One of the Achilles heels of high-end smartphones is their low resistance to impacts. We have already seen some resistance tests where the screen usually suffers more than considerable damage.
Today we bring you a curious news that we have known through ADSLzone where a Samsung Galaxy Alpha has withstood a fall from a height of 7 floors. In this case it was by accident during a meeting with those responsible for OMV Pepephone.
Fell down the elevator shaft
The popular virtual operator has its new offices located on the seventh floor of a building on Paseo de la Castellana, in Madrid, and Javier Sanz, CEO of ADSLzone has dropped his Samsung Galaxy Alpha down the elevator shaft. According to him, the elevator was working and have heard several knocks on the phone, which has been colliding throughout its fall by different plants. The impacts have been of such magnitude that the back cover and the battery of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha have been found on the fourth floor.
Obviously the most normal thing was that the phone was smashed, or at least its screen, but nothing could be further from the truth. Picking up the phone had only suffered a few bumps on the metal side and the battery, but the screen was still intact. Javier sanz has affirmed that the device continues to work, although as there are no photos of the terminal on, we cannot confirm this information. While it is true that he has been very lucky, you all know that this type of falls can only be withstood by an old school Nokia phone, the truth is that the Samsung Galaxy Alpha is very tough.
Its secret lies in the construction materialsAlthough it appears that its body is made of aluminum, the Samsung Galaxy Alpha has parts made of polycarbonate, a highly impact-resistant plastic. Another great help has been its removable battery that, unlike other devices with integrated batteries such as the HTC One M8, dismounts in the event of a fall avoiding a greater evil. Although the real reason in my opinion has been the Goddess Fortune since if it falls flat, with the screen facing down, I am sure that now it would have a nice but chipped paperweight.
You know, if you want a powerful and resistant phone, it seems that the Samsung Galaxy Alpha it is much harder than it seemed.