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Nokia Lumia 800 goes Mach 5... in a wind tunnel

Nokia Lumia 800 goes Mach 5... in a wind tunnel

Posted: 20 Feb 2012, 19:20, by Michael H.

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Nokia Lumia 800 goes Mach 5... in a wind tunnel

The Nokia Lumia 800 has gotten quite a bit of praise for its unibody design, but apparently that didn't mean anything because we hadn't seen the phone survive a test in hypersonic wind tunnel. We had never really considered how cool it would be to see a smartphone in a wind tunnel, but it's something we wouldn't mind seeing more often.

The good fellows of NokNok have access to a wind tunnel for some reason, and so they dropped the Lumia 800 inside to see what would happen. The wind tunnel got pumped up to 3,603 miles per hour, which is just under Mach 5, and supposedly is something like the speed of a jet in a nosedive. The Lumia survived, but it didn't come out without some scratches. That's not too surprising though.

Still, this is something we want to see more.

source: NokNok via WMPU

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1. akmaintu posted on 20 Feb 2012, 21:35 6

Nokia = Rock

2. Joshing4fun posted on 20 Feb 2012, 22:05 2

Coolish i guess but without any other phones we have no references to see if this phone actually did that well.

5. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 20 Feb 2012, 23:37 8

iPhone 4S would have been blown to flying debris at that speed

8. Karan_Malhotra posted on 21 Feb 2012, 02:31 6

true....but apple won't admit it :)

11. -box- posted on 21 Feb 2012, 14:11 1

or they'd say it's a "feature"

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14. karanstyle posted on 23 Feb 2012, 02:56 0

So True... No wonder Apple might say that their phone blows up in a stylish manner :-D

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12. Cwebb posted on 21 Feb 2012, 16:51 1

Actually, they'd say that we're holding it wrong

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13. pinguuu posted on 21 Feb 2012, 20:11 1

dont worry there is an app for that

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10. karanstyle posted on 21 Feb 2012, 03:32 3

True!! :-P

3. k1ng617 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 22:05 0

It's just air... for 1/10 of a second

Honestly, I thought the phone was flung at mach5 from the title.

4. bayusuputra posted on 20 Feb 2012, 22:32 0

cool, but should've made the test for a few seconds at least, but i bet that will melt the phone..

6. pongkie posted on 21 Feb 2012, 00:29 3

i knew it!!! its built for throwing

7. thelegend6657 posted on 21 Feb 2012, 01:16 1

They should also throw in an apple , Samsung , blackberry , HTC , or any other manufacturers's flagship model and see . Love to see how the droid razr (not maxx ) perform

9. karanstyle posted on 21 Feb 2012, 03:30 3

Where as Extraordinary iPhone's Helicopter Glass breaks like any other glass..

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1. akmaintu posted on 20 Feb 2012, 21:35 6

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8. Karan_Malhotra posted on 21 Feb 2012, 02:31 6

11. -box- posted on 21 Feb 2012, 14:11 1

14. karanstyle posted on 23 Feb 2012, 02:56 0

12. Cwebb posted on 21 Feb 2012, 16:51 1

13. pinguuu posted on 21 Feb 2012, 20:11 1

10. karanstyle posted on 21 Feb 2012, 03:32 3

3. k1ng617 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 22:05 0

4. bayusuputra posted on 20 Feb 2012, 22:32 0

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