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Kyocera’s Sapphire Shield smartphone display takes a beating in new stress test video

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Kyocera has published a new video of its Sapphire Shield smartphone cover in action, pitting it against standard impact-resistant glass in a few drop and scratch tests. As you might expect, the sapphire cover fared much better than the glass. While the glass display was easily scratched and shattered using a piece of granite, the Sapphire Shield looked like it had just come out of the box.

The Sapphire Shield can currently be found on Kyocera’s Brigadier smartphone, which became available from Verizon last week. The phone is currently one of a few to sport a sapphire display, though it’s widely believed that Apple will be debuting such a device early next month.

You can see the full Sapphire Shield stress test below:

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Samsung shows off how it stress tests its smartphones (Video)

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The video above, posted by the official SamsungTomorrow YouTube channel (via Engadget), shows some of the stress tests Samsung puts its Galaxy smartphones through. The video is in Korean, but it’s pretty easy to see exactly what your Galaxy device goes through— from water and scratch resistant tests to a machine simulating a user a sitting on the device.

Samsung’s Smartphone Stress Test: Now, we live in a world where you cannot imagine it without smartphones. But, do you know how strong your smartphone is? Samsung is conducting various kinds of stress tests for its smartphones to make not only smarter but also stronger smartphones.