This talk about mass, acceleration, gravity is all fine and well. However, these two phones are of similar shape and weight. The height they are dropped from is a few feet. I doubt it makes any substantial difference in the outcome. So lets get a grip.
Galaxy S vs i Phone 4S
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Maybe someone could put this to the test by visiting a mobile phone shop and asking to perform the drop test on some of the stock. 
Originally Posted by ACU:
“Whilst not the most scientfic of tests, it is widely regarded that the GS2 is the more sturdy of the two phones. The SGS2 uses Gorilla glass, that is the best glass to use. I believe all the apple fans used to rave about it when it was on the 3GS, now that its not used on the iphone4 - they have gone quiet about it.”
“Whilst not the most scientfic of tests, it is widely regarded that the GS2 is the more sturdy of the two phones. The SGS2 uses Gorilla glass, that is the best glass to use. I believe all the apple fans used to rave about it when it was on the 3GS, now that its not used on the iphone4 - they have gone quiet about it.”
I agree. But the truth is, in the real world, if you drop your phone it's pretty much chance whether it breaks or not. One of my friends dropped his iPhone 4 from a bedside table to a laminated floor and cracked the back. Another dropped their iPhone on a stone floor and cracked the back. A remember reading on here a few weeks ago about someone who let a remote control slip from a chair arm to a chair cushion, where his Galaxy S2 was resting. It cracked the screen. I was at a party on Saturday and a friend was showing off his Galaxy S2. He had only had it a week, but had dropped it and cracked the corner of the screen.
Most phones are pretty fragile when they're dropped, unfortunately.
Does the iPhone 4/4S definitely not use Gorilla Glass? I know it was recently confirmed that the forthcoming Nexus Prime doesn't.
Originally Posted by ACU:
“This talk about mass, acceleration, gravity is all fine and well. However, these two phones are of similar shape and weight. The height they are dropped from is a few feet. I doubt it makes any substantial difference in the outcome. So lets get a grip.”
“This talk about mass, acceleration, gravity is all fine and well. However, these two phones are of similar shape and weight. The height they are dropped from is a few feet. I doubt it makes any substantial difference in the outcome. So lets get a grip.”
Agreed. It's ludicrous.
Originally Posted by IslandNiles:
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Does the iPhone 4/4S definitely not use Gorilla Glass? I know it was recently confirmed that the forthcoming Nexus Prime doesn't.
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Does the iPhone 4/4S definitely not use Gorilla Glass? I know it was recently confirmed that the forthcoming Nexus Prime doesn't.
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Really, what does the Nexus use then? I would have thought a big screen would need some protection?
Originally Posted by spendleb:
“Really, what does the Nexus use then? I would have thought a big screen would need some protection?”
“Really, what does the Nexus use then? I would have thought a big screen would need some protection?”
samsung rep:Instead of the Gorilla Glass we use another kind of fortified glass.
Originally Posted by OnlyWayIsEpics:
“The S2 uses the best manufacturer of Gorilla glass there is, Apple use a cheaper Chinese versiom which is why the S2 didn't smash when dropped face down (despite having a larger area of glass)”
“The S2 uses the best manufacturer of Gorilla glass there is, Apple use a cheaper Chinese versiom which is why the S2 didn't smash when dropped face down (despite having a larger area of glass)”
Gorilla is not the best these days and I doubt the glass costs much anyway.
More likely it is the plastic that flexes on impact better, plus the flatness of the 4S encourages breakage.
The fact that the glass is ultra thin no doubt makes it very fragile.
I had a iPhone 4 so decided to upgrade to a S2. beautiful design very comfortable to hold the screen is lovely although the low resolution does show if you are used to a iPhone 4. Unfortunately I just couldn't get on with android typing at speed like on the iPhone was difficult the app store just took me round in circles to buy a paid app.
I found I had to faff arou d to get my chrome book mars to sync, using the native gmail app seemed to be cumbersome and emails would arrive on my iPhone first and a few minutes latter on the S2.
Ended up returning it and will pick up a 4s today.
I found I had to faff arou d to get my chrome book mars to sync, using the native gmail app seemed to be cumbersome and emails would arrive on my iPhone first and a few minutes latter on the S2.
Ended up returning it and will pick up a 4s today.
Originally Posted by zantarous:
“... although the low resolution does show if you are used to a iPhone 4.”
“... although the low resolution does show if you are used to a iPhone 4.”
I have to zoom in on the iphone screen just to see anything.
There are hundreds of Android keyboards APPS to choose from so one would be close to your accustomed habits.
And with more real estate, typing, at least to me, obviously becomes easier.
Originally Posted by alanwarwic:
“I have to zoom in on the iphone screen just to see anything.
There are hundreds of Android keyboards APPS to choose from so one would be close to your accustomed habits.
And with more real estate, typing, at least to me, obviously becomes easier.”
“I have to zoom in on the iphone screen just to see anything.
There are hundreds of Android keyboards APPS to choose from so one would be close to your accustomed habits.
And with more real estate, typing, at least to me, obviously becomes easier.”
Bear in mind that the bulk of the S2's extra screen real estate is in the vertical not the horizontal. Its screen is only 6mm wider than the iPhone screens, so an extra 0.6mm per key on the keyboard won't make any appreciable difference to typing in portrait orientation.
Originally Posted by Roush:
“...Its screen is only 6mm wider than the iPhone screens, so an extra 0.6mm per key on the keyboard won't make any appreciable difference to typing in portrait orientation.”
“...Its screen is only 6mm wider than the iPhone screens, so an extra 0.6mm per key on the keyboard won't make any appreciable difference to typing in portrait orientation.”
A confusing slant considering fast typing is almost always best done in landscape.
As a result of this thread, my 10 year old is going round the house dropping items of different weights, and will confirm for you all, on youtube if necessary, that they do indeed hit the ground at the same time.
Thanks for the physics lesson guys!
Thanks for the physics lesson guys!
Originally Posted by zantarous:
“I had a iPhone 4 so decided to upgrade to a S2. beautiful design very comfortable to hold the screen is lovely although the low resolution does show if you are used to a iPhone 4. Unfortunately I just couldn't get on with android typing at speed like on the iPhone was difficult the app store just took me round in circles to buy a paid app.
I found I had to faff arou d to get my chrome book mars to sync, using the native gmail app seemed to be cumbersome and emails would arrive on my iPhone first and a few minutes latter on the S2.
Ended up returning it and will pick up a 4s today.”
“I had a iPhone 4 so decided to upgrade to a S2. beautiful design very comfortable to hold the screen is lovely although the low resolution does show if you are used to a iPhone 4. Unfortunately I just couldn't get on with android typing at speed like on the iPhone was difficult the app store just took me round in circles to buy a paid app.
I found I had to faff arou d to get my chrome book mars to sync, using the native gmail app seemed to be cumbersome and emails would arrive on my iPhone first and a few minutes latter on the S2.
Ended up returning it and will pick up a 4s today.”
Round in circles to buy a paid app? I just bought one there and all i did was select the app, click buy, then confirm it. That's it.
Also why didn't you just change the keyboard?
Originally Posted by alanwarwic:
“I have to zoom in on the iphone screen just to see anything.
There are hundreds of Android keyboards APPS to choose from so one would be close to your accustomed habits.
And with more real estate, typing, at least to me, obviously becomes easier.”
“I have to zoom in on the iphone screen just to see anything.
There are hundreds of Android keyboards APPS to choose from so one would be close to your accustomed habits.
And with more real estate, typing, at least to me, obviously becomes easier.”
There's actually an iphone keyboard called iTap on the market. also works much better than the keyboard on the iphone lol
Originally Posted by alanwarwic:
“A confusing slant considering fast typing is almost always best done in landscape.”
“A confusing slant considering fast typing is almost always best done in landscape.”
I do most typing (text messages, web searching, etc.) in landscape, only switching to portrait when typing something long, such as an email for long forum reply, which I don't tend to do a lot on the phone.
Originally Posted by whiskydry:
“As a result of this thread, my 10 year old is going round the house dropping items of different weights, and will confirm for you all, on youtube if necessary, that they do indeed hit the ground at the same time.
Thanks for the physics lesson guys!”
“As a result of this thread, my 10 year old is going round the house dropping items of different weights, and will confirm for you all, on youtube if necessary, that they do indeed hit the ground at the same time.
Thanks for the physics lesson guys!”
Only in a vacuum, otherwise air resistance comes into play, and only if not dropped from a height sufficient for terminal velocity to be reached.
Try it with a stone and a feather if you don't believe me...
Originally Posted by Gormond:
“This has been posted like 3 times in the last month surprisingly by Android users, go figure
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“This has been posted like 3 times in the last month surprisingly by Android users, go figure
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What do you think would have happened if the iPhone won?
I expect all of the iPhone users would have kept quiet?
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