iPhone 12 Ceramic Shield display has one big flaw

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iPhone 12 Ceramic Shield display has one big flaw

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Apple made a big deal of the iPhone 12's Ceramic Shield displays, just a new test has shown that Apple's been very catchy with how exactly the new screens help.

Zack Nelson of YouTube channel JerryRigEverything has just published his immovability test of the iPhone 12 Pro, with its teardown counterpart coming later. However the thorough test of the iPhone's toughness has revealed that Apple tree'due south option of words around Ceramic Shield is quite deliberate.

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The smoking gun is Nelson'south display scratch examination, which he measures with the Mohs hardness calibration using a serial of mineral picks. The majority of mod phones can withstand scratches up to 6 or 7 Mohs, which is exactly what we see on the iPhone 12 in the examination. Nelson does say he thinks the vi Mohs scratches were "a tad fainter" than normal however.

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So if Apple tree's Ceramic Shield displays are somehow meant to be 4x tougher than previous displays, how tin can this be? The answer lies in Apple'due south specific merits that Ceramic Shield, combined with the screen sitting flush with the side rails, provides "4x improve drop functioning." Therefore the just place you'll detect a departure in theory is if you actually drib your new iPhone on the ground.

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Perhaps we should have expected Ceramic Shield to not match upwardly in scratch tests, since Apple didn't specifically call out this immovability feature. Still, it's a piddling disappointing that something that's taken up a fair chunk of the iPhone 12's promotional material is potentially insignificant.

Of form, there are still plenty of things to like virtually the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. Both bring 5G to iPhones for the first time, and go along Apple's streak of loftier-performance chipsets and splendid photography skills, with the 12 Pro'southward new rear LiDAR depth sensor helping this immensely.

We program on conducting our ain drop and durability tests with the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro, so stay tuned for more.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Mag Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he'southward also written for WIRED U.Thousand., The Register and Creative Bloq. When non at work, he's likely thinking well-nigh how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.

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