Note 2 drop test

[Zaap]

But isn't it reasonable to assume that if the phone(and the screen) survives landing face down and also face up(in case the fat bezels protect the screen when it lands face down in the prior test), then it's very likely it will survive if it lands vertically or hits the pavement on one side of it's 4 edges?

Not at all. The SGS3 for instance is actually very solid landing face up or face down and likely won't suffer so much as a scratch. On the sides though, from the smallest height, and even dropped on soft surfaces, it's fragile as an eggshell. The front glass will shatter very easily from a side hit unfortunately.

So personally, I'd rather see how the Note 2 fares landing on its sides, since that's very clearly the weak-point of the SGS3.

 

[RampantAndroid]

It passes, unlike the S3

Still wouldn't carry it naked.

The drop test of the S3 had it land on a corner. The Note 2 didn't look like it landed on a corner. This guy is just some moron in shorts and sandals who doesn't know what scientific process is...

That's true.
But isn't it reasonable to assume that if the phone(and the screen) survives landing face down and also face up(in case the fat bezels protect the screen when it lands face down in the prior test), then it's very likely it will survive if it lands vertically or hits the pavement on one side of it's 4 edges?

Draw the force diagram on the screen, it is not at all logical to assume that.

 

[pandemonium]

A simple contraption would make drop test more accurate. we can test how well a whole car handles damage. How would a phone be any different

A simple contraption. Yes. Yes indeed.