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The Toughest (And Weakest) Phones Currently On the Market
New submitter Daneel Olivaw R. shares a report from Tom's Guide: To measure each phone's toughness, [Tom's Guide] dropped it from both 4 and 6 feet onto wood and concrete. After each test, we recorded the damage to the phone. If a phone was rendered unusable -- the screen totally shattered, for instance -- then we stopped dropping it. [More details on the testing process can be found here.] Each drop was worth a maximum of 5 points; if a phone made it through all of the rounds unscathed, it would earn 35 points. The more severe the damage per drop was, the more points were deducted. If a phone was rendered unusable after a given drop, it would earn no points, and would not undergo any subsequent test. In total, there were seven tests. [...] If a phone died in the 6-foot edge drop, it was penalized an extra 10 percent. If it died in the 6-foot face drop, it was penalized 5 percent. And if it died when dropped into the toilet, it lost 2.5 percent. We then divided the total score by 3.5, to put it on a 10-point scale. Here are the scores of each device: Motorola Moto Z2 Force - Toughness score: 8.5/10 LG X Venture - Toughness score: 6.6/10 Apple iPhone X - Toughness score: 6.2/10 LG V30 - Toughness score: 6/10 Samsung Galaxy S9 - Toughness score: 6/10 Motorola Moto G5 Plus - Toughness score: 5.1/10 Apple iPhone 8 - Toughness score: 4.9/10 Samsung Galaxy Note 8 - Toughness score: 4.3/10 OnePlus 5T - Toughness score: 4.3/10 Huawei Mate 10 Pro - Toughness score: 4.3/10 Google Pixel 2 XL - Toughness score: 4.3/10 iPhone SE - Toughness score: 3.9/10