Samsung hits back at stress test: Who told you to use such high pressure?

Last Friday, SquareTrade, a third-party smartphone insurance company, conducted a stress test on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, HTC One M9, and iPhone 6 Plus , and announced dramatic results: the Galaxy S6 Edge had the worst stress resistance, with a bend and cracked screen at 110 pounds of pressure, and a complete break at 149 pounds; in contrast, the iPhone 6 Plus was bent at 110 pounds but recoverable, and the threshold for complete breakage reached 179 pounds. Today, Samsung hit back at this result, announcing its own test results and asking SquareTrade to re-test according to Samsung's official guidance.

Samsung noted that the force applied to the Galaxy S6 Edge that caused the screen to crack was 110 pounds , which is far greater than the average 66 pounds of pressure a normal person can exert on a phone in their back pocket in the real world.

In Samsung's version of the test, both the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge withstood up to 79 pounds of pressure without bending, which is equivalent to the force used to break a bundle of five pencils at once.

Samsung also points out that the back of the Galaxy S6 Edge can withstand the same amount of pressure as the front in most situations, while SquareTrade's video does not show the high strength of the back. Even though the front and back are exposed to the same level of pressure at the same time, SquareTrade's video does not show the back of the phone.

“ Some smartphones have different pressure resistance on the front and back , but SquareTrade’s video is likely to mislead consumers about the durability of the entire phone. All our products undergo rigorous high-quality verification tests before they are launched on the market. These tests cover different scenarios, such as dropping, bending and breaking. Therefore, for daily use, we are confident that our smartphones will not bend.”

For these reasons, Samsung claimed that it would send a statement to SquareTrade and ask the company to re-conduct stress tests, mainly on the front and back of the phone at the same time, and announce the results to the public.

Last year, when facing the first wave of the "bendgate" backlash, Apple allowed journalists into its labs and showed them the various stress tests the iPhone 6 Plus underwent.

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