iPhone Stress Tests You Can Perform Yourself
I’ve been observing this iPhone madness, and when Andrew sent me this link to an obviously gentle PC World iPhone Stress Test video, I had to provide my own recommended stress testing guidelines.
The Chris Tingom iPhone Stress Test
- Play “egg toss” on the parking lot
- Drop it down an elevator shaft (a mine shaft will do in a pinch)
- Throw it against a brick wall with all of your might
- Play baseball with the iPhone (professional pitcher not required)
- “Accidentally” microwave it with lunch
- Freeze it with your lunch leftovers
- Run over it with a lawnmower
- Play ice hocky and use the iPhone as a puck!
I’m sure you can imagine it wouldn’t survive. But if it did, I’d buy one. In other news, Viddler is giving away two iPhones in July.
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No need to get all weird or creative. Just give it to a woman.
• Watch it fall from the elliptical at the gym. Repeat.
• Drop it in the toilet. (Void your warranty).
• Melt a lipstick on it in your purse.
• Spill a cappuccino all over. (For more on this, check out my most recent blog entry, linked above.)
For iPods, the solution has been a rugged case. How does a touch screen work with a case?
Funny stuff Diana, I also had to add this photo which was in the news.
To add to your note:
In other news, Profy is giving away five iPhones this summer. Here you will find the conditions. I’ll appreciate you mentioning this contest as well
I saw the Viddler contest linked on Daringfireball.net, my other daily read. I bet that got some traffic to the site!
That pic is hilarious! I was one of the people waiting in line for the iPhone on friday and it was a little like this when the first people walked out with their “prize”… the people in line were cheering for them! And that was just an at&t store.
The phone is amazing btw..
I think the point of the stress test is to simulate somewhat realistic conditions. I would like to see what happens if it’s briefly submerged in liquid as Diana mentioned, however.
Or do it like those ppl at http://www.smashmyps3.com/ did…lol.
These guys didn’t give up until it was toast:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/iphone-review.ars/13
but it still seemed to survive as well as could be expected.