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iPhone X is one of the toughest smartphones today

The famous resistance tests have already become an essential part whenever there are launches of smartphones. After all, knowing if the device you own or want to buy can withstand some impacts is as essential as knowing its price and features.

Due to the importance of this type of test, then, the Tom’s Guide brought together 12 of the most popular smartphones today to debut in its first annual drop test, the “Drop Everything”. The intention was to assess the resistance of the devices in everyday situations, and the result was quite interesting.

The most resistant appliance post in the world took the Motorola Moto Z2 Force, with your screen ShatterShield “Unbreakable”, which survived unscathed several falls both directly on wood and concrete, from a height of 1.8m, and even a dip in the toilet.

THE LG X Venture got the second place and, surprisingly, the iPhone X was the third in the ranking, doing better than the competition even though it was all covered with glass. It suffered some cracks, but it continued to function well.

The screen remained largely intact, with almost no sharp edges, except in the upper left corner, where part of the screen came off. After the toilet test, the phone repeatedly turned on and off for a few minutes, but resumed normal operation after that.

It is not always that iPhone X comes out unscathed, however; if you checked the coverage of the launch of the device here on MacMagazine, saw that the device did not do so well in our drop tests.

The opposite total being flagship from Apple is the iPhone 8, which managed to last well until reaching the 1.8m drop test, when its screen not only broke, but did not work properly anymore.

But it wasn’t just the most expensive devices that were tested; The iPhone SE also got in the way – and it was to lose. The notable little one achieved the feat of being the last placed in the ranking, due to the fact that his screen broke so much in the 1.2m test that the guys preferred not to proceed to the higher test because they thought it was “too dangerous to use” ( if it were under normal circumstances, that is).

Tom's Guide Fall TestFinal device scores, from 0 to 10

THE Tom’s Guide assessed the 12 smartphones based on the extent of the damage, as well as the distance each phone managed to survive the tests.

If you want to know more about how the tests were performed and how they got to the scores above, check the details in the original publication.

via Apple World Today