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iPhone 12 drop test results are in: Ceramic shield is as tough as it sounds - CNET

iPhone 12 drop test results are in: Ceramic shield is as tough as it sounds - CNET

iPhone 12 drop test results are in: Ceramic shield is as tough as it sounds - CNET
Oct 27, 2020 2 mins, 3 secs

We dropped and scraped the iPhone 12 to find out how much the new "ceramic shield" screen can handle.

To find out how this new material holds up to the elements, we put two brand-new iPhone 12s through a few scratch and drop tests.

(This rival says its screen is three times harder than Apple's ceramic shield.).

The ceramic shield only covers the front -- the screen -- of the iPhone 12.

The glass on the iPhone 11 (left) curves up, while the glass on iPhone 12 (right) is flush with the frame. .

The glass on the iPhone 12 lies flush with the metal frame rather than curved up like in previous models which left more of the glass exposed.

All four models of the iPhone 12 (iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Max) have the same ceramic shield on the screen and the same type of glass on the back.

After wiping the phone down with a cloth, I couldn't find a single scratch on the glass or the frame of the iPhone 12.

Scratching the phone compromises the glass and makes it a lot more likely to break during a fall, so my colleague, CNET Managing Producer Chris Parker, used another brand-new iPhone 12 for our drop tests onto the sidewalk. .

The second drop from hip height broke the back glass of our iPhone 12. 

The aluminum frame on the iPhone 12 absorbed the brunt of the fall from six feet. 

While Chris was aiming to drop it flat on the screen, the iPhone 12 had a mind of its own and landed in almost the exact same way as the previous six-foot drop

The iPhone 12 finally landed with the screen down on the last drop, but only because it bounced off the side of the porch step

The screen of our iPhone 12 survived without a crack after we dropped it on the sidewalk six times

Because our tests aren't scientific, we can't say for a fact that the screen is stronger than any other phone in the market, but we can definitely say that our iPhone 12 was incredibly tough to crack (and scratch) even on tile and sidewalk

The back of the iPhone 12, however, doesn't seem to have the same drop resistance superpower as the screen

And while you may feel comfortable using this phone without a screen protector, we -- and Apple -- recommend using the iPhone 12 or iPhone 12 Pro with a case, as getting the screen or back replaced without AppleCare Plus coverage costs anywhere from $279 to $549 depending on the repair. 

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