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Recently the guys at SquareTrade have posted a durability test of the Samsung Galaxy S6, iPhone 6 Plus and HTC One M9 by applying 110lbf (50kgf) pressure on the three devices using their own BendBot.

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According to SquareTrade; the BendBot simulates the forces produced in an average person’s back pocket and shows exactly what happens when up to 350 pounds of force is placed on a phone. The BendBot applies load in 10-pound increments while a sensitive probe detects the exact moment when a phone bends. In Catastrophic Failure mode, the bot increases its applied load continuously until the phone bends, breaks and reaches its disastrous end.

The iPhone 6 Plus bent under 110 pounds of pressure and reached its breaking catastrophic failure point at 179 pounds.

Second, the HTC One M9, the device bent under 120 pounds of pressure and broke at the same pressure point because the power button is located at the center of the device at the breaking point. At this point the HTC One M9 became unusable.

Finally, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, it bent at 110 pounds, like the iPhone 6 Plus, but the glass edge cracked at the pressure point, however it remained usable at this point. The S6 Edge broke completely under 149 pounds of pressure and became unusable.

In a statement Samsung has criticized the SquareTrade’s test and said [blockquote style=”2″] First, the video assumes a very specific condition – 110lbf (50kgf), which rarely occurs under normal circumstances. The normal force that generated when a person presses the back pocket is approximately 66lbf (30kgf). Our internal test results indicate that the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge are not bendable even under 79lbf (32kgf), which is equivalent to putting pressure to snap a bundle of five pencils at once.

 

Secondly, even though both front and back sides are exposed under the same level of pressure in normal circumstances, this test does not show the strength of the back side. Some smartphones have different durability in each the front and back sides respectively. SquareTrade has only tested the front side, which may mislead consumers about the entire durability of smartphones.

 

For this reason being, Samsung will officially deliver our statement to SquareTrade and ask them to conduct the stress test again which targets both front and back sides, and open the test result to the public.

 

All our devices are put rigorous high-quality validation tests before they are delivered to consumers. These tests include various conditions, such as dropping, bending, and breakage. And we are confident that all our smartphones are not bendable under daily usage.[/blockquote]

Samsung has also carried out its own “3-Point Bend Test” which you can watch below:

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In addition to the above, SquareTrade hits back with a statement published on Mashable website, defending the company’s testing:

[blockquote style=”2″] As an independent third party, we endeavor to perform our SquareTrade Lab tests in an unbiased manner as our goal is to provide consumers with a common comparison across manufacturers. As the video we released on Thursday shows, we performed the exact same test on all phones using our BendBot.

 

These tests showed that the iPhone 6 Plus and the Galaxy S6 edge bent under similar loading conditions, and that the Galaxy S6 edge cracked at that same load. We would agree that in our independent tests – neither the Samsung S6 edge, the Apple iPhone 6 Plus, nor the HTC One M9 bent at less than 110 pounds of force.

 

We believe that the more information consumers have, the better – so we are happy that Samsung has released its own tests and disclosed the benchmarks for its internal stress test (78 lbf of force). We welcome Samsung’s invitation to test its devices again with our BendBot and release the results publicly.[/blockquote]

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