Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the iPhone 11 Pro as having the toughest glass ever in a smartphone, but on the phones release day, Toms Guide saw evidence to the contrary: when dropped just once from hip-height, the front screen cracks pretty hard.Thats about the height it would fall when fumbled out of a pocket, so its a good estimate of what might happen if you cant catch your phone in time.
The back glass fared better, but still cracked.Its not the only new iPhone to suffer a fall and sad cracking:Granted, its not quite enough of a sample size to be representative of the phones front glass strength - perhaps its stronger when dropped at other angles.But the experiment totally supports the need for a case to protect these expensive flagship smartphones - were starting to see a theme here.