Because you just bought a very expensive new iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and/or a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and gravity is determined to ruin your day.
Both the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models feature Apple’s Ceramic Shield from Gorilla Glass maker Corning along with a stainless steel frame. The back is comprised of what the company calls dual-ion glass, and the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra uses Gorilla Glass Victus+ to comprise an “Armor Aluminum” frame.
YouTuber PhoneBuff recently posted a detailed drop test to see how the iPhone 14 Pro Max holds up compared to the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra:
The iPhone 14 Pro Max weighs in a bit heavier at 240g than the S22 Ultra at 228g.
The new test puts both smartphones through a back, corner, and face drop onto cinder blocks. And then a bonus round dropping the phones onto steel.
In the first round, the S22 Ultra beat out the iPhone 14 Pro Max with the latter seeing bad glass shatter on the back. For round, two the devices tied for the corner drop.
In round three Apple came out on top. Even though the face drop shattered the screens of both devices, the iPhone 14 Pro Max’s damage was more limited and Face ID continued working while Samsung’s in-screen fingerprint reader was broken.
After the bonus round, PhoneBuff called this drop test battle a tie.
Long story short, your new smartphone is pricey, please take care of it, look into a good case for it, and try to keep it out of gravity’s cruel clutches, as they’ll happily ruin your day if you’re not careful.