OnePlus 10 Pro snaps in half in sturdiness take a look at

The OnePlus 10 Pro is out in China, and whereas it has some flagship specs, together with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor and a 5,000mAh battery, it seems it may not be essentially the most sturdy telephone available on the market. YouTuber Zack Nelson, creator of the favored JerryRigEverything channel, put the OnePlus 10 Pro by his standard sturdiness take a look at, and when he pushed on the center of the telephone to attempt to bend it, it snapped practically in half.

See for your self — the bend take a look at for the portion of the video begins at 6:57 (and that’s the place the embedded video under ought to start).

When Nelson first pushes on the OnePlus 10 Pro, the again glass begins to crack, and most of the cracks seem beneath the telephone’s stovetop-like digicam bump. When he pushes once more, these cracks flip right into a full-on break, inflicting the highest a part of the telephone to start to fold over.

Once the OnePlus 10 Pro is absolutely damaged, Nelson tears off the remainder of the again glass to get a take a look at the within of the telephone. The telephone snaps proper above the battery, and plainly OnePlus’ placement of the cell — whose high edge traces up with the quantity button on the facet — helped create the proper circumstances for Nelson to crack it in half together with his naked fingers. There was additionally a thinner steel exterior across the telephone than he anticipated, which can have allowed for the telephone to interrupt as properly.

While the precise purpose for why the OnePlus 10 Pro broke when Nelson utilized some power is unclear, it’s price noting that he was going out of his option to attempt to push the telephone to its structural limits. It’s unlikely that many common customers will attempt to break their telephone in half (please don’t do this at dwelling).

But Nelson’s take a look at does present that the telephone is vulnerable to wreck when bent too far, which is one thing it’s best to bear in mind if you wish to get one for your self. OnePlus didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark in regards to the video or if it plans to make any modifications to the OnePlus 10 Pro to make it extra sturdy.

OnePlus isn’t the one firm to have come beneath scrutiny for the simply bent gadgets. Some homeowners reported that their iPhone 6 and 6 Plus telephones bent — together with The Verge’s Dan Seifert — and inner paperwork launched as a part of a lawsuit revealed Apple knew the telephones have been extra vulnerable to bending than the iPhone 5S. In 2018, Nelson additionally discovered that that the iPad Pro launched that 12 months might break when bent, and Asus’ ROG Phone 5 didn’t hold up well in 2021, both.