iPhone 13 drop testing: A durable phone that still needs a case

iPhone thirteen drop testing: A durable phone that still needs a case

(Image credit: Allstate Protection Plans/YouTube)

If you've bought one of Apple'southward new iPhone 13 models, you lot'd better invest in case also, at least if you lot want to increase your new device'southward chances of surviving a fall. And after watching a new iPhone 13 drop-examination video, you'll likely be rushing out to buy that new case right away.

This round of iPhone thirteen drop-testing was conducted past Allstate Protection Plans, which sells insurance plans for mobile devices when it's not dropping them 6 feet onto concrete. In this latest round of testing, the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro both stood a better chance of emerging unscathed from drops when they were enclosed in cases — a silicone MagSafe case from Apple in the instance of the iPhone thirteen and a leather MagSafe example for the iPhone 13 Pro.

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When dropped while in their respective cases, the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro didn't sustain most as much damage as when they were dropped without any protection. When dropped back downwards, it took three drops of the iPhone 13 earlier that phone sustained any damage — a cracked camera, specifically. Meanwhile, the iPhone thirteen Pro suffered no harm after 3 dorsum-down drops when information technology was enclosed in a case.

"With back panel repairs costing as much as $549 for iPhone 13 Pro, a case is a must," said Jason Siciliano vice president of marketing and creative director at Allstate Protection Plans.

The iPhones weren't equally fortunate when dropped face-downward, fifty-fifty with the case. The iPhone 13 suffered cracks later on its 2nd drop while the iPhone xiii Pro suffered both cracks and raised glass after one drib.

As for drops without a case, the iPhone 13 models fared about as well equally their iPhone 12 counterparts. That's actually practiced news, every bit Allstate chosen the iPhone 12 the nearly durable phone information technology had ever tested later on last yr'due south drop testing.

"The Apple iPhone 13 series has been viewed as a production development rather than a revolution, and nosotros've found that to be true when it comes to durability every bit well," Siciliano said in a statement accompanying the results.

	6-Foot Confront-Down Drop	half-dozen-Pes Dorsum-Downwardly Drop
iPhone 13	Survived driblet one; cracked corners, scuffed metal on drop 2	Survived 2 drops; cracked camera, corner cracks later Drop 3
iPhone 13 Pro	Damaged driblet i: cracks, raised glass, scuffed metal	Damaged on get-go drop with shattered camera
iPhone 13 (with example)	Survived drop 1, some cracks on drop 2	Survived ii drops; cracked camera later on Drop 3
iPhone xiii Pro example (with case)	Croaky after i drib with raised glass	Survived iii drops without damage

The iPhone xiii proved to exist the more durable telephone in drops without a case, surviving the first face-down drop without damage and cracking on the second; dropped back down, the iPhone didn't suffer damage until the 3rd drop. The iPhone 13 Pro sustained some damage on its first drops on both the face- and back-down tests.

Similar last year's iPhone 12 models, the iPhone thirteen and iPhone xiii Pro feature a Ceramic Shield brandish meant to better resist harm from drops. And you tin can certainly run into the bear on of that in Allstate's drop tests.

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Philip Michaels is a senior editor at Tom's Guide. He has strong opinions virtually Apple, the Oakland Athletics and sometime movies. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.