Galaxy Z Flip vs. Motorola Razr drop test By CNET

We have a brand-new Motorola Razr and a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip in our hands, and you can probably guess why we're out here today. We're going to put these guys to the test. Now these phones are an entirely new category. Foldable we've never dropped them before. So we actually have no idea what is going to happen, and why are we dropping there? You ask well they're expensive at around $1500. They join that region in the US.

You know: do you need to spend that kind of cash? What happens if they break as soon as you drop them, so before you spend the money we have spend it on you to see how durable they really are. Now before we get started, let's run through some specs to see what we're working here with here Lexie, starting with the Motorola Razr. It has glass on the front plastic on the back and inside covering that screen is plastic. Now the flip, on the other hand, has glass on either side, and it has bendable glass on the screen. Lee we'd never do these types of tests with a case on the phones.

So this time it's no different, even though the Galaxy Z flip does come with this little case in the box. I'm going to put it away for now, and we're going to drop. Both these phones careless. So I can tell you what I'm betting over here, Lexie and I think this one's not going to do so. Well, all right! Well, we're just going to see what happens, so we're going to run through three drops.

The first one we're going to do is closed from approximately pocket Heights, with the intention that it's going to land on the screen of the razor and also the front screen of the Z flip. So without further ado, let's just see what happens. Let's get into position. We're already enrolling. Slo-Mo, ok, close up we're ready! Ok, let's go in position; let's bring it forward, so we're kind of around the same I'm ready pop it Maya right all right, ready, ?, okay, this is paying three two one drop: okay, yeah, three, two one drop! We can see that already there is some severe damage on the Z flip.

You want to pick it up, just be careful. This does something. This is already so. Okay, you go for all right. So let's take a look at the Motorola Razr.

You can see immediately. Its Jim come in close and grab this here. There is a small hairline crack coming from the camera module all the way out to the side. Although it looks like it's only cosmetic, let's say: let's open up the screen, there's a little of scuffing there on the side. ? on that side on the back looks fine.

The hinge mechanism still opens the inside screen is still okay from what I can tell all functioning the front screen is still working. Let's see it looks like everything is fine. It's still responding today. The touch presses, like so still looks like it's. Okay, so I think for this test it has survived in then there is some real cosmetic damage.

The camera lens, the camera lens is got. It looks good, there's a tiny, little cosmetic buff here again, I can just show you. Let's see what happens when I open up I can't see anything significant there on the picture it looks, it looks like it's still functioning, there's no big scratch or anything over there. The image when I take that photo. Well, that looks okay still all right.

Let's take a look at the Z flip now, because this one is very clearly. Sadly, this did not go so well. You can already see how badly it broke on the first drop. It's just got spiderwebs all across the edges over here on the bottom on the side. On the other side, I mean.

Luckily, the camera seems to be okay, but that's about it. I mean the little screen here, the window, as you can see, still lights up and that still functions the way it's supposed to but come on. This is awful fractures, where you could probably even get cut I'm running my fingers through it, it's pretty sharp and there are little shards of glass coming off. Even it will please the castle and I mean if you open it up. Everything seems to be in working order on the inside, so you know at least it did its job to protect the inside of the phone.

The buttons still work as intended volume rocker as well. Now the back looks fine, but it did, as you saw land on the front so where it hit or what had the impact it definitely broke on the first drop, and you know couple little scuffs on the side. This would be enough already to make me cry, though, if I just bought this phone that in mind the first drop has pretty much smash the outside of the Z flip. Now do we want to go to the next drop? Well, of course, you got to test out the screen. We're going to try to have it land screen side down, but a Motorola Razr is weighted, really weirdly.

It's got that chin. So if it does a couple of flips, it's not because we're bad at throwing phones, it's just because it's just got weird weighting issues. Yeah well, we'll see what happens again. As we said, we've never done this before never dropped, phones and, of course, bear in mind. This is not a scientific experiment.

We're just doing this to see what happens. Let's get ready, we all riding on our slo-mo. Okay, all good all right ready. Three, two one drop, oh okay, so that was a very flat drop on both we're gonna surprise in one drop. Let's come down, I can already see.

Oh, the pull raiser on the front has continued to crack. Let's take a look at that screen. Just continued to crack in and generate even more cracks there, like, so I, don't know if it's still functioning on the front but surprise, surprise. The screen itself is fine. On the razor, however, look at the significant damage that has happened across the top here.

That's obviously some real cracking there, and it is a little loose. It is splintering there. So obviously, if I'm running my finger across it, it's going to start to come off like so come in close and take a look at that, it's so sad to see it's just a real sort of spiderweb effect. However, let's give some props to the screen itself, because this is still functioning as intended. It does just look like cosmetic damage and perhaps a little of an issue to the earpiece again.

We will only know by making a call and testing that out a little later, but for now the screen looks like it is working as expected. Unfortunately, it's just not a pretty sight. Third, take a look at that I think also yes, so the screen on the front is still working. However, I feel like if we were gonna use, it actually guesses what it doesn't work. No, it does work, however, feel across the front there take a feel of that.

It's smooth its repeal the underneath the surface. Note that glass, not there. Okay, there's a little fragmentation there, but here it actually looks like it's pretty smooth. Unfortunately, actually I was going to say it doesn't work with their long pressed touch, but it does so it's still functioning it just doesn't look very pretty. Let's check out the Z flip now I mean this D flip surprised me on this time, because it didn't continue to break it.

Actually held up pretty well and the inside is alright. The screen itself doesn't look to be damaged at all and I. Think I know why Lexy, if you can see over here, there are the edges are raised. The outline of the phone is raised, so it's kind of that the glass inside it sinks in, and I think that's what's protecting the glass because there is no dye, except for just a few on the frame over here. If you snap on the frame up here, probably where it hit directly but other than that it doesn't look like it's taking a fall.

Look at that over here on the bottom. Actually I lied, I had not seen this corner it's raised already. Is that just the screen coming up, or is that maybe that's a little bumper for when you close when you close the screen, but again, okay, I mean it's totally fine, and it still opens and closes correctly. So you know the outside is bad, but at least the inside of both these phones is still good. Exactly well, I guess we're going to go one step further and do our third drop.

So this one is gonna, be simulating, flicking the phone open and just dropping it in the orientation that it drops. Now these go to the free throw light of drop now this might have a little of force behind it. Just because when you do flick, open your phone and you're naturally keeping a little of motion there to open it, so I'm going to try, try not to splinter your finger, get some splinters in there, be careful, so we're going to start with the screen, I guess a little ajar and then flick open and then just drop, so it might land on the top it might land on the side. We don't know also we flick differently. So it's a free-for-all voice.

Alright, so I'm going to try and aim it in this kind of error. Here, okay, we're rolling on everything, slow motion. Okay, all right: let's go all right. Three, two one drop! Alright! Look! There ? landed right next to each other. Let's grab them and see what the damage is on the front because.

We can already see the back okay, okay. Well, it looks like wasn't surprised. Yes, look at the razor it looks like we have a little of lifting there. That's the cosmetic edging around the base that is started to lift a little like, so I'm, not sure if you can see it. Yes, they go and pull it out.

I mean it would still go back in with a little of blue I'm sure the buttons on the inside of the razor we're all still working there on the volume rocker that looks fine. The screen itself is still accepting my touches and presses like so now. Let's take a look, obviously at the front here. That is still an issue. It's still closing, though it is still closing.

There's a think a little additional cracking on the front there. The camera very I'm, very surprised that the camera module, though, is still looking. Okay, there is not actually that much damage, even though it is slightly raised. So there you go and if I go in and take a photo quickly like so and review it, I can't see an issue of cracking or anything like that on the screen, so ii wouldn't see, but if Is mean they didn't even have the first drop. The hind up survived the flick test.

At least the screen stood. So I'm really surprised by how well the flip has done inside. As you can see it, it barely has any damage except to the frame of the phone, but the screen itself is totally fine again. I think it's because it's got this a little raised bumper on it. That's protecting it, as you can see I'm kind of running through the screen, and it's totally fine.

The buttons still work on this phone volume rocker and mind you I flicked this phone with a lot of force. The back, though, did continue to break, so we know that the glass on the front and on the back of the flip is somewhat subject to breakage, but somewhat exactly that's an understatement right there. But the screen itself is fine. Now, let's test the camera, because there is a lot of damage to the front of the phone, but the camera itself is totally fine, as you can see I'm taking a picture of Lexi over here, and it still works, it still works fine, despite the fact that this side of the phone had the most amount of damage, I'm, pleasantly surprised by the inside of the flip yeah I'm surprised by the inside of both of them to be honest and I, was not expecting the screens to be as durable as they have been in these three tests. Now, obviously, we could continue dropping these phones.

There are a ton of other scenarios that could happen to you, but I think I have enough information to make a judgement call over here, and it is a vs. after all. So if I had to choose, I would probably go with the flip and, to be honest, they both fared better than I, was expecting in terms of the foldable phones. So I would go the with the flip just because the screen is completely intact, which is really all I care about, and I can put a case on the outside, because it does come with a case. How about you, Lexi, ok, so I do agree with you in terms of the overall usability and pristine nature of the screen on the z.

However, I think the razor did a perfect job. Now, if I was happy to use a Bluetooth headset to take calls, I definitely could still use this, and, to be honest, the external appearance is nowhere near as bad as what it looks like on the Z flip, and the splintering would really worry me that maybe I would get something in my fingers. If I wasn't using a case, it is less significant on the razor's still not pretty still, please put a case on it, because that will really help to go for it now. Foldable are a totally new category, so it let us know how else you would like us to test them. Leave us the comments down below sorry for breaking $3,000 worth of phones.

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