cnet.com/alwayson Molly Wood and Brian Tong host an extreme torture test at CES in Las Vegas. See highlights from our 9-foot-tall ladder drop test and liquid nitrogen wild card test.
Actually its better than the screen cracking. The back more like "popped" open instead of breaking. Looks reversable, maybe a couple connection checks but hey, no need to replace any hardware most probably...
The thing was frozen for 2 hours, baked at 400 degrees for half an hour, had things dropped on the screen, covered with water, dropped, dipped in liquid nitrogen and then dropped from 9ft and still worked! I'd consider that a pass
Ballistic doesn't mean complete protection.......the word ballistic or ballistics refers to some sort of projectile. In a phone case its referring to a drop. So they're not supposed to shield the phone, just save it from drop damage.
I feel like all the torture you guys have done on the iPad Mini, it only survives through chance. In my experience, one drop, 3.5 ft high WITH a case means the screen shatters, and it's shattered enough that it needs to be replaced.
Most computers (including phones and tablets) won't boot if you leave them in liquid nitrogen for too long because they will get too cold to conduct the electricity properly (they become supraconductors). It's called the cold boot temperature.
It's not all about hardware. It's software too. Now I used both, Android and iOS, and Android only feels as "smooth" as iOS when there is like 2x the CPU/GPU power in a device.
Apparently didn't think to turn on the device before the power button was frozen in place, either. Would've been much cooler waiting for the screen to turn off, and then seeing if the screen still worked if it didn't.
Why do people think wearing gloves when playing with liquid nitrogen is safe? It's actually more dangerous than going about it bare handed. If the liquid nitrogen soaks into the glove, you're screwed. Have fun with your frostbite. Though if you touch liquid nitrogen bare handed, you're protected by the leidenfrost effect for at least a few seconds. If you don't know that the leidenfrost effect is, look it up. There's my random annoying lecture.
yes, in this test it is indeed "impressive" but, with the money you are spending on an nexus you can get a life proof case and still pay less then an iPad. (prone to damage).
