Galaxy S9 drop test: The back cracked, but the screen held up

Galaxy S9 drop test: The back cracked, but the screen held up

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https://www.cnet.com/news/galaxy-s-9-drop-test/

The back of the Galaxy S8 broke on the first fall from hip height in our previous drop test, but the screen remained intact despite dropping it from 5 feet onto a gravel road. Going into our test, I didn't expect the Samsung Galaxy S9 to have the same good fortune as its predecessor considering it's about 8 grams heavier and 0.5 mm thicker. Plus there's no way that curved screen could come out unscathed from another round of drops. Right?!

We took our brand new Lilac Purple Galaxy S9 to the sidewalk near CNET's San Francisco office, the same sidewalk where the iPhone X had cracked on its first dropĀ in our test just a few months before. As in previous tests the drop height for our first round was 3 feet (0.9 meters), simulating what would happen if it fell from your pocket.