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this year Apple changed the back of the iPhone from aluminum on the iPhone 7 to glass on the new iPhone 8 to make way for wireless charging and this is not just any glass and the glass is further reinforced by an internal laser welded steel and copper structure we're so excited because this glass is the most durable ever in a smartphone but it's still glass and we've all seen what happens to phones with glass backs so exactly how strong is the glass on Apple's new iPhone 8 we're gonna find out the fumble and drop out of the pocket is probably the most common way to break your phone so we're starting our tests at about pocket height screen size down I can already tell you the back survived which is what I was actually trying to break but let's take a look at the front oh the front is good too but now that I'm looking at it closely you can start to notice some damage there is a tiny fracture up here on the top there's a small dent where it hit and then on the bottom you can definitely notice a crack again it's on the side so it's not too noticeable and then the aluminum frame has a dent here on the corner probably where it hit first now this probably would have happened on the aluminum phone but the cracks on the back definitely would not have happened so the back is not completely cracked yet and the front survives so we're gonna continue on with our next test this type of accident also tends to happen at around eye level as you're taking a picture so we're setting our next test at about this height Oh yep it is destroyed the screen completely shattered I can just I can tell you that much obviously it still works but you wouldn't want to swipe your fingers on this screen right now there's spider webs on the top there's the crack goes all the way to the bottom and but the back didn't sustain any more damage than it already had obviously the front is pretty messed up but there's still more surface to break so for our next test we opened it up to you guys to see what crazy ways you had broken your phone and we chose this one slipped out of my pocket as a carnival ride just shot me upside down 50 feet high still plays out in slow-mo in my head as it smashes on the ground so we obviously don't have a carnival ride here at scene it but we do have a fourth floor welcome to the fourth floor of CNET we're gonna try to have this land with the back facing down but it's gonna be really hard to control so here goes two one let's go see what damage we made oh wow okay this phone is completely useless Wow okay I'm so sorry iPhone completely shattered on the back on the front but that was a pretty heavy fall so yeah even the cameras broken everything on this iPhone is completely destroyed it is coming apart in my hands but yet the screen is still sort of on you can see you can see it light up in the back but other than that it's completely falling apart and did not survive our torture test today obviously this last test goes well beyond the normal wear and tear of any phone and basically it was just for fun none of these tests are scientific but they do prove that this is not an unbreakable phone so put a case on it and please do not drop it from that higher just don't drop it at all now is this the strongest glass ever made on any phone and I'm so sure