Gadgetory

there's a big crack this weekend always on a special look back at some of the toughest and most indestructible gadgets we've ever tested we're counting down to the toughest gadget of them all always on is on cuz I don't have enough chocolate in May I need that beer too you you welcome to always-on I am Hollywood and I'm Jeff Kannada and this is the show where we take a look at the tech that's part of your life and your future now season 5 is almost upon us but before we get into new shows we thought we'd take a little walk back through memory lane yes we're gonna look at the entire history of always-on even before I joined the crew and showed you guys really how to torture gadgets we did okay on our own but even once Jeff came there were some gadgets that absolutely stunned us their ability to survive just about anything yeah and we're gonna do this top five style so we're gonna count down starting with number five which is a rugged camera that I really had a lot of fun torturing I'm gonna try to get some some photos in the water as I'm surfing I got beat up out there humbled by those ways but it's you know it's doing fine it was beating me all torso and it's held up so water test basically a pass just hanging out just having my beer oh no and it says it's still recording look at you iron man here we go oh there's a big crack there's a big crack the Optio @wg - it takes a lickin and it keeps on clicking that's also when we found out that Jeff has a gift for this kind of day well I wouldn't say that the camera was in good condition when I was done with it I would need it a little taping it's still survived it took pictures okay we also discovered a little later on that our producers have a gift for coming up with creative torture test ideas like when the waterproof Sony Xperia Z came out who needs water No okay so first up I'm gonna put it in our container here then I'm gonna cover it with tempered chocolate and then it's gonna go into the freezer to set up into a nice yummy chocolate bar here we go oh wow that's a lot of but not a nice thing to do to a thumb right come with me over here I want to make sure my phone is well and truly coated the chocolate bar by putting it in the freezer beautiful oh yeah that is looking delicious I think there's really only one way to break this chocolate up and we're just gonna have to do like a mini drop test still really a lot of chocolate on here so I think it's gonna need like a little bit of a back supposed to be waterproof this is like the leaves are the things that could happen through a hot water peel this chocolate back here oh yeah we're getting some melted I see our screen is going a little crazy so I'm in too much trouble with the water here excuse me just the chocolate in its joints it is pretty remarkable to give a phone like a complete sink back and have it just not have a problem but all in all I think our Sony Xperia Z has passed the chocolate test with Hawaiian colors it was actually amazing because that one test pretty much incorporated the heat the cold the drop the water yeah hot chocolate cold chocolate chocolate it's a lot of Chuck really any chocolate it's pretty hardcore phone very impressive we're gonna take a quick break when we come back we'll have our top three toughest gadgets including the one we call the zombie you welcome back everybody we're counting down our top five toughest gadgets that we've ever tested here on always-on that's right we're gonna keep it rockin and what did I say Rock I think you did I think a giant rock is a great way to torture a gadget I think so too we went looking for a location with a lot of different options and we landed here at American soil in stone where we're going to scratch drop and dunk our poor little MacBook let's get to it within there that was awesome so I'm betting that it's a little bit scratched up turns out a little bit tougher than I thought at least in the scratch Department well so now the thing about our MacBook Pro is that it's really dirty so I think it's time for it to get a little shower while it's open oh that's terrible that's just awful three two one okay we have some scratching a couple more dense nothing too serious three two one oh the hinge feels a little tight but the screen is okay well now that can't be good Oh Oh the hens doesn't want to open at all oh we have cracked the retina display but I gotta say nowhere near the shattering that I might expect if this thing still comes on after drying out I'm gonna call that usable I'm sorry to say I think our MacBook Pro is dead huh wait just when we thought it was dead it came back on this guy is unquestionably construction grade I was the doubter but I can't even believe what that laptop went through it's very impressive that is amazing that it even came on at all yeah I mean survive is a little strong but still yeah it's certifiably tough super tough all right speaking of which here's number two on our list this is the gadget that went through the whole regular torture test gamut and then it was still so strong that we just threw it in the wash as one does there were complaints that I went a little easy on the galaxy s3 compared to the iPhone which had to go through the washer so as promised the s3 is now getting the same treatment in the washing machine in goes the phone and I'm gonna wash it on cold away we go it's so dramatic - let it go around Oh like it just got an email I can't believe it still on the Wi-Fi I'm right here our wash cycle is done let's rescue our galaxy s3 and I'm assuming dry it out for a while okay here is our go oh my goodness the notification light is still going look at that you see that so the screen doesn't come on but that is um one really tough LED right there so here is the samsung galaxy s3 that went through the washer and i'm not even bothering with the bag of rice because check it out it's totally fine we dried it out for 24 hours took it out to see if it was alright and it came on like no problem this thing is amazing who hasn't put their phone in the washing machine or at least come very close apparently everyone we had a ton of requests for that particular test and it's only fair to point out that we did the same thing with the iPhone 4s and it came out of brick so good just is why it's on the list that's right guys s3 speaking of the list we have now come to number one but first some honorable mentions all right here we are it's time to find out who is number one the toughest gadget we've ever tested that's right what is it it is the first one actually that we ever tested and I admit we were still learning but even when we upped the ante a lot we could not kill this thing check it out I'm sorry you guys there's one device that we're taking out of the giveaway pool and that is our so far indestructible iPad because everything we've done to it it's been okay okay now it has water in it yeah and nitrogen it has no case and that's going in last I think it's gonna survive and it goes and then it actually sounds like it's frying I know it sounds exactly like a fryer and it looks like it do the bubbles I just wanted to screen the screen the screens on no you guys see that yeah that screen is on all right well now that it's well and truly frozen it wouldn't be a liquid nitrogen test if we didn't go a little bit Terminator on it okay we're gonna go ahead and drop this one okay here we go guys ready three two one dropping is that screen it's not okay I I actually think it was so strong it dented the cement it dented the subnet okay here we go guys let's pick up the pieces here what you go okay as far as I'm concerned that is a pass this thing is still kicking that's unbelievable there has been a lot of carnage on this episode but liquid nitrogen that was in sane when it came on and then came on again I mean the crowd was going crazy we were actually a little nervous I was having Terminator flashbacks exactly not gonna lie it's very impressive that iPad built very well yeah give that one to your kids yeah don't even worry about it and please tell us your craziest torture test stories because they might show up on the show sometime I love getting those recommendations people are always tweeting me like oh you should do this you should do that yeah so much fun it's great TV email us always on Etsy Netcom you can also send suggestions on Twitter Facebook and Google+ that's it for this festival of destruction coming up next week it's the always on season 5 premiere and don't worry there's gonna be a lots of destruction in season 5 - 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