iPhone/Galaxy Drop Test

The true measure of a smartphone isn’t how great the camera is or how many apps it has—it’s how durable it is when dropped.

And it will be dropped. No matter how careful you are, it is the fate of every expensive gadget to be dropped (or worse) at least once in its lifetime.

Luckily there are people out there who get a kick out of “testing” to how much abuse certain gizmos can take before they bust. Here’s SquareTrade’s iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy S II drop test.

This might be a little painful to watch for technophiles, but remember that it’s all done in the name of scientific experimentation.

Spoiler: The iphone doesn’t fare too well…but it’d almost be worth it if Siri was programmed to say “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.”