Thursday, April 2, 2015

Robots push iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge flexibility to the edge

Bend-test




Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge isn't even on sale yet but that's not stopping people from putting the company's latest flagship to the test


While we've seen some impressive drop tests, the first bend tests (remember Bendgate?) have more mixed results.


SquareTrade, a company that offers insurance plans for smartphones, put the iPhone 6 Plus, HTC's One M9 and Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge to the test with their BendBots, specialized robots that tested how much pressure each smartphone could take before it bent and eventually broke.



The BendBot "simulates the forces produced in the average person’s back pocket and shows exactly what happens when up to 350 pounds of force is placed on a phone," according to the company. First, it applies pressure in 10-pound increments until it detects the phone bending and then tests how much force each phone can take before breaking completely. Read more...


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