--- title: iPhone 8: Video Proves Glass Apple Phone Can Break description: One company put the glass iPhone 8, iphone 8 Plus and the Samsung galaxy phone through the ringer in this video canonical: https://time.com/4956413/iphone-8-glass-break-test-video/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-25T20:46:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:31.262Z og:title: These People Went to Great Lengths to Prove the iPhone 8 Can Shatter og:description: When dropped from six feet high og:url: https://time.com/4956413/iphone-8-glass-break-test-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e9ffb37437112f0/6988de5f0a4a22ba5b9cff63/iphone8-review-roundup.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Apple Holds Product Launch Event At New Campus In Cupertino og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These People Went to Great Lengths to Prove the iPhone 8 Can Shatter twitter:description: When dropped from six feet high twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e9ffb37437112f0/6988de5f0a4a22ba5b9cff63/iphone8-review-roundup.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These People Went to Great Lengths to Prove the iPhone 8 Can Shatter by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 25, 2017 8:46 PM UTC  The new iPhone 8, iPhone X and iPhone 8S are displayed during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California. The new iPhone 8, iPhone X and iPhone 8S are displayed during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 25, 2017 8:46 PM UTC When [Apple](http://time.com/4938086/iphone-8-glass-break/) recently announced the shiny new [iPhone 8](http://time.com/4938947/iphone-8-release-date-hands-on/), it didn’t take long for fear of a cracked phone to spread across the internet. The iPhone 8 features a new [glass design](http://time.com/4938947/iphone-8-release-date-hands-on/) that lets you juice it up on a power mat without a plug. Apple even touted it as durable. Cue the [durability test](https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-8-drop-test/) to start [rolling in](http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/09/23/iphone-8-durability-test/). **MORE**: [Review: Sure, the iPhone X Is Exciting. But Don’t Overlook the New iPhone 8](http://time.com/4946936/iphone-8-plus-review/) The warranty service provider SquareTrade Labs got in on the test drive fun, going to great lengths to put the new models through the ringer alongside the competition. In a YouTube video shared Monday titled “iPhone 8 Breakability,” the company drops the new iPhone 8, the iPhone 8 Plus, and the Samsung Galazy Note8 from six feet above on their faces and on their backs. Most dramatic of all, they even catapult them into the air at 22 miles per hour and tumble them around in a machine. The results? Through it all, the new iPhone models and the Samsung phone suffer somewhat similar fates: they crack, some worse (totally shattered) than others (hairline cracks.) But when the Samsung phone was dropped from six feet, it looked like a total goner. (The video showed the phone with a “no sim error” message on its screen.) No matter what, none of the smartphones were damage-proof under the conditions. 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