So, does flexible mean
unbreakable? In short, no. At least not the glass on top of the display.
The screen still worked after all of the damage, so the flexible
display underneath seems to be living up to the "unbreakable" hype. The
LG G Flex can stand up well to flexing and bending, which would crack
even traditional glass; but, the flexible glass couldn't protect against
impact with the ground. Similarly, the highly touted "self-healing"
back of the device has its own limitations. As we've seen before in testing,
the back will heal from scuffs and even mostly heal from a knife cut,
but deeper gouges from being dropped will not fully heal.
One
thing that was pretty amazing in the drop test was just how high the G
Flex bounced when dropped on its side. It seems that the combination of
the curve and the flexible glass acted somewhat like a spring when the
device was dropped on its side. Of course, it still didn't protect it
from a cracked display. In the end though, while the glass did crack,
the device was still usable, so that's a good sign.
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