURN ON AT ALL, what a surprise!!! (sarcasm) ). Soooooo, i motivate you to buy a good cover since day one just like i do. I dont currently own the G5 but when college let me safe a couple of bucks i will buy the cover before the LG G5 lol. And if you are able to pay $500-$900 for a phone, then you certainly are able to buy a good cover.
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