Stress tests make me cringe. The guys at EverythingApplePro just shared both a water test and a drop test for the latest Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. In order to make things interesting, the stress tests were conducted side by side with the iPhone 6s.
First, EverythingApplePro did a water submersion test, which involved placing both phones fully submerged in for approximately 3 minutes. Given that the Galaxy S7 Edge boasts waterproof architecture, the test would emulate the offects of using the phone for, say, a short underwater video. So how did the phones do? The Galaxy S7 Edge did great! In fact, the new Samsung flagship even managed to connect to a network underwater. Meanwhile, the iPhone 6s lost service. That said, both screens, physical buttons, and etc. function well.
Next, EverythingApplePro put the phones back into a foot of water once again. The YouTube channel emphasized that the Galaxy S7 was engineered to be waterproof from the inside out. Rather than only sealing off the ports from water coming in, the entire phone itself is completely sealed. After a 10-minute submersion, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and iPhone 6s are both working decently. That said, the speakers on the S7 had inconsistent sound quality. Meanwhile, visible water apparently made its way to the bottom left edge of the iPhone 6s screen.
Finally, the phones were placed underwater one more time. This time, the testers were truly astonished when the S7 continued responding to touch and commands while still in all this wet stuff. Meanwhile, the iPhone screen was not responsive and testers noted bubbles emerging from the iPhone when it's pressed with some pressure. Eventually, more water entered the iPhone and caused its Wi-Fi to go. Inevitably, the water eventually went into the iPhone's hardware, causing it to malfunction, reboot, and eventually die. The Galaxy ultimately took the 15-minute water test like a champ. Samsung wasn't bluffing when they claimed the new S7 Edge is waterproof.
Next came the drop test. Essentially, the test was conducted in six stages: a fall from the hip on the side, top and bottom to emulate a drop from a pocket, followed by a head-height fall on the side, top and bottom to recreate a drop while a person is on the phone. Both phones held up to the hip falls extremely well. However, things got really dicey for the S7 Edge when EverythingApplePro did the test again from five feet. The first side fall from 5 feet caused the aluminum frame-glass body S7 Edge to crack its back glass. When the fall was recreated again to fall on its back, the glass spiderwebbed some more. That said, the front screen is completely intact thanks to the robust Gorilla Glass 4 material on the S7 Edge.
However, even the solid Gorilla Glass was eventually defeated when EverythingApplePro pushed the envelope with a 10-foot drop. Ultimately, this spelled the end to the S7 Edge's front screen as LCD bleeding is seen behind the cracked touchscreen.
While the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge brought home the win in the water test with flying colors, I'm not confident the S7 Edge waterproof construction will be able to hold out underwater in it post-drop test state.
Check out the two videos of the Galaxy S7 Edge VS iPhone 6S stress test and water test below:
