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what's up everybody welcome to seeing that second annual live torture test from CES 2014 i'm brian tong and here with me is built a twylar managing editor with CNET partner TechRepublic bill thanks for hanging out with us buddy hey thanks for having me I'm really excited to be here at CES and I can't wait to start Porsche testing some of these devices now if you guys haven't seen this before last year and this year right this is the second annual torture test we like to put these products that we love so dearly put them through different types of tests that may not be realistic but also may be very fun so right here you'll see a little bit of boiling water you'll see a little bit of something under this can you can anyone figure out what is this I don't know it looks like a big glass thing all right also we have our 12 foot ladder we're going to do a little drops but before that standing by outside to do yet another test as part of this is Sharon Vaknin somewhere in this big span of space the Las Vegas Convention Center parking lot with a CNET bus alright hey guys I am just outside of Las Vegas Convention Center on the sea nut bus and you know what we've got two more products we're going to torture today I've got the Chromebook by Acer and this fancy Nikon Coolpix camera I'm also joined by gear MA and yari to our bus drivers if we're going to help me torture the heck out of these products so stay tuned for what's going to happen you never know alright guys so later on again if you love products we're not here because we don't love our gadgets we're not here to disrespect them but you know it's CES we gotta have a little fun all right and later on Jeff Bakalar he's going to show you a torture test with Las Vegas newest attraction this is the high roller observation wheel where we can see if an iPhone 5s can withstand 5,000 pounds of force that's right I heard a whoa I don't know it's a whoa but first we have to have we have a heat test here to show you we're going to take this hour if you guys are familiar with the Samsung active this is a waterproof phone claims to be waterproof we have boiling water here you know a little bit about this phone bill tell me you know what can this bad boy handle well the active is waterproof or samsung says it is up to about a meter for 30 minutes but baten it didn't really say anything about wheeling water so the phone usually has a high temperature range of about 113 degrees okay well if anybody remembers from their high school science class the the the the boiling water here is about 212 degrees so I'm not sure if this is going to be able to take it and the phone it's about $500 $500 guys who wants us you know what we can just stop the torture test and just give this phone to someone in the audience right now you want to do that Wow you know thanks you're with a little game we're going to play a little game whatever we do things we have this thing where we've said like CES or C Ino so do you guys think this is going to survive the boiling water torture test CS you know I'm gonna you know I'm gonna go see yes I have faith in sampling I believe everything they say everything all right well only time will tell let's see all right I'm gonna put on my special oven mitt this is what this just look a little bit of protection never hurts all right here we go we're gonna drop this in we're gonna put the screen up so you guys can see what happens this is kind of tricky actually use these palms I know my life oh there you go Tong Tong okay here we go give it a go right okay we're gonna get you in there it goes whoo it's really public actually bubbling a little more if you guys see inside that the screen is still on screen is on it's okay Jim it won't bite it hasn't died yet it's still oh it goes oh the screen just went off oh no now is the screen off because it's like powered off or did it actually go off because the water well oh wait a minute the screens come back on he's alive Arthur he's alive and we have a message maybe today or miss all right let's take this out what happened to give this shot see what we got here hope there comes okay here we go if you guys can see this message it says wait until it has cooled down before using your device hey all right I think that's an amazing tip from Samsung this is amazing but you know guess what guys this is a seee yeah CES CES alright guys we're gonna go to another test here we've tested the elements of heat what do you think about this bad boy this is an ice block with an iPad Mini why would you freeze and I have any of you frozen your iPad Mini before by accident yeah Rob did that alright thanks the ice creations had both this fic you robbed okay so what we're going to do here is really just test out if this ice-covered iPad Mini will survive will work go on it's been frozen for I don't know probably a couple days it's thick ice is probably around four to eight inches deep in that ice that's what you got what do you guys think are we gonna get a CES or a C II no C no no so can you tell us about freezing a product here like yeah what are one of these things really able to take bill well usually down to about 32 degrees Fahrenheit is what most manufacturers say maybe a little bit less than that anybody who's in the US right now and are experiencing the really cold temperatures that we're having right now so if you leave your phone in a car it gets down to about zero that's not really good for the phone so this is a little colder than that so we'll see what happens I mean it's not really good sometimes with these frozen devices they will come back on if you allow them to warm up naturally sometimes they won't liquid crystal displays will actually freeze the CLF C lights depending on what type of device it is that light up the displays they can freeze they can come they can come back to life if you allow them to warm up just don't use a heat gun don't use a hairdryer don't use anything like that because then you'll just wind up burning the device no yeah like you know when even when products get wet they say don't use on don't use a blow dryer just put it in a bag of rice yep I have a lot of rice in my home if you know you know why right I like rice okay guys so there we go this is the iPad Mini we're gonna plug it in the the Samsung act is still kind of worm it still says that you should looks like a heat pad I'm gonna put it in my pants it's cold here all right here we go let's plug in this iPad me you guys at home are going to be see if it powers on by looking at the screen okay well see let's give this shot oh there you go up there we come look at that ice ice baby guys see yes or see you know you know what it is my produce like it's not quite on it turned on let's see there we go it's the Apple logo this is powering up it's good ready to boot on iPad Mini it's not an iPad right it's a little slow you know what I mean okay let's see here that's their coach come on up hello there we go hola all right there you guys see it I even guess the right next one was Ola I hang a little advice too much okay we're gonna we're gonna do a little bit more with this later guys all right next up chef Agnon we told you she's outside the convention center with the bus Sharon tell us what you're gonna do have a little fun out there all right guys it's time to do our first torture test with a nikon coolpix camera and to help me out is gear MA gear ma is usually a bus driver but today he's a tourist in Vegas actually gear about how long have you lived in Las Vegas about ten years ten years so what do you do around here like the party Oh sometimes sometimes he's a conservative partier okay what about a camera what kind of camera do you have I have a Sony okay you like to take photos I like six point oh yeah scenery lots of bright lights and big allies in Vegas beautiful Vegas okay so Kira is an experienced photographer let's say and he's on vacation on his bus taking photos outside of the window you know what he's just gonna risk it he's going to hang outside of the window while he's taking photos because the scenery is just so beautiful and you know what he's living on the edge you live on it oh my ha ha okay okay well one thing's for sure um we don't have a batteries in here anymore and I don't know whoa oh my gosh you guys look at this first I want you to remark and see how there are really no oh not much physical damage here the camera is pretty much intact you know what let's see what would happen if I collected these poor lost batteries and put them in here okay this is like a little tricky right now where the heck is okay oh my gosh I don't even know if it would turn on I don't even know if I put him in the right way you know what I totally did it okay did I no wait for it wait for it I got to see because you know we took photos on this camera come on now oh is this broken I think we could feel good okay we took photos on this camera and let's see plus guys help me out here - plus I think it's been a long time since I put batteries in a camera okay so that still works well the camera is not turning on you guys watch me put it in right oh man okay this camera you know I bet was a little bit of wee rewiring it might work but for now we totally killed it it look nice and a museum don't you things may be on the shelf okay stay tuned because when we come back we are crushing that Chromebook with seven tons of bus and then stay tuned for Jeff Bakalar high roller torture test stay tuned need a plan an unlimited talk and text for as low as $45 a month $45 a month Wow no way into a contract no annual contract no long-term agreement no long-term agreement really really okay so what's the catch there is no catch okay I'm obviously getting nowhere with you I'm gonna need to speak with a supervisor I am the supervisor Oh finally someone I can talk to it's not complicated new smartphone plans starting at $45 a month with no annual contract only from AT&T 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a nice little time underneath the pressure of seven tons of seanut bus okay oh gosh I wish you guys good luck it was nice knowing you I love you do I smell something oh my gosh okay there is a lot going on here guys I don't know if we can even call a lot of camera anymore this Chromebook is just a pancake there's a lot to pick up here so you know what I think I'm gonna do I'm gonna gather all of this bring it in hand to the CNET stage so we can take a really close look at the damage I'll meet you guys there this is nuts that that hurt that's bad I don't think that one's going back together yeah I mean I leave my laptop under a car all the time all right now it's time for our big test Jeff Bakalar visited the high roller which is the largest or which will be the largest observation wheel in the world when it opens sometime in March that's 110 feet taller than the London Eye on we did a pretty amazing and crazy test like I don't know the results of it but let's check it out see what he did hey everyone I'm Jeff Bakalar here at the high roller observation wheel at the link we're gonna see if this poor innocent never did anything wrong to know on iPhone 5s can withstand the force of this monstrosity behind me the biggest observation wheel in the world the high-roller observation wheel is right behind us right here to explain a little bit more about the high roller mr. Eric ever heart is here he's the general manager Eric this is quite the impressive observation well tell us a little bit about it well we're very pleased and proud of it it's 550 feet tall it's the largest observation wheel in the world as you said we have 28 cabins each cabin has a capability of having 40 guests on board at a single time these little pods are pretty big they weigh about 44,000 pounds and actually have 8 tonnes of air condition unit so how long does it take for the entire wheel to go around one revolution it's a 30-minute circle Wow so it moves just under one foot per second okay and we're really looking forward to having all the guests join us right on so this is opening in March correct late March okay so tell us exactly how we're going to torture test this iphone5s we're going to tape this iPhone to the drive rail and then drive it under one of the traction motors that actually propels the wheel around so so that's the sort of gutter that the wheels pass through the whole thing these tires are held down with about 5,000 pounds of force iPhone 5s it's pretty delicate yep my money's on it'll be fine my money is on my 5,000 pounds of pressure on the tire here you know you'd be surprised with Foxconn yeah okay I believe you all right we're going to go check this out and I kind of feel bad for this phone already let's see what happens here's the handoff Eric bye sorry thank you the time is now let's hit it boys okay here it comes got a good feeling oh man let's just listen just listen I think it's gonna be okay I think it's alright alright thank you sir alright we're gonna bring this back to the stage alright back to you guys on the scene that stage alright so we have the box this iPhone 5 do you guys think this thing survived or what no no some really nice well no let's see what happens it enough this is the magic I heard cracking it's down there I have endings in here doo doo doo doo I see tape and I shall I bad did look anything a scream look at that that only thing that you can see here guys is if you turn the screen off and on here there's a few there's a couple artifacts right there you guys saw that that's about it Wow so I'm gonna hold on to this and Sharon is back with our phone book and our camera alright so Sharon you're outside there right I mean we saw what happened so let's just tell us what we got inside this Boston hold it up ouch you got a broken heart because that was really hard to watch so this is what's left of our camera i I think I smelled something burning um yeah is that this stuff - do you guys hear that this stuff - thing's making a crazy noise right now this is my camera so so this is what's left boring camera yeah oh my god guys guys guys hold on yeah that works okay and then this is kind of warm I'm a little afraid but this is what's lunch of her Chromebook okay we put it backwards so the wheels rolled this way if you remember and there was a huge cracking sound um so oh my the screen though I want you guys to see this the screen is still on I don't know I don't know if it would work you guys wanna give it a try sure let's see what happens ooh I don't know about that yeah okay just go no the mouse totally works it still works it's still connected if anyone wants a Chromebook you of the fanciest one in tests slightly damaged highly damaged slightly damaged so the Chromebook survived rumor guys that bus was seven times seven times but uh that camera it's definitely not going back together I don't I don't think so but what you're talking about is the last definitely not I um Berwyn bet was that this would just be glass shards completely gone the lens is totally intact okay totally in fact I love this thing yeah I don't think you're gonna be able to save you go there's a got your new necklace alright guys so we have our ladder still right we have our 12 foot ladder we still have a few products that are you know semi semi working and everything so what do you guys think do you guys want to drop a few more things you want to try come on bad boy this is heavy drop I've been working out all week just so I can pick this thing up we're gonna we're gonna try and drop it with now the iPad I should turned on when you're out when you're out there what yeah hi Pat so we frozen and we turned it on but uh we're gonna make an attempt here daddy let's go downstairs we could we could pick we could pick this ice out or we could drop it how much just drop it come on let's go this requires a little mojo let's see if I can do this guys okay oh my ok let me put on my gloves can you get that I told you I work out man here we go oh hold on my butt no we're good we're good we're good all right there we go watch your face uh this is an iPad Mini frozen in a block of ice oh thanks for holding the BRIT the ladder so don't fall off okay there he goes I'll be careful charger well it's 500 pounds not 500 bucks oh all the way the tires lining Mount Everest come on what do you guys think let's go oh no the anticipation is killing me come on that's what those squats were okay all right guys back up a little bit here we don't want anybody hurt if we drop this and a little brother named for the logo Oh hold on it's slippery oh here we go there we go dude I just like tore my ABS all right were you here come on come on let's do a countdown here oh my 3i little Eagle on a blue one come on let's draw write it here we go here we go one goes oh the ice block is in pieces let's see if the iPad still works come on the iPads got to work it come on well no no that's him nothing nothing it's dead is it really dead see let's see nothing oh wait a minute wait a minute there we go what do you guys think hello I mean it wasn't gonna drop in light let's just drop it again here throw it up here another one all right come on whoo let's keep going one hand again another skill that your great great great catch I keep on hearing the words be careful in my ear okay here you go go come on guys flat or corner flatter on the corner what do you guys think countdown alright let's go three you'll give me countdown a 3 2 1 come on let's go here we go oh we still didn't break it again all right one more we oh alright here we go here we go oh bad oh that's how you do that might have done it oh that did it that's a torture test right there it's crying buzzers crack but the screen still works slightly use iPad Mini anybody okay guys so oh here we go alright guys so there you have it bill thanks for coming out Sharon thanks for being a part of this torture test again this is not very scientific but we're just having some fun with this we'll be back here you know next year maybe a little more some some we might see us here but we just want to thank everyone here and to see NAT stage on the crew for putting us all together we'll be back live with the 404 and Jeff Bakalar with special guests pebble co-founder Eric michiko Vince coughs its cough ski I just want to cut it off I couldn't see it all right and guys again don't try this home we'll see you guys next year and again all our continuing coverage check it out at CES sitcom we'll be here for the rest of show we'll see you guys