Another Samsung Galaxy S III vs Apple iPhone 4S drop test confirms the fragile nature of glass

because gg2 is thinner than gg1 Samsung should should just go back to using their own glass built with their joint company with corning. Oddly enough, some of the current corning products such as lotus glass and gorilla glasses are removed from the products page at scp.samsung.com These glasses aren't shatter proof. I said this in the S2 vs iP4S video too. It also looks like samsung removed the slight plastic ring around the display that would prevent the glass from touching when laid on a flat surface face down

Exactly. Which is why I'm not letting videos like this and the last drop test sway my opinions on quality. If it turns out to become a real issue, I have no doubt Samsung will do something about it.

I like the tests that are 1. Face down from waist height and 2. Face down from shoulder height. All this other stuff is useless.

I don't know about that man... it's been seven hours since I woke up and my kids have already thrown my phone up in the air about five times. And I don't even have kids.

lol, at least now we can throw that "fragile iPhone" argument right out of the window.

no its still fragile. it just has company.

Exactly. I have dropped my Droid X1 numerous times on hard surfaces before I let my kids mother use it. Only a few scratches, nicks. She had it for a few months...and now it has a huuge crack in the corner of the screen. And folks need to understand....glass breaks. It isnt indestructible just because it has the name Gorilla in it...lol.

Same. And I'm 12. My dumbass friend throws his AT&T S2 on the ground with no case. His screen is almost to the point of being unusable and mine is flawless. XD

cheap plastic? I hate that word. just because somthing is more expensive, it doesnt mean it has a better quality. palstic is the best material for phones. it is light weight, its durable, and you have less issue with radios. now if I sell you somthing for a million dollar a pound, would you use it for your phone? just to get the primiume feel? and btw, this time, its not cheap.

Actually the S3 is made from premium plastic and the iPhone has cheap glass. So your choices are: S3 front = premium glass / rear = premium plastic iPhone front = cheap glass / rear = cheap glass

The iPhone's glass is relatively cheap to replace though. I'm guessing that the screen for the SGS3 is going to be upwards of 150 bucks to replace. Not defending Apple... Just saying.

nothing is cheap when you take it to apple to replace. it depends. if the digitizer can be separated from the LCD, then it will be cheap. If it is all one piece, then it will be expensive. My guess though is that its all one piece.

I think you can almost double that $150.00 iFixIt just took a SIII apart and wrote the glass, digitizer + magnesium? frame are 1piece and can't be separated ;) http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-S-III-Teardown/9391/1#.T81Lk7D85LM

I'm not an Apple guy, but in all honesty, some of you look really stupid making excuses for the Galaxy. It's an overpriced piece of garbage. Get over your one-sidedness, admit it to yourself, by an LG or an HTC and get on with your lives.

eeehh.. no ill tell you just like i told the other trolls. I've ALWAYS advocated for cases and screen protectors. The iphone breaks very easily. the SGS1 and SGS2 did not, but I still advocated screen protectors and cases. For whatever reason this SGS3 breaks easily. Like I said, which you probably didnt know how to read, is that my GUESS is that the gorilla glass v2 is not as strong as advertised.. or it may be the way the glass is seated in the frame somehow. Either way, I straight up said this phone is fragile. Should I stomp my feet... or pretend it didnt happen like Taco does whenever he loses an argument (nearly every hour)?? No. I give simple advice. Be smart, protect your phone, and be careful. The same advice Ive given countless times to iphone owners. Dont be an idiot. Your not generally as trollerific as taco, dont go that low.

No it is stronger, but the SGS has design problem because both the one X and Evo 4g lte can survive the drop test on it side. Keep trolling or back pedaling

u obviously dont know the meaning of either of those words. define trolling define backpedalling find out that your a fool that is trolling. realize that im not backpedaling because i havent CHANGED A SINGLE OPINION on previous devices. In order to backpedal I must have already stated something else about THIS device that is obviously false and am trying to cover it up. Just because one moron says I am, and another joins in a troll chorus, doesnt make it any more true.