Overview

• JerryRigEverything used a crane scale to apply force, with flex starting near 70 pounds, the phone still holding at 171 pounds, and the front glass cracking around 216 pounds.
• Despite the crack, the device remained at least partially functional and retained a bent shape after the extreme load.
• Reviewers emphasized that the force was concentrated at a single point, which differs from distributed pressures such as a phone in a pocket.
• Initial manual bends showed the titanium frame flexing and returning to shape, and scratch tests indicated Ceramic Shield 2 resisted marks around Mohs levels 6–7.
• Apple had previously demonstrated resistance to 130 pounds of bend pressure, and the new results provide an independent, single-unit measurement under controlled conditions.