Appleのラボで実施されているiPhoneの耐久テストを、YouTuberが体験しXにポストしていました。
耐水テスト、耐圧テスト、落下テストなどが事細かに実施されており、これを経てiPhoneが製品化されているのだな‥‥と感慨深くなります。
AppleのラボでのiPhone耐久テストの様子
I recently got to visit some Apple labs where they durability test new iPhones before they come out, and learned a few things (🧵THREAD)
#1: Have you actually seen how they water test phones for IP ratings? (video) pic.twitter.com/Qh3hfmlmdn
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) May 29, 2024
#2: There's an entire room of machines for water and ingress testing
Level 1: A drip tray simulating rain, no real pressure. IPX4
Level 2: A sustained, low-pressure jet spray from any angle. IPX5
Level 3: High pressure spray from a literal firehose. IPX6
Level 4: Locking the… pic.twitter.com/5R38I6QVmW
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) May 29, 2024
#3: Apparently Apple has also bought and programmed and industrial robot to be their own drop test machine – to simulate hundreds of different drop angles onto different materials
Then they hit it with some ultra bright lights and a high speed camera to watch them back in… pic.twitter.com/EsNJbVQrbO
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) May 29, 2024
#4 Ok this one was hard to capture on camera – it's literally shaking everything at computer-controlled frequencies. They can program in the frequency of a certain motorcycle engine or subway car to simulate how well a device will hold up to sustained exposure to that frequency… pic.twitter.com/K981NzQhhk
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) May 29, 2024
$5 – Talked to John Ternus – Head of Hardware Engineering at Apple, and it was interesting hearing straight from the top why the iPhone is harder to repair. Take a listen pic.twitter.com/O9QsQOx4SP
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) May 29, 2024
#6 Thankfully Apple is still softening their stance on repair – basically sliding slightly on that durability vs repairability spectrum pic.twitter.com/OA3f4JeOQe
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) May 29, 2024
#7: Connecting the durability test machines the real world: They may test 10,000+ pre-release phones while testing before the phone comes out pic.twitter.com/8JbhMXEPdY
— Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) May 29, 2024
