HTC HD2 vs 3 foot drop on a hard floor – who will win?
November 16th, 2009 | 
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We saw the HTC HD2 survive a knife attack, but can the glass and metal smartphone survive a drop onto a hard floor from a height of 1m (3 foot)? Can you survive looking?
Let us know in the comments.
Thanks Justin for the tip.
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Laminate flooring with a foam underpad is not what I would consider a hard surface. Try some ceramic tile or marble and I will be impressed.
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As I said before: I've NEVER seen a phone with such a great build quality. The HD2 makes other phones look and feel like cheap toys in comparison.
The unibody housing and aluminium battery cover are plain awesome.
I wouldn't try dropping my HD2 on the floor, but I already accidentally dropped it onto bunch of keys on my desk and luckily it survived without any scratches.
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I'm sobbing now… Why would people do that to such a beautiful device?!?
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isn't that more than a meter ?
anyway, that was AWESOME!
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I can't watch!! I can't freakin watch!! NOO!!
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I'm looking forward to the first tests that actually damage the phone. the only time i ever damaged a phone badly was when i slipped on the ice and landed on it. it bent the case slightly and destroyed the screen. I'm hoping the HD2 would handle that better but i wouldn't count on it.
Also i know it wont happen but a bullet proof comparison between the iphone and the HD2 would be fun considering how much (false) news we get about ipods saving lives.
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I believe he has just dropped the dummy version and not the original phone, because everything on the phone was static (no weather animation, no moving clocking, no blinking signal, etc) and also how can a slab of glass can remain as it is after it is being dropped from a 3 foot height ?
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Um… glass can be quite strong! other wise you would have windows smashing all over the place in cars!
And if you actually watched the video properly you would see at the begining it has 2 bars of signal and on the floor it has 1.
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ha ha That not hard enough drop the phone. Sorry but it not strong enough LOL.. Besides that phone is a demo fake hahaha that why he didn't care of the phone. Also has anyone ever talk about HD 2 how big this phone is. Too big. Sorry I prefer my HTC Touch Pro2 still has I prefer a Querty Keyboard and not a Virtual keyboard. HD 2 is same features what TP2 has just difference is the keyboard.
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He should drop it on the pavement, to proof it's indestructable.
But there will be scratches on the surface i'm sure.
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Lol, mine has been launched against the floor thanks to my girlfriends fumbling quite a few times, not a single scratch.
Though for some reason the battery cover fell off every time…
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Foamy Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
It's weird how most phones' battery covers will come off from small drops even if they're difficult to remove by hand or the drop is at the wrong angle.
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rad Reply:
November 17th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
It's probably a good thing– might help dissipate some of the impact energy. My TP2 pretty much jettisons everything it can when it falls (battery cover, battery, stylus– if it could, it'd probably try to dump the MicroSD and SIM too lol). But the TP2 is not very cosmetically resilient– even small falls leave noticeable marks and case damage.
Wonder how the HD2 will hold up compared to, say, the first-gen iPhone (aluminum + glass), which is bar-none the best-built phone I've ever used. It's also surprisingly resilient (multiple drops from decent highs at high speed with absolutely no damage), much more so than the TP2.
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Foamy Reply:
November 18th, 2009 at 5:24 am
I suspect that not having to worry about battery removal means the iphone would be tougher.
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