When credible rumors first began to recommend Apple would launch a drastically thinner iPhone this 12 months, a typical response was to invest concerning the gadget’s sturdiness. Would the 5.6mm iPhone Air endure the identical destiny because the 7.1mm iPhone 6 Plus, which was hit by the Bendgate scandal in 2014? Or did the launch of the iPad Professional final 12 months point out that Apple has discovered the best way to make merchandise which might be each skinny and resilient?
With the first evaluations showing this week and the gadget solely happening sale at the moment, there’s nonetheless time for issues to go fallacious when massive numbers of individuals get their arms on it. However early indications are optimistic, with one TikToker placing the Air via some hilariously brutal sturdiness checks and declaring himself stunned (in a great way) by the gadget’s efficiency.
In a single dialogue-free video, which on the time of writing has acquired greater than two million views, Marcus Cupello does his absolute best to bend the iPhone Air. He begins by simply utilizing his arms, however that doesn’t get him anyplace, so he then begins bracing his hand towards the sting of items of furnishings and utilizing the additional leverage. Ultimately, he resorts to whacking it with a hammer. However whereas it flexes barely, and there are some ominous cracking sounds on the most violent moments, the gadget refuses to bend in any noticeable and everlasting means.
A second video sees a wider vary of punishments being inflicted on the poor iPhone Air, with scissors, a screwdriver, a hammer, water, and a blowtorch all introduced out to check its sturdiness.
“The iPhone Air is definitely fairly troublesome to bend,” Cupello says, like a annoyed medieval torturer. “I’m stunned. It’s even scratch-resistant. Spectacular. Let’s strive burning it. Can water get in? All proper, I’ve had sufficient. Why can’t I truly break this cellphone? It seems Apple [has] truly made the iPhone Air very sturdy.”
On the finish of the video, one thing appears to go fallacious. Cupello is hitting the rear of the cellphone with a hammer and complaining that he can’t break it, however then instantly says, “Sh*t. By no means thoughts.” It seems like one thing has lastly given means, nevertheless it isn’t totally clear. Nonetheless, after such a brutal set of checks, we are able to hardly be stunned if the Air has lastly given in. The true shock is that it survived for thus lengthy.
Cupello isn’t the one tester to deal with the iPhone Air’s sturdiness. Certainly, at product briefings Apple itself has demonstrated bend checks to some journalists. Julian Chokkattu of Wired, for instance, reported: “I watched Apple carry out a bend take a look at on the iPhone Air, and it was capable of stand up to greater than 130 kilos of power with no harm,” and says he “gave it an excellent bend take a look at myself, nevertheless it didn’t flex.” However Cupello’s checks are probably the most thorough, and probably the most violent, we’ve seen thus far.
You possibly can attempt to break your very personal iPhone Air at the moment by heading over to your native Apple Retailer and selecting one up.
