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what's up guys david here and the iphone 10 is finally here so you guys know what that means it's time for a foam buff style drop test where we'll be dropping it side by side next to the larger iphone aids plus to see how apple's latest flagship smartphones compare when it comes to durability but before we get into it I want to give a big thanks to tech 21 for sponsoring today's episode so when we tested the Evo check case for the iPhone 10 it handled the back corner and phase drops without a problem tech 21 protects to drop up the drop with the iPhone 10 we tested still being in perfect condition this is thanks to a scientifically proven material with a three layer protection system that spreads out and absorbs the impact energy preventing it from passing on to your device the Evo check case is available for both the iPhone 10 and the iPhone 8 plus in a number of different colors so click on that link down below in the description and get your phone the protection it deserves alright let's get to the drop test round number one backdrop in three two one all right after that backdrop both phones still remain fully functional however there's a big difference when it comes to the damage on the back the iPhone 8 plus has this rear glass completely shattered while the iPhone 10 actually fared really well like it didn't go completely undamaged the camera lens did get some nasty scuffs and there's a really small crack at the edge towards the middle of the phone but overall a really impressive result for the iPhone 10 and an easy win for it here in round number one round number two corner drop three to one so the corner drop doesn't do all that much damage to either phone however the scratches on the iPhone A+ definitely do look worse that's not to say that the iPhone 10 didn't get scratched it did but the stainless-steel band makes those scratches look almost imperceptible giving the edge to the iPhone 10 in round number 2 round number 3 face drop and 3 2 1 unfortunately after that face drop both phones have their front glass cracked I was really hoping the iPhone 10 would do as well as it did in the back drop but without that big ol protruding camera lens to protect it the top left of the phone gets fractured but while disappointing the results is a better one than the result on the iPhone 8 plus where not only did the phone get cracked along the bottom but it also has more severe shattering along the top right giving the way into the iPhone 10 in round number 3 bonus round okay so with both phones still being technically usable we entered the bonus round where we drop each phone directly on to steal from much higher up which should put the shock and impact resistance of each phone to the test last time the iPhone 8 plus was able to survive eight bonus drops before its screen stopped being fully functional with it getting severely damaged on the front in the back with its rear camera actually failing to work so let's see if the iPhone 10 can do any better three two one there's no app that sounded so bad I heard I heard a glass crunching so um oh okay now it is working let me let me make sure to really test it yeah it's still good and three two one three two one jeez jeez oh okay look at that got shattering all over so that's what it took to actually shatter the glass on the iPhone 10 but it does appear like the glass or the screen is still working so we're good to go on drop and abracadabra all right just more of the same more shattering but the screen oh wait huh okay that's interesting looks like I can't whew oh so the bottom of the screen has lost a little bit of functionality there that's interesting I don't know how to go home from here so unlock no I can't unlock it says swipe up to unlock I can't no okay so after five drops the iPhone ten swipe up gesture no longer works which obviously on a phone that relies on that gesture to unlock and to go to the home screen is a really big problem so while we did find a workaround to get to the home screen by going through the camera app and then using the phone in landscape it's just too much of a hassle to do every time without using assistive touch so we decided to throw in the towel but the really weird thing about this result was the bottom of the touchscreen still seems to work fine like you're able to press on the icons down there and you're even able to slide between apps but no matter what we did and no matter how many times we tried we just couldn't get the swipe up gesture to work however the good news is after doing our 10 point inspection that we do after each round the rest of the phone still remains fully functional including the camera and face ID all right with all four rounds in the books let's take a look at the score card we're in the first round the iPhone 10 did significantly better than the eights plus it's stainless steel band helped give it the edge in round number two with it also suffering less damage in round number three and then in the fourth the iPhone 8 plus was finally able to squeak out an ugly win but only just barely making the over winner in this drop test the iPhone 10 anyways that is it for me in this video thank you guys for watching and as always I'll see you in the very next episode