Gadgetory

our reviews here at scene that can tell you a lot of things about any given piece of technology how well it works how long the battery lasts how well it stacks up against the competition and then we carefully box that product back up and send it back to the manufacturer leaving one critical question unanswered will this product survive a drop from a moving car and that's where Mollywood comes in in her show always on Molly has subjected countless gadgets to her torture testing some take a licking and keep on ticking while others from balloon to an expensive pile of glass and microchips Donnell bail and this top five were counting down the five pieces of high-profile technology that flopped the hardest during the always-on torture test starting things off at number five iPhone 4s just because there was less screen back then didn't make the design any less fragile we had an ugly black bar running down the display of the 4s after just one drop granted the glass never actually broke even after he tossed us down the stairs but the fact that we crippled the screen right out of the gate is enough to put this bygone iPhone on the list but at least the iPhone never really advertised itself as rugged the same cannot be said for number four thanks pad x1 carbon now this is a great all-around machine and a four star review from us but if you're looking for a truly rugged laptop that can withstand scorching heat or the occasional cup of coffee on the keyboard then the x1 is not for you Molly didn't even get around to a drop test since the heat test pretty much toasted this thing it's a fine computer but not the tough guy you'd expect number three is another one that surprised us the Samsung Galaxy s4 this has seen its highest rated cell phone currently and the heir to one of the toughest cell phones around the galaxy s3 now the s4 was undone by a hurl upper rock wall and then put to rest after being run over by a mountain bike now personally my active lifestyle is non-existent so I went discount the s4 right away but it's a shame that it doesn't seem as resilient as the s3 at number two the Microsoft Surface it was already looking pretty bad when always-on is Jeff kanata spilled a glass of wine on the thing but it was drop test that really made me wince to be fair Jeff went over the top when you used the kickstand as a footrest maybe took things a little too far we turn the whole thing into a functioning skateboard well what's the torture test without a little humiliation now before we get to the number one most breakable gadget as evidenced by the always on torture test go take a look at the top five toughest gadgets moly on the game have a great roundup that you can find over at CENTCOM slash always on all right and now the wimpiest gadget ever to appear on always on in 2012 Google Nexus 7 the original the $199 Android tablet that brought the industry to his knees also turned out to be a total creampuff I think Christmas ornaments tougher than this thing during the drop test the back cover went flying and the glass shatter like a creme brulee I can always tell I'm hungry when my metaphors are all desserts still it was a great tablet and for $199 it could have been made out of Legos and I still would have bought one so there you go five highly rated gadgets that you really shouldn't use without a case and an extended warranty to witness more gadget abuse be sure to tune in to always on with Mollywood each and every week and for more top fives like this top 5 cnet.com Zalman Bell reminding you to hug your gadgets and hold them close you