Every time a new device hits the market, it is subjected to different resistance tests to verify how delicate or resistant the terminal is. The new iPhone models, the XS and XS Max they are no exception. This past weekend, the SquareTrade company has carried out different resistance tests to verify both the resistance of the glass and the IP68 certification.
As stated by Apple in the presentation keynote of the new iPhone models, both the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max use the strongest glass ever used in the construction of a smartphone. In addition, they also offer IP68 certification, which allows us to submerge the iPhone for 2 meters for approximately 30 minutes.
In the tests that SquareTrade has carried out, we see how the liquid test has been successfully passed. However, the most resistant glass has not prevented it from breaking down on a hard surface. The iPhone XS only needed a test from a height of two meters for the glass to break completely, showing small fragments of glass around it.
The result for the iPhone XS Max was the same, breaking the rear glass after falling from the same height. The stainless steel frames that Apple uses, protected both devices in the side drop test, however, the frontal drop, glass against the ground, caused the breakage in both terminals.
In this same test, while the screen of the iPhone XS showed a malfunction, that of the iPhone XS Max, it still allowed us to use the terminal without any problem, if we do not take into account the pieces of glass that had detached from it after the fall.
SquareTrade also wanted to test the water resistance of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, soaking them for 30 minutes in a tank filled with 138 cans of beer. The test was carried out with beer, since it was the liquid that Apple mentioned in the last keynote. Both the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max survived the prolonged beer bath by being fully operational, thus confirming Apple's claim to IP68 certification.
This company assigned each iPhone a score called Score of breakibility (word that does not exist but that all of you understand), taking into account the performance in each of the tests as shown in the image above. While the iPhone XS scored 86, classified as High Risk, the iPhone XS Max scored 70, classified as Medium risk.