No, the matte black iPhone 7 doesn’t bend, but it will scratch if you try hard enough

Love it or hate it for the new waterproof design or its controversial headphone jack exclusion, you’d probably give anything to hold an iPhone 7 in your hand on launch day, if for nothing else than to take it apart or try to bend it. It’s okay, you can admit it, this is a safe environment for the most unconventional ...

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Durability tests reveal a number of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 vulnerabilities (Video)

The world’s flat-out best smartphone these days, at least until the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus finally break cover? It certainly looks that way, based on one of our longest reviews on file in both text and video, which simply and appropriately concluded the Samsung Galaxy ...

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Wasp waist, robust body: Moto Z passes bend test with flying colors (video)

As the name suggests, the Motorola Moto Z Force was primarily designed with durability in mind, while the standard Z makes no shatterproof display promises and caters to fashionistas thanks to a ridiculously slim 5.2mm profile.But there’s a certain build quality you probably expect from a $600+ phone, regardless of its branding or measurements, and although we’ve rigorously inspected both the Moto Z and Z Force of late, we ...

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HTC 10 shines in bend, scratch and burn tests, impressing with its durability

HTC has two aces up its sleeve prospectively capable of turning the company’s recent financial misfortune around, both of which left a very good impression on Jaime Rivera, our resident hardware reviewer extraordinaire.Of course, reviews only take into account the way a device looks and behaves at a first glance (often, a second and third too), while a potential customer ...

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