I didn’t want to repost every single video from the story of the Google Nexus One, but I find some of them fascinating. The latest episode in the series gives a behind the scenes look at HTC’s testing process for new phones.
We get to see to see a variety of stress tests that the Nexus One had to endure including:
- Button test: simulates lifetime use of trackball
- Tumble test: multiple drops probe phone’s structural integrity
- Drop test: drops device from multiple angles based on tumble test results
- Compression test: simulates interaction stress caused by objects in pocket
- Bend test: simulates maximum bend stress phone can withstand
A reader mentioned in some previous comments that these would make for a great TV commercial. Google has generally kept away from television ads in the United States, but a recent Tweet from their CEO indicates a change in strategy.
Can’t wait to watch the Superbowl tomorrow. Be sure to watch the ads in the 3rd quarter (someone said “Hell has indeed frozen over.”)Eric SchmidtCEO of Google
What do you think Google has in store for the big show?
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D: Those poor Nexii. ….on a somewhat unrelated subject,I wonder if HTC/Google will upload that 1.5 Android build used in the video….
Any reason for you to believe that’s Android 1.5? I find it more likely to be closer to 1.6, since 1.5 didn’t support high-DPI devices and the screen is clearly using the right proportions (rather than having tiny icons).
The Market app icon looks 1.5ish…not like the one on the 1.6+ Market(all 1.6+ builds I’ve used had that new icon,so correct me if I’m wrong.) And I’m sure they wouldn’t have made the old market work on 1.6.
this drop test are bull i dropped my phone one and the whole screen chattered so those test are bs.
These episodes keep getting better. Pretty cool stuff.
Wow. That’s all I have to say.
Im flabbergast with the durably of this marvel of a phone! got to get this asap!
The Google Super Bowl commercial isn’t anything Android-related, according to info I’ve read. It is a Google search commercial:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/06/nexus.one.may.get.tv.spot/
HAHA I would love to have the job of the person who has to press the big green button labeled “DROP”
they should of done some more radio tests, lol. but it seems that the update has fixed that now.
I can confirm the NS1 survival the “dunking” test, after a small accident I have with my NS1 in the toilet (30 sec to get up enough courage to stick my hand in, remove battery, dry, clean, sterile and left in a bag of rice for 4 days). Everything works fine afterward!
They obviously missed my wife’s G1 in their testing, she dropped it once and the screen cracked all over and that was with a protective case too lol
its easy to see how HTC would have missed out how on sprint hero the buttons scrape off.
I saw a guy on youtube scratching the $%^& out of his Nexus’ screen with keys, etc..
didnt seem to do any damage. Can anyone confirm that the glass is pretty much scratch proof?
Anyone get a scratch on one? My G1 looks like heck these days
On youtube, I saw some guy taking a set of keys to the screen of his Nexus, apparently with no damage.
Has anyone scratched the screen of a Nexus yet?
My G1 looks like heck and I’d be happy to hear there is truly scratchproof glass in my future..