YouTuber pits the iPhone 14 Pro Max against the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra in a series of brutal drop tests
Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Max did not escape unscathed in a recent drop test versus Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra and may have new owners of Apple’s flagship phones shopping for cases.
A major caveat here. YouTuber PhoneBuff’s new iPhone 14 Pro Max CVS Galaxy S22 UYltra Drop Test (opens in new tab) was sponsored by – you guessed it – case maker Casetify. A result where neither phone survives is, obviously, in the case maker’s best interest. Even so, we’ve seen drop tests of previous iPhones that employ the similar kinds of drop apparatus, distance to ground, and battery of tests. The results we saw were not surprising but are also a good reminder that these are metal devices wrapped in glass – strengthened glass – but glass nonetheless.
As for the tests, PhoneBuff put an iPhone 14 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and one more iPhone 14 Pro Max in, naturally, a Casetifiy case, through the same series of drop tests from a distance of 1.5 meters from the ground.
PhoneBuff first dropped the phones on their backs, then positioned them so they landed on one corner, and then did another drop where the phones landed on their screens.
The results were, to be charitable, mixed.
In the first drop, the back of the iPhone 14 Pro Max shattered, though all the glass remained attached to the phone.
