Have you ever wondered how Apple tests the durability of its iPhones? Well, now we know. They invited a YouTuber to take a look inside the testing facility – and a tech whiz has recreated it.
Ex-Apple employee Tyler Morgan took to TikTok to put the extravagant lab facility to the test using things found around the home, and you’ll be surprised at how strong the little devices actually are.
Inside Apple’s durability testing facility
American tech YouTuber Marques Keith Brownlee, better known online as MKBHD, took the world inside Apple’s testing facility at the end of May.
“I recently got to visit some Apple labs where they durability test new iPhones before they come out, and learned a few things,” he wrote on Twitter/X.
The YouTuber shared numerous videos which detail the intense process iPhones go through to test if they are suitable for the market.
This includes an entire room of machines for water testing, a robot to drop it from huge heights and a machine to test the device’s response to frequency.
The videos show an iPhone being thrashed by all the elements inside stainless steel machinery to find out how much damage will be done. The answer is, not much!
Tech whiz recreates tests at home
Morgan recreated the Apple tests at home, starting by placing the phone on a plate and covering it with water from a bottle. He showed the iPhone afterwards and revealed no damage was done.
The ex-Apple employee then upped the ante and went outside to spray the phone with a continuous intense jet of water from a hose. Still no damage! After that, he dropped the device onto a really hard concrete floor four times, and even drove an electric wheel over it.
The phone had a glass screen protector on and that was pretty damaged, but the device underneath was completely intact. He then turned the device on, scrolled through some apps and showed that the iPhone was all working as usual.
The only issue was the charging port was full of water and making a strange buzzing sound, but that would dry out over time.
Pretty impressive!
