Watch the carnage unfold on this Galaxy S20 Extremely drop take a look at video

Beginning at $1,399.99, the Galaxy S20 Extremely is the most costly S20 taste you may get proper now — all S20 telephones are expensive, with the most cost effective mannequin beginning at $999. Positive, you may get loads of trade-in offers, and reap the benefits of present S20 gross sales from carriers and electronics retailers to make the cellphone appear extra inexpensive. Additionally, Samsung is throwing in free credit score your approach, which can be utilized in the direction of the acquisition of different Samsung merchandise, together with protecting gear in your handset. In the event you’re trying to make use of all these promotions to attain an inexpensive S20 Extremely, then you need to think about placing that $200 to good use instantly, and order a case and new display screen protectors. The cellphone is manufactured from glass, and the primary drop checks don’t paint a really promising image in relation to sturdiness. Lengthy story brief, get your self certainly one of these Galaxy S20 Extremely circumstances for those who plan on shopping for this cellphone.

You’d suppose {that a} $1,400 cellphone can be much more sturdy than earlier units, however that’s completely the case. The Galaxy 20 telephones ship with preinstalled display screen protectors that Samsung advises to maintain on. Besides, the S20 Extremely dropped within the CNET video beneath didn’t survive a three-feet drop after touchdown on the concrete. That is the form of accident you could anticipate from any cellphone. Take it out of your pocket or bag, it slips and lands on the ground. It’s possible the S20 Extremely will survive sure drops, relying on the floor it lands on, however concrete might be an enormous drawback.

The display screen cracked close to one of many corners, and the display screen protector solely helped with stopping the unfold of the crack. It is perhaps a good suggestion to get a fair higher display screen protector for the handset.

The again had an much more dire destiny in the identical take a look at, cracking in numerous locations. Meaning you’ll want a protecting cowl of some kind.

The one excellent news right here is that the digicam module survived the drop. Even higher, the glass protecting the 4 cameras didn’t crack after a number of drops, together with drops from round 5 ft. Having the digicam system survive after a drop is good news, and, as you’ll see beneath, the cameras nonetheless work. However the remainder of the cellphone may not be so fortunate.

What’s fascinating to notice is that the S20 Extremely is the one cellphone of the three S20 fashions to sport Gorilla Glass 6 on the back and front of the cellphone, which ought to be extra sturdy than the Gorilla Glass 5 that protects the rear of the S20 and S20+. These two even have Gorilla Glass 6 protecting the display screen. All three telephones additionally characteristic nearly flat screens, which ought to be extra sturdy than curved shows, though Samsung by no means actually defined this design change, and we don’t know if it has something to do with sturdiness. The video beneath, nevertheless, proves that the S20’s entrance and rear glass panels will shatter following impacts with onerous surfaces, whatever the curvature of the perimeters.

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