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so I don't normally do drop tests on my youtube-channel one is because they're super unpredictable it's hard to make a drop test scientific unless you have multiple devices but they're still interesting so when Ankur reached out to me and said hey Gerry we want to sponsor a drop test we have a new case coming out called karapaks we want to put on one of your phones and see how the iPhone handles a drop so today that's what we're gonna do we're gonna drop test two iPhones one's gonna have the karapaks case from anchor on it and one is gonna be naked and we'll see how durable Apple's new iPhone glass really is let's get started so just like with the essential drop test I have both phones over here plus the case that we're gonna be testing and then on this side I have a phone recording in slow motion this is the Galaxy Note 8 the clear version that I made a couple of days ago and then on this side over here I had the galaxy s 8 plus also recording in slow motion so I'll do a couple different drop tests one sliding it off my knee seeing how it handles the concrete and then from waist height and then chest height I did a poll on Twitter a couple days ago actually asking what the common height distance was for a drop when you guys drop your phones and waist height seem to be the most common so we'll probably do a couple different drop tests at that level to get a good idea if the iPhone 8 will survive a normal drum so this is the karapaks case looks like has two layers to it an outer hard plastic layer and an inner rubber layer for impacts and drops and it looks like it has the dual protection where it counts on the corners and the sides so both of these phones are fully functional and brand-new both of them ran very pristine out of the box condition the gold one's going to be falling naked and the silver one is going to be falling with the karapaks case from anchor intact protecting it if you remember for my durability test video yesterday everything underneath this glass is solid metal so it gives it a lot of structural rigidity but there is a circle right here in the center for the wireless charging port and that's a hollow point where there is no metal behind the glass so if hypothetically your phone drops on a rock in this center panel it has a lot less protection and structure than it would if the rock hits somewhere up here where there's a metal backing to it I know it's impossible to plan how you drop your phone in the future but if you can avoid this circle in the center that would be ideal one more thing is that if you look at the corner right here along the edge there's a plastic ring around the inside of the metal and this will give it a little more cushion against drops and impacts Apple paid a lot of attention to this design there's also a little bit of plastic right here along the edge of the screen and that'll give us some cushion because glass is really hard and metals really hard but plastic has some give to it so as long as there's a cushion layer between the two hard materials it should last a little bit longer in a drop but I think we've done enough talking and it's time to get dropping all right so both cameras are rolling and we are just going to stand up take a look at this one first the screen is fine the metal is fine that glass is fine all right we're good to go looks like the karapaks case is fine looks like all four corners are good just a small little divot in the plastic right here but the screen is still functioning let's do a little bit higher up so now we're gonna do it from waist high and this is where most people said that they drop their phones from probably when they're pulling it out of their pocket looks like the back panel is fine so far we have some small dings up here in the top of the corner but the screen is still fine which is good and the back glass is still fine with the karapaks case the front is still fine obviously that's probably the only part that's not protected so as long as there's no rocks that penetrate the glass I think we're still good the corners are still good having a case with a hard plastic corner and the rubber underneath with the two layers of protection is a good thing let's do another waist-high drop all right the front is still working there's some little damage on the corner there the glass is still good and on the karapaks from Ankur little damage on the plastics but that's probably normally no concrete plastic don't mesh well together but it's still better the plastic of your case and the metal of the phone let's go again from waist height we'll do it two more times well drop it directly on the side like this dang it right there right there on the corner of the screen we have some damage the screen still functions though but it cracks all the way from the home button over here to the edge of the glass the metal is a little bit scuffed up on the side but the karapaks is still fine the screen is working and that's about what we expected a case is gonna protect a phone against drops way better than no case since this phone has already broken we'll do it from the back face down and we'll do it from about chest high looks like the karapaks the front screen is still working we'll take the case off really quick and check out the back cover since it hit pretty hard on the back back is still 100% fine let's check out the gold one we have a lot more damage on the screen but that's probably cuz the glass is already compromised in the last drop in the back also roasted I don't know if this is the most durable glass ever on the smartphone it only took a couple drops to destroy the back and the front glass I would say treat this like any glass phone and don't trust it with any kind of drop at all or better if you're the type of person who's ever dropped your phone before or might drop it in the future a case is a fantastic idea I'll do a couple more with the case just for kicks and giggles alright we'll try from head height head height everything is still good so I'm about six feet tall I lift it all the way above my head and drop it from there that gives us about eight or nine feet of height so we dropped it from about nine feet the back of the case is pretty hashed but the point of the case isn't to have a pretty case the point of a case is to have a pretty phone and the back is still fine and the front is still fine we'll see if it still works that's pretty impressive I'll give a thumbs up to anchor for sponsoring this video as well as having a fantastic case for the iPhone 8 I'll put a link in the video description for this case if you want to get one for yourself obviously we've seen it works it protects the front and the back during drugs chest and waist time so anchor did confirm that this supports wireless charging and you can tell the cutouts are perfect for the camera the mute switch the volume buttons they still feel pretty clicky and down here at the charging port as well I'm sure if there was a headphone jack there'd be a port for that as well on the case but there's not thanks Dom for watching and I'll see you around