LG G5 Drop test

[bastage]

lol... The outrage...

I have a co-worker who dropped her s7 edge off her lap onto carpet (commercial hard pile) and it cracked the screen. This was from maybe 18-24".. So this just shows how with the wrong series of events any device can shatter.

Personally I always use a case. Normally a Spigen Neo Hybrid, but will sometimes swap out to a slim clamshell type case. I in the course of 5 minutes dropped my g5 3 times with a thin hard plastic clamshell case on it (Ringke [SLIM] Snug-Fit) and its fine. With the much better protection given by the Neo Hybrid I am pretty confident that the 5' drops from the video the g5 would of been fine.

 

[jinkerz9430]

lol... The outrage...

I have a co-worker who dropped her s7 edge off her lap onto carpet (commercial hard pile) and it cracked the screen. This was from maybe 18-24".. So this just shows how with the wrong series of events any device can shatter.

Personally I always use a case. Normally a Spigen Neo Hybrid, but will sometimes swap out to a slim clamshell type case. I in the course of 5 minutes dropped my g5 3 times with a thin hard plastic clamshell case on it (Ringke [SLIM] Snug-Fit) and its fine. With the much better protection given by the Neo Hybrid I am pretty confident that the 5' drops from the video the g5 would of been fine.

You see? Thats more like it. You are acting smart hahaha, rather than... Well, the not so smart ones.

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[jfeldredge]

Glass over cameras more fragile than screen glass

I recently acquired a VS987 (Verizon LG G5), as a replacement for a VS985 that failed while under warranty. A few days after getting the VS987, I accidentally dropped it a couple of feet onto carpet. The screen survived without damage, but the glass pane over the back camera closer to the volume controls broke in a spiderweb pattern. Fortunately, the piece of glass at the center, over the actual lens, fell out, so I can still take pictures. Evidently they didn't use the break-resistant glass on the camera lens cover.