When a drop test to a mobile device, it is dropped from heights where it could fall in daily use, which is, at least, from the pocket and from the height of the head. It can be done with a more scientific method, but none of these methods had thought of launch an iPhone 7 from a helicopter.
That's exactly what Jonathan Morrison has done: he got into a helicopter, he climbed up to about 155m (500 feet) tall and launched his iPhone 7, but he did not launch it totally naked, but with a RhinoShield case that you can buy on Amazon from this link. To document everything, Morrison and his team recorded the fall with a conventional video camera and with the main camera of the iPhone 7.
The most extreme drop test you could imagine
What is perhaps most interesting about this drop test is that iPhone 7 does not stop recording at any time. And, although the RhinoShield case protects the device so that it does not suffer damage, the blow from the brutal acceleration change does take it away, so it would not have been surprising if the iPhone 7 in this video had been blocked or restarted after The hit.
About the holster, it is actually like a bumper like the ones that Apple sold until, if I remember correctly, the iPhone 4S, that is, a kind of rubber bezel that goes around the iPhone and leaves the screen and the back in the air, but not unprotected because the bumper sticks out a little on both sides.
Thus, it is shown that the sum of the iPhone 7 and the case of RhinoShield It is a good team that ensures the integrity of our iPhone, even if we have access to a helicopter. Mind you, I wouldn't do this test on purpose.