Following on from my post yesterday, I continue to garner test requirements for the physical examination of mobile communications devices by means of impaction of inaminate object(s) – or in other words, how to batter some ruggedised handsets in to submission!
If you would like to see extreme physical peril come to the Nokia 5140 (Old skool but cool), the Samsung Solid (new boy, but not a toy), and the JCB Toughphone (The world’s ruffest and tuffest – apparently), then add some comments to this post.
For reference, we already have (highlights):
Tom: Drop it in front of you while running, and step on it
Chad: Drop it down 2 or 3 flights of stairs, let it “fall” out of your car driving on the interstate
Raimo: Cut and tear test – use a breadknife and have fun!
Mathias: Drop it from at least a couple of stories up
Mihai: bury it in cement …leave it there 2 or maybe 3 days and then brake the cement and if it still work`s
All good suggestions, I think you’ll agree – but I also think we can be more inventive 🙂
What I am looking for is 5 tests, to match the 5 (working) days of the week – ranging from “gentle” (if there is such a thing in a ruggedised test!) through to “downright nasty” – once we have our top 5, I will post ’em up, and we can get to testing!
So get commenting, and let us know what you’d like to see
[Note: keep it sensible folks, any tests that will be either offensive to people, animals, or delicate inanimate objects won’t make it through – the idea is to give these devices a thorough test in the ‘everyday environment’]