Samsung galaxy s3 vs iphone 4s: duel of falls

If there is something that the owners of any smartphone fear is the terrible accidental fall of its terminal on the ground. In general, any phone is likely to generate this concern in the owner, but the case becomes even more worrying if we talk about touch phones. The fact that the screen capitalizes the attention of the device makes it especially sensitive to shocks and accidents, unless it is one of the so-called off-road or rugged terminals. And if we talk about high-end devices, with prices not adapted to all pockets, things get even more serious.

Such is the case of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S. Both are supposed to be reinforced against accidents, although in the videos that we have seen through AndroidAuthority and Square Trade we can take a look more calmly to what extent these devices can become strong in a confrontation against the hard ground.

In the case of the video filmed by the guys from AndroidAuthority, we attended several punching sessions. Taking turns, the iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S3 hit the asphalt in various positions: first, from the back, then from the side, and finally, from the front. In its turn, the iPhone 4S just shattered. Before the first fall he hardly suffers any damage to the side; the second ends with a positive balance. But in the third, both the front and the back of the glass give a good account of the blow, asking for a visit to the technical service.

And how does the Samsung Galaxy S3 react? Falling backwards generates scratches on the side of the rear case, something barely noticeable. Not so the side blow, which transfers the force of the impact to the screen, partially cracking it on the lower left side. It is in the frontal fall where the Samsung Galaxy S3 suffers the most. Once it crashes against the ground, the mobile distributes the blow so that the back cover opens, causing the battery to slide out of place slightly. The screen is the most affected: the cracking is enlarged, and the entire panel gives a good account of the shock received.

More extreme are the guys at Square Trade in their stress test with both devices. They choose to submit the survival of the phones to tests based on actual use, adapting it to the most common cases in which a smartphone succumbs to bumps, falls and accidents. The most normal thing is that the mobile phone slips out of our hands while we use it regularly "" when we use it to call, send messages, take photos... "" And in that case, both give a good account of war wounds if they hit the ground, as we warned in this test.

Another situation is that the telephone ends up in the destructive hands of the smallest of the house. One in four terminals succumbs to the evil arts of these imp. Of course, we want to think that in real situations what the guys from Square Trade propose in their test will not happen, literally throwing the Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S into the air. But if so, it seems that the smartphone of Samsung would winner: while the back glass of the Apple phone gives a good account of the damage, the high - end South Korea has distributed the force of the impactdisassembling the casing to avoid greater evils.

Finally, one out of every fifteen telephones ends up suffering some type of incident in the car or in the vicinity of one. To test this, the aforementioned terminals are placed on top of the trunk of a vehicle that, when starting up, causes the mobiles to crash into the road surface. The result this time turns the tables of what has been seen so far. While the iPhone 4S shows hardly any signs of impact, the Samsung Galaxy S3's screen shows a completely broken and useless surface.

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