How fragile are the controversial Samsung Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 … – BBC

Editor BBC

• April 8, 2015

Share

The study says that Samsung is bent as much as the iPhone and breaks easier.

says a popular saying that in love and war anything goes. Perhaps we should add, as an update, in the cellular market last generation too.

The companies exploit any loophole of weak competitor to capitalize, sometimes brazenly taunting the opposing mark.

Samsung and Apple have years Diving bites (in court or in their advertising campaigns), and his last match was at the expense of the alleged fragility of the Apple iPhone 6.

In presenting its latest model Samsung smart phone in October, the new Galaxy S6 Edge, alluded to the alleged excessive flexibility Apple model and rumors that bends with everyday use. “It is curved, not bent,” said the South Korean firm on its model, whipping up controversy

Read also:. For what is the curved screen of the new Samsung S6 Edge

The HTC and LG brands also part of the joke on Twitter at the time.

As has been good, now an insurance company mobile phones, conducted a stress test to compare these devices. And the conclusion has not liked to Samsung: Your phone is deformed as much as Apple and breaks entirely on a pressure point lower than its competitor, the study of Square Trade

The iPhone 6 Plus just stopped working by applying a pressure of 81 Kg.

The test

Square Trade machinery used to simulate the forces that may experience a cell phone pocket . back of trousers and pressure under which the different models experiencing “catastrophic failure”

Their conclusions were as follows:

• Both the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge as the iPhone 6 Plus is deformed by applying a force of 50 kilograms (kg). However, Samsung screen cracked and iPhone no.
• The latest model of HTC -One M9- not bend until he applied 54 kg but then broke being unusable.
• The S6 Edge snapped to reach 67 Kg, shutting down.
• The iPhone 6 Plus stopped functioning by applying a force of 81 Kg.

Samsung screen cracked before the iPhone 6.

Samsung does not want to accept

The study suggests that the owners of the Samsung Edge risk of having the “pocket full of crystals” if put their phones under too much pressure.

The South Korean company not resigned to accept this test, since it would be a tough blow to fit after bragging that his model was “the toughest market”.

Samsung Square Trade has asked to review the test, because in his opinion “may mislead consumers.” An invitation accepts.

Samsung ensures that your phone will not break with daily use.

Still, Samsung puts the band before the injury. The company says that their phones do not bend “for everyday use.”

“The normal force generated when pressing the back pocket is about 30 kg,” said in a statement.

Also, Samsung claims that this test does not measure Square Trade resistance on both sides of the phone.

“Some smart phones have different levels of resistance” in each of their faces, and Square Trade “has only tested the front, which can confuse consumers,” he says.

An independent expert believes that users should not worry about the strength of his cell.

“Lesson” for Samsung, tranquility for users

Francisco Jeronimo, an independent expert consulted by IDC BBC does not believe consumers should be concerned about the durability of the Samsung S6 Edge.

“You need to put a lot of pressure to break a very specific way,” he says.

But you given a slap on Samsung: “It’s a great lesson for Samsung The next time you see a competitor with a problem you have to be more careful.” that will not happen the same