Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the iPhone 11 Pro as having the “toughest glass ever in a smartphone,” but on the phone’s release day, Tom’s Guide saw evidence to the contrary: when dropped just once from hip-height, the front screen cracks pretty hard.
That’s about the height it would fall when fumbled out of a pocket, so it’s a good estimate of what might happen if you can’t catch your phone in time. The back glass fared better, but still cracked.
It’s not the only new iPhone to suffer a fall and sad cracking:
Granted, it’s not quite enough of a sample size to be representative of the phone’s front glass strength – perhaps it’s stronger when dropped at other angles.
But the experiment totally supports the need for a case to protect these expensive flagship smartphones – we’re starting to see a theme here.
- Now might be the time you'd like to look at our best iPhone 11 Pro cases, right?
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