Why Dropping a Phone From 300 vs. 16,000 Feet Is Basically the Same Thing | WSJ
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Published 2024-04-26
WSJ’s Joanna Stern decided to find out by launching iPhones 14s and Samsung Galaxy S23s out of a phone-dropping drone.
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4:42 Drone vs. airplane
5:45 Takeaways
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All Comments (21)
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Read more about why an iPhone can survive a drop from a plane, but not from your kitchen counter: on.wsj.com/3xQu62t
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Getting a budget for this video must’ve been interesting lol.
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Try Nokia from space, the impact would cause an extinction level event.
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In Santa Fe, New Mexico, I somehow dropped my Samsung Galaxy with protective case on a busy street in front of a Hilton hotel. After some innovative detective work by a desk clerk at the hotel, the phone was returned to me in working order. It had been run over by at least one passing car. The screen glass was cracked and the case was roughed up a bit, but the phone still worked fine for a couple of years before I retired it for a newer model. So yes, definitely install a protective case, they work!
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Me watching on my screen that got cracked falling from the sink to the floor 🤔
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Would have been nice to see the accelerometer data from the phones
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i miss joana stern videos!! glad she decided to create new videos
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Would like to see some phone diagnostics run to see if anything internal might be broken.
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Don't tell WSJ about tiles. A 4ft drop onto them and your screen is toast.
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This was awesome!
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Joanna you’re the best, love the video 😂
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Joanna: Enjoyed the video. Guess we all should know a good case always helps protect our phones. BTW, what type of drone was used in the video? Looks like some time of DJI? (I'm a drone guy...)
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Great video
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When you see mark rober being summoned, you know they mean business 🤣
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Thanks Joanna, I'll be sure to do that.
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if the manufacturers make the phone heavier at the bottom half will it probably land on that half ? will it be enough to control the fall from 3 feet ?
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Fun. Unscientific of course.
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Love your dry wit!
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Dropped my pixel 7 pro from my pocket on to the garage concrete floor and toasted my screen, twice now in 6 months, some phones are just not built that well.
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You needed one more calculation for terminal velocity: at what height is it reached for a smartphone? (I realize Marc said 300 ft. but I assume he was guessing and this wasn't based on a calculation. If you're curious, solve the following non-linear differential equation: dv/dt = 1/lambda(v^2) - g), where lambda is the size of the smartphone and v is the drag. Integrate this to get the height that terminal velocity will be reached.)
