If you’re clumsy, consider the surprisingly durable iPhone Air

When former MobileSyrup author Brad Bennett reviewed the iPhone Air, he talked about that it “feels as sturdy as another iPhone,” however I feel I’d disagree with my pal there, as throughout my expertise with the iPhone Air, it appears much more sturdy than different iPhones that I’ve used.

Since I bought my palms on the iPhone Air, I’ve been utilizing it as my day by day driver, at the very least after I’m not reviewing different gadgets. The handset is so skinny and the 6.5-inch display, whereas somewhat smaller than I’m used to, is a strong measurement. Nonetheless, what I’ve cherished about utilizing the iPhone Air to date is that it’s surprisingly sturdy.

Sadly, I’m a slipshod man, it’s not even that I fall lots (though I had essentially the most embarrassing tumble throughout a sport of badminton the opposite day), however I drop issues like loopy. Or usually, I received’t discover that my cellphone continues to be plugged in and charging, and it’ll fall after I transfer away from my desk. This kind of stuff has made me notorious at MobileSyrup because the staffer who has damaged essentially the most gadgets. And on account of this, I began shopping for instances nearly instantly after receiving a evaluate unit.

Nonetheless, I wished to check out if the iPhone Air may survive my clumsy way of life, and determined to rock it with no case. I believed it was form of a danger, however I’m right here to check out telephones, in order that’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it. It’s value mentioning that I didn’t put the Air via a correct drop check, nor do I work on building websites; I’m solely speaking about common day by day utilization. However after dropping the gadget a number of instances — most just lately, a fairly dangerous drop on concrete on the streets of LA — amazingly, the worst that occurred was scuff marks on the nook of the gadget. The display wasn’t even scratched!

An in depth pal of mine in tech additionally informed me a narrative of how they dropped the iPhone Air down a set of stairs, and whereas they broke their toe, the iPhone Air was completely positive. “I fell, it flew out of my palms and went down the steps, I used to be certain the display shattered, however solely the sting was chipped.”

To keep away from one other bendgate, Apple made certain the iPhone Air was tremendous sturdy. Its robust Ceramic Defend 2 and titanium body maintain the cellphone extremely sturdy. Even the prolific JerryRigEverything gave the iPhone Air a pass in his durability test and located that the gadget takes about 216lbs of strain earlier than breaking. It even carried out nicely throughout his scratch check.

The iPhone Air isn’t the right cellphone, however I’ve been hella having fun with it. And it’s good that every time I drop my cellphone, I typically don’t even really feel the necessity to test if the display is cracked as a result of I do know it’s not.

Surprisingly, Apple’s thinnest cellphone is unquestionably for clumsy people like myself. And I really like that I get to point out off this beautiful cellphone while not having to maintain it in case — that is most likely the most individuals have seen my cellphone other than foldables.