Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra fails new drop tests
Last week a series of drop tests surfaced and saw the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra survive even after repeated drops onto concrete from a height of approximately 5 feet 8 inches (about 172 cm). Today we have a new series of drop tests onto concrete, and these are performed with robotic contraptions, not human hands like the previous tests. These new tests all drop the device from exactly 6 feet (182 cm). The spoiler was in the title: the phone failed these tests. When dropped front-down, the glass on top of the screen shattered, and the display stopped working completely, rendering the...


Last week a series of drop tests surfaced and saw the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra survive even after repeated drops onto concrete from a height of approximately 5 feet 8 inches (about 172 cm). Today we have a new series of drop tests onto concrete, and these are performed with robotic contraptions, not human hands like the previous tests. These new tests all drop the device from exactly 6 feet (182 cm). The spoiler was in the title: the phone failed these tests. When dropped front-down, the glass on top of the screen shattered, and the display stopped working completely, rendering the...