Why Dropping a Phone From 300 vs. 16,000 Feet Is Basically the Same Thing | WSJ

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  • @wsj
    @wsj  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Read more about why an iPhone can survive a drop from a plane, but not from your kitchen counter: on.wsj.com/3xQu62t

    • @mikeyoung9810
      @mikeyoung9810 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She's funny. I like her.

  • @Masada1911
    @Masada1911 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +209

    Getting a budget for this video must’ve been interesting lol.

    • @klam77
      @klam77 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      and the "after party"?

    • @CaptainEd
      @CaptainEd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@klam77 🤣🤣

    • @justahugenerd1278
      @justahugenerd1278 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      "Hey boss, can you uh... get me like 10 iPhones and Samsung phones? So I can drop them from 300 feet multiple times? ... Why are you looking at me like that?"

    • @acer-star
      @acer-star 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Sounds like what RED BULL does everyday

  • @Chemson1989
    @Chemson1989 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +170

    Try Nokia from space, the impact would cause an extinction level event.

  • @bearowen5480
    @bearowen5480 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    In Santa Fe, New Mexico, I somehow dropped my Samsung Galaxy with protective case on a busy street in front of a Hilton hotel. After some innovative detective work by a desk clerk at the hotel, the phone was returned to me in working order. It had been run over by at least one passing car. The screen glass was cracked and the case was roughed up a bit, but the phone still worked fine for a couple of years before I retired it for a newer model. So yes, definitely install a protective case, they work!

  • @ziggy7676
    @ziggy7676 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Would have been nice to see the accelerometer data from the phones

  • @Eoin-B
    @Eoin-B 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Don't tell WSJ about tiles. A 4ft drop onto them and your screen is toast.

    • @chiquita683
      @chiquita683 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Fact

    • @SorminaEriana
      @SorminaEriana 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @roastpuff
    @roastpuff 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Joanna you’re the best, love the video 😂

    • @SorminaEriana
      @SorminaEriana 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love Zoe Thomas❤, her voice's so amazing, like it

    • @parthibanarivalagan3119
      @parthibanarivalagan3119 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Man same , if I remember all the tech news briefing on covid was done by her !

  • @jason8876
    @jason8876 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Would like to see some phone diagnostics run to see if anything internal might be broken.

  • @josephvelarde5943
    @josephvelarde5943 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    i miss joana stern videos!! glad she decided to create new videos

  • @posthocprior
    @posthocprior 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    You needed one more calculation for terminal velocity: at what height is it reached for a smartphone? (I realize Marc said 300 ft. but I assume he was guessing and this wasn't based on a calculation. If you're curious, solve the following non-linear differential equation: dv/dt = 1/lambda(v^2) - g), where lambda is the size of the smartphone and v is the drag. Integrate this to get the height that terminal velocity will be reached.)

    • @01jbeals
      @01jbeals 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love your username 😁

    • @01jbeals
      @01jbeals 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love your username 😁

  • @chiquita683
    @chiquita683 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Me watching on my screen that got cracked falling from the sink to the floor 🤔

    • @KAZAM707
      @KAZAM707 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Read about that in the written version of this

  • @SamirMishra6174
    @SamirMishra6174 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video

  • @Target135
    @Target135 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Joanna Stern makes great videos :)

  • @jacobgibbs8133
    @jacobgibbs8133 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was awesome!

  • @UnlockRiverHQ
    @UnlockRiverHQ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    iPhone & Samsung: Omg I am gonna fall from so much height
    Nokia: First time?
    Nokia 300FT Drop Test Video: th-cam.com/video/hc4Puw-BYXw/w-d-xo.html

  • @zegamerz1980
    @zegamerz1980 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Any kind of drop test like this is totally not scientific. The same phone dropped from the same height can have different outcome depending on the wind strengths and direction. The iphone dropped from 300 ft on asphalt had its back glass cracked, it would have been the screen if it hit the ground from the other side. Same for the samsung. To get the "real" result, you would need to drop the phones in a closed area to remove the wind impact, dropping each phone at least once in each direction (top up, top down, left down, right down, screen down, back down) and see what the results are. then it is not only a matter of randomness on how the phone lands, but how the shape of the phone really affects how it lands, and how solid the materials really are.

  • @roderzzz
    @roderzzz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dropped my pixel 7 pro from my pocket on to the garage concrete floor and toasted my screen, twice now in 6 months, some phones are just not built that well.

  • @billyponsonby
    @billyponsonby 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Fun. Unscientific of course.

    • @KAZAM707
      @KAZAM707 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How so

    • @abrahammc2125
      @abrahammc2125 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KAZAM707 The real phone that fell from the airplane landed in mud. Mud absorbs all the impact.

  • @suspiciousafternoon
    @suspiciousafternoon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mark Rober appeared!! that dude is the 🐐

  • @whartanto2
    @whartanto2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:35 there is only one thing to do... drop $1500 a piece phones so we can make a youtube video about it :P

  • @FBandSpin
    @FBandSpin 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your dry wit!

  • @ftlbaby
    @ftlbaby 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks Joanna, I'll be sure to do that.

  • @witzigevideos9858
    @witzigevideos9858 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Haven‘t finished the video, but as a physics student I can say „Terminal velocity“

  • @jemiez9383
    @jemiez9383 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    still, Nokia 3310 still hold the title of the most durable and the most undestructible phone ever existed

  • @kjmok
    @kjmok 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When you see mark rober being summoned, you know they mean business 🤣

  • @1stGruhn
    @1stGruhn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had dropped a Samsung S21 off a building while I was working on the roof. It was around 40ft and it landed on concrete. I had a Pelican case on it. It was completely fine except a small dent/crack in the back. Unfortunately it did damage the port where the sim card sat, so the sim card would periodically stop working. But because the screen was fine, I was able to get a full trade in value for it, so that was nice.
    This is why I always get good cases lol

  • @1marcelfilms
    @1marcelfilms 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    To not waste 6 minutes of your life: terminal velocity

  • @lastChang
    @lastChang 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Apple's iPhone 15 technologies make the Huawei Puna 70 look like a *museum version.*
    They are at least 5 years apart, even without Google AI on the former.
    Apple uses the truth 3nm chip while the Kirin 9010 uses an *enhanced* 7nm. LOL

  • @gulcangulcan3385
    @gulcangulcan3385 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Preparing news like a tiktoker

  • @v1d300
    @v1d300 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This still doesn't answer why that phone was so lucky to not break when your test with cases show cracks everywhere.

    • @KAZAM707
      @KAZAM707 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The actual article covers that

  • @timtim2668
    @timtim2668 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh I think she Really Wanted to Try the Dropping a Grenade from a drone.😂😂😂 But that's too controversial so "Dropping a iPhone will do" for making a new video

  • @server1ok
    @server1ok 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Meanwhile.
    My phone broke from a 2 feet fall.

  • @abirhossain5864
    @abirhossain5864 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't destroy these expensive phones . Instead give those to me

  • @shaduck06
    @shaduck06 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks for making a video on mobiles falling out of the sky interesting

  • @mbogitechconpts
    @mbogitechconpts 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How can I subcribe more than once to this channel? WSJ is just crazy, coming up with some nice experiments I would have never imagine. Please ship the iphone to me. I will fix it and brag of owning iphone to your credit. Please.

  • @AnthonySmith-u2r
    @AnthonySmith-u2r 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Theyre only doing it on grass and asphalt but not on sharp rocks or in other environments

  • @EnronnSierra
    @EnronnSierra 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well, we have come a long way from stationary phones and mobile cellular phones that were big as a brick with an antenna to a device thin and light that you can carry anytime, anywhere in your pocket with a reasonable level of durability; even more so with a case on it. I am still using an iPhone X with a Apple leather case on it and I have lost count the amount of times it’s dropped or flew off the bed onto the floor. Using a case and being a little conscious of the device goes a long way to reducing the chances of getting broken from accidental drops and saves you having to pay for Apple Care Plus.

  • @AndreaDoesYoga
    @AndreaDoesYoga 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible survival skills, iPhone! 👏

  • @klam77
    @klam77 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jersey grass is not the right pedigree! (aside: Jamaican grass is far superior) I highly recommend phone drops into tree brushes, young freshly watered supple junipers, intertwined fern trees below a certain age.

  • @ethanpowell3203
    @ethanpowell3203 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s nice to know that if I ever fall out of an airplane, my phone will likely survive.

    • @shirleykaye4344
      @shirleykaye4344 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good one! My first smile today!

  • @leiperinc
    @leiperinc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Seriously dropping them on grass🤣💀
    You're not serious

  • @Kridez23
    @Kridez23 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You dropped it on grass

  • @donireland3411
    @donireland3411 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Joanna: Enjoyed the video. Guess we all should know a good case always helps protect our phones. BTW, what type of drone was used in the video? Looks like some time of DJI? (I'm a drone guy...)

  • @EhCloserLook
    @EhCloserLook 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could have been a 10 second video with just the part at the end there.

  • @pianobench6319
    @pianobench6319 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ms. Stern missed the perfect opportunity to say that this video was sponsored by otterbox.

  • @timtim2668
    @timtim2668 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I sense a lot of biased favor for the iPhone over the Samsung.

  • @guptabhishek
    @guptabhishek 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Peak journalism amirite ?

  • @brbhave2p00p4
    @brbhave2p00p4 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lowkey Apple advertising

  • @BoudiccaAmazon13
    @BoudiccaAmazon13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    a lot has to do with the surface the iPhone lands on

  • @SorminaEriana
    @SorminaEriana 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The marketing of thing is always so smart than AI😂😂😂, always to be number one😂😂😂😂😷

  • @kaustavpal5510
    @kaustavpal5510 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    if the manufacturers make the phone heavier at the bottom half will it probably land on that half ? will it be enough to control the fall from 3 feet ?

  • @chaitanyapatel1946
    @chaitanyapatel1946 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Isn't this obvious? Terminal velocity.

  • @nicki9356
    @nicki9356 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Convertible airplanes let’s go

  • @justStardust940
    @justStardust940 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yeah make the video when a phone hits the concrete. it hit the soil, not the concrete.

  • @fanhao695
    @fanhao695 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The question is why you u need to drop a phone from that kind height 😅

  • @amateurgamer149
    @amateurgamer149 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nice iPhone ad.😂😂😂

  • @rasjahson6261
    @rasjahson6261 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Only in a perfect scenario.

  • @andrew871124
    @andrew871124 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where is the comparison table? No scientific record?

  • @yemail5555
    @yemail5555 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DJI FTW

  • @SorminaEriana
    @SorminaEriana 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She was unhappy when she was kid😅😅😅😅😅

  • @xb5801
    @xb5801 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WSJ sponsors these types of videos now? 😅

  • @kelvinnadal1495
    @kelvinnadal1495 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why not s24 ultra

  • @Frostmoth
    @Frostmoth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why did i watch this

  • @HaHaBIah
    @HaHaBIah 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A collab or a cameo of Mark Rober

    • @LisaSamaritan
      @LisaSamaritan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It isn't like Rhett Allain is an unknown either. He was science advisor on Mythbuster.

  • @Poppin023
    @Poppin023 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    if you dropped a nokia it wouldve made a hole in the ground and landed in china

  • @rktDchk
    @rktDchk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Dracarys" instead of release!!

  • @TheJoker-qn6vw
    @TheJoker-qn6vw 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its simple, it's called "Maximum velocity", where given the mass of an object, given a long enough time to free-fall, the object eventually reaches max-velocity where, its no longer accelerating or decelerating, the air resistance counters the gravity effect.

  • @mfridmanyt
    @mfridmanyt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mark Rober!

  • @m3.563
    @m3.563 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hey first viewer from Nepal

  • @김모치-z1h
    @김모치-z1h 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am not getting case!!!!!! end of discussion

  • @LivingWaterEternal
    @LivingWaterEternal 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Only flaw in this test is the lawn does not matched density no moisture given the dry spots. You should test it on a golf course or somewhere where uniform irrigation and green lawn is.

  • @suminshizzles6951
    @suminshizzles6951 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Now go watch the movie called Terminal Velocity. I Just wasted 5 min of my life i will never ever get back. I knew the answer but its 6 am and i am bored.

  • @apokalipsx25
    @apokalipsx25 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    І. On derogation measures
    1. In connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, based on the
    proposal of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, in accordance with paragraph 20 of part
    one of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine "On the Legal Regime of Martial
    Law", martial law in Ukraine was introduced by the Decree of the President of Ukraine
    No. 64/2022 dated February 24, 2022 (hereinafter - the Presidential Decree).
    The Presidential Decree came into force simultaneously with the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine
    No. 2102 dated February 24, 2022 "On Approval of the Decree of the President of Ukraine "On the
    Introduction of Martial Law in Ukraine". The Law came into force on the day of its publication on February
    24, 2022 and was immediately announced through the media.
    Pursuant to Article 3 of the Presidential Decree, in connection with the introduction of martial law in
    Ukraine, constitutional rights and freedoms of a person and citizen provided for in Articles 30-34, 38, 39, 41-
    44, 53 of the Constitution of Ukraine may be temporary restricted for the period of martial law; temporary
    restrictions on the rights of persons to the extent necessary to ensure the possibility of implementing
    measures of the legal regime of martial law provided for in part one of Article 8 of the Law of Ukraine "On
    the Legal Regime of Martial Law" (hereinafter - the Law) may be introduced as well.
    The above-mentioned articles of the Constitution, which may be subject to restrictions, guarantee the
    inviolability of the home (Article 30); secrecy of mailing, telephone conversations and other correspondence
    (Article 31); non-interference in personal and family life (Article 32); freedom of movement, free choice of
    place of residence, the right to freely leave and return to the territory of Ukraine (Art. 33); the right to
    freedom of thought and speech, free expression of views and beliefs, as well as the right to freely collect,
    store, use and disseminate information (Article 34); the right to participate in the management of public
    affairs and referendums, to freely elect and be elected to state and local authorities, equal access to public
    service (Article 38); the right to hold meetings, rallies, marches and demonstrations, as well as the right to
    strike (Articles 39,44); the right to own, use and dispose of one's property (Article 41); the right to
    entrepreneurship and work (Articles 42,43); the right to education (Article 53).
    According to the above-mentioned Article 8 of the Law, on the territory where martial law has been
    introduced, the military command may, within the limits of temporary restrictions on constitutional rights
    and freedoms of a person and citizen, implement measures of the legal regime of martial law, in particular:
    - to compulsorily alienate privately or communally owned property for the needs of the state under regime of
    martial law in accordance with the procedure established by law and issue relevant documents in this regard
    (para. 4);
    -to introduce curfew (a ban on staying on the streets and in other public places during certain periods of time
    without specially issued passes and certificates) according to the established procedure (para. 5);
    - to establish a special regime of entry and exit in accordance with a certain procedure, to restrict the freedom
    of movement of citizens, foreigners and stateless persons, as well as the movement of vehicles (para. 6);
    - to inspect the belongings, vehicles, baggage and cargo, office premises and homes of citizens in accordance
    with the established procedure with the exception of restrictions established by the Constitution of Ukraine
    (para. 7);
    - to prohibit peaceful assemblies, rallies, marches, demonstrations and other mass events (para. 8);
    - to establish in accordance with a certain procedure, a ban or restriction on the choice of place of stay or
    place of residence of persons in the territory where martial law is in force (para. 10);
    - to prohibit citizens registered with the military or special registry to change their place of residence (place
    of stay) without proper permission (para. 16);
    - to establish military housing duty for individuals and legal entities (para. 17).
    The possibility of application of the abovementioned measures necessitates a derogation from the
    obligations under Articles 12, 17, 19, 21, 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
    (hereinafter - the Covenant) and Articles 8, 10, 11 of the Convention for the Protection of Human
    Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter - the Convention), Articles 1, 2, 3 of the Additional
    Protocol to the Convention, Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention.
    Derogation under the previously defined Articles 3, 8(3), 9, 13, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27 of the Covenant and
    Articles 4(3), 9, 13, 14, 16 of the Convention is withdrawn.
    II. On the territory covered by derogation and the time of its introduction
    Martial law has been in force on the territory of Ukraine since 05:30 a.m. of February 24, 2022.

  • @hktan1235
    @hktan1235 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    try a Huawei P60 Pro and you will know the real differences it made .....🤫

  • @BrianBest
    @BrianBest 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool

  • @etbuch4873
    @etbuch4873 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    iPhones really at the end of their wits. How pathetic and lamentable of them!

  • @maemilev
    @maemilev 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why don't God design human this way?

    • @huckleberryfinn6578
      @huckleberryfinn6578 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You mean evolution? Mostly because we are spending 99% times on the ground.

  • @brockhubbard6336
    @brockhubbard6336 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Get a mous case

  • @SauloBenigno
    @SauloBenigno 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mark Rober !!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nos4me
    @nos4me 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Someone has been watching too many videos from Ukraine

  • @petermayanja1766
    @petermayanja1766 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tecno people look away

  • @lxonthemix834
    @lxonthemix834 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Samsung uses cheap raw material while apple uses genuine parts.

  • @rayneu5587
    @rayneu5587 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spigen cases 🙌🏼

  • @Nickcaged
    @Nickcaged 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tech Rax

  • @bkapappawya
    @bkapappawya 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can I have the iPhone 15

  • @vsznry
    @vsznry 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best cases for phones: OtterBox
    Best cases for MacBooks: UAG

  • @PlatinumBuckGorilla
    @PlatinumBuckGorilla 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don’t ever, ever make another video like this… unless it’s a useless politician.

  • @kindofanmol
    @kindofanmol 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Samsung supremacy

  • @eikeksi11
    @eikeksi11 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If that 2T is stocks, if stock price is what ppl buys em for, so gamblers increased the price like bitcoint to 2t, is that the value of it? How much does it make? How much plants etc costs

  • @montybynum
    @montybynum 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:32 Androids suck

  • @ali_armaan2093
    @ali_armaan2093 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how to get a phone post falling from airplane?

  • @mokomdane4297
    @mokomdane4297 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are you views hungry?. Why destroy good phones.

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why? wsj advertising for apple, samsung, and that company which makes drone

  • @knowledged8420
    @knowledged8420 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't buy America product because you can now buy alternative technology Huawei technologies because Huawei technologies is entirely different system from America so if you don't want die your country than avoid usa technology because China can offer alternative technology that is entirely different system from America

  • @Chris_Hruska
    @Chris_Hruska 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    premium quality from apple. Samsung is still sleeping on their quality and durability.

  • @averoes4029
    @averoes4029 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Most ridiculous test ever
    What a shame to get paid for such a trash work

    • @KAZAM707
      @KAZAM707 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why do you say that?

  • @sasstewart1222
    @sasstewart1222 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    📱Keep in mind the iphone 14 PRO is much more prone to damage because of the OLED vs LCD

  • @duran9664
    @duran9664 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yah.. NO! ❌
    I broke two iPhones from a short drop on hard surfaces 😒

  • @Netryon
    @Netryon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you declined by a job market for eight years and asked to use youtube to find all the local pieces of information technology and have no goverment support to reach subscribers number are you a falling Remigijus Žemaitaitis or Eduardas Vaitkus smartphone?

  • @aenorist2431
    @aenorist2431 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Terminal velocity is a thing.
    Making sensational articles about basic physics is pathetic.