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Despite Ceramic Shield upgrade, iPhone 16 Pro models remain vulnerable to certain drops

Despite the new model number and the second-generation Ceramic Shield material, Apple’s new iPhone may be just as vulnerable to certain kinds of drops and damage as its previous iterations. Device insurer Allstate Protection Plans on Tuesday published the results of its annual device drop. Throughout the study, Allstate tested the new iPhone 16 Pro […]

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Apple Watch Ultra tested for durability by YouTuber, table shatters before the screen does

You may just break a nearby table before you break the new Apple Watch Ultra. A YouTuber has posted a video showing the durability of the new Apple Watch Ultra by putting it up against a drop test, a jar of nails, and several hits with a large hammer in order to test the sapphire […]

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Allstate Protection Plan drop tests point towards iPhone 13 models being more durable than Samsung S22 units

The good news is that Apple’s iPhones definitely appear to be getting more durable, or at least more shatter-proof. The better news is that you now have some bragging rights over your friends who own the Samsung Galaxy S22. Per a series of drop tests conducted by Allstate Protection Plans, Samsung’s Galaxy S22 handsets appear […]

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SquareTrade completes iPhone SE durability tests, finds device less durable than iPhone 6s, 6s plus

How durable is your new iPhone SE? The best answer might be “fair to middling”. Recently, extended warranty provider SquareTrade subjected the iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus to a series of excessive bend, drop, tumble, and water tests, and the results show that its compact design does not necessarily make it more […]

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Second-gen Apple TV hackable with current tools

Your new Apple TV might be arriving today. So why not hack it? Per QuickPWN, a member of the Apple jailbreak blog iPhone Dev confirmed that if you use Greenpois0n and the SHAtter exploit, you can indeed jailbreak the Apple TV’s iOS 4.1 installation. The Dev-Team managed to jailbreak the film rental since Apple having […]