Known for his regular mockery of the gadgets blogger Zach Nelson (Zach Nelson) jerryrigeverything once, did not remain aloof from the start of sales of the new smartphone Apple. In a recent test, he tests the strength of iPhone XR.
As it turned out, a more affordable iPhone XR is not inferior in strength to the flagship iPhone smartphones XR and XS Max, went on sale a little early.
The biggest difference between them, from the point of view of resistance to external influences, was the choice of metal in the housing. If older models combine glass and steel, the iPhone XR is an aluminum frame. Scratches on aluminum appear stronger than steel.
On the protective glass of the display, the scratches did not appear until the materials hardness 6 level on the Mohs scale. This is a normal protection modern flagships, including Android. The usual keys, coins and other small items in the pockets will not hurt the screen.
Nelson, still dissatisfied with the Apple on the protection of the lens a sapphire crystal, since it has to withstand tests up to a hardness of 9. Camera can withstand material up to level 6 hardness as that of Android smartphones with the protection camera regular glass.
When checking the fire on screen there was a black “burn”, which is soon fully recovered. In the test bending iPhone XR has shown itself as one of the most durable and resilient smartphones.