iPad free falls from space, survives to tell the story
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1. sudhar131998 posted on 06 Jan 2012, 04:36 2
I would really like to iphone 4 and 4s surviving this without any case and living to tell the story with the same shattered glass that appeared on it after surviving a 30,000 ft drop.
3. andro. posted on 06 Jan 2012, 06:30 0
The iphone 4 or 4s unfortunately usually doesn't survive a fall from about waist height without a strong case. Great for those who sell phone insurance though!
10. gallitoking posted on 06 Jan 2012, 10:07 1
let me burst your Bubble.. for a minute... the iphone is made out of glass..
14. haroonazeem638 posted on 06 Jan 2012, 13:36 0
Yes, but Apple was so cheap to add a gorilla glass instead of a so called premium quality glass (which scratches easily too).
My Samsung galaxy S2 is also MADE OF GLASS BUT IT DOESNT SHATTER LIKE THE s**tTY IPHONE DOES.
You deserve a punch in the face for thinking that only the iphone 4 and 4s screens are made of glass.
2. elite monkey posted on 06 Jan 2012, 06:09 8
I can see the point of this marketing wise however, once the iPad has reached terminal velocity it wont go any faster so really it his the ground at the same speed as it would've if you had dropped it from 2000 feet
6. remixfa posted on 06 Jan 2012, 07:17 3
or 500. That was my first thought in my head lol. but yea, it does make for great marketing as most people have no idea what terminal velocity is :)
17. biophone posted on 10 Feb 2012, 15:09 0
Those that have taken physics do. A=9.8m/s2 until terimnal velocity is reached. Still impressive. If they performed this in a vacum wow:).
4. andro. posted on 06 Jan 2012, 06:33 8
This case is vital for all ifans as almost all of them will certainly end up dropping their ipad from space by accident at some time or other
5. Arpad posted on 06 Jan 2012, 07:17 1
That black battery thing in the middle of the iPad made it fall with the back side down and maximised the air resistance. As elite monkey stated it reached terminal velocity within 2000feet. So there is nothing to see here....move along.
7. InspectorGadget80 posted on 06 Jan 2012, 08:39 3
If it falls from space the ipad would of burn up in the atmosphere
9. DIYguy posted on 06 Jan 2012, 10:04 1
uh, any phone or tablet will survive any kind of fall if its properly shielded...
13. -box- posted on 06 Jan 2012, 13:01 0
Title of the article is misleading: should read something more like "Thanks to amazing case, iPad survives a 100,000 foot free fall"; the way it's currently titled makes it seem like a bare ipad survived, which, pardon the pun, isn't the case.
That being said, the stunt was overdone; all they had to do was take it as high as it would need to go to reach terminal velocity before it'd hit the ground.
16. gammaSharma posted on 07 Jan 2012, 03:52 0
Doesn't matter if its dropped from space of Mars or 10th floor. Objects reach terminal velocity soon after acceleration for 9.8m/sec sqr.
This is just a apple gimmic.
