HTC One: resistance test screen and aluminum casing

The HTC One has won many points with users not only for their technical section. Aesthetically, the metal casing has been decisive for many. It offers an imposing and distinctive. However, its membership is open to debate whether aluminum endures scratches and impacts. The following video shows the results after using a knife, a key and even pressure from a club.

The resistance to shocks and scratches so the screen or the body has become a new requirement in high-end smartphones. To test the effectiveness of protective measures used by manufacturers has become fashionable smartphones submit to all kinds of tests, from situations that can happen in day to day - the touch of the keys to the team in a pocket- as extreme scenes, these morbid looking over the limit of strength of materials. 

Test

For the video made ​​by the portal PhoneBuff , the editorial team has conducted a test that lies in between when you consider the situations outlined above. On the one hand have used some keys, objects usually can be in contact with the carcass of a smartphone. Less usual is to subject the screen to the edge of a knife, although the experiment reveals the actual resistance of the protective cover on the screen to a metallic sharp object like a knife. They have also used a mace-of which are used in the tiled floor-to check the pressure that holds the aluminum unibody HTC One This is the result, which you can see in the video below.

Results

Surprisingly, as we have our fellow Android Help , the surface of the back cover of the HTC One withstands the pressure exerted on it with the edge of the knife and keys. Although initially shows scratches, passing a cloth over the surface to remove residual alumina returns to its original appearance. The high resistance shown by the housing due to the treatment received by aluminum. The hardening process is based on anodized, a reaction that creates an oxide layer on the metal, in addition to prevent corrosion, increases the resistance of the material.

However, the damaged area itself is fine angled profile that blends computer side of the back cover. The passage of the knife and the keys themselves leaving samples metal sensitivity without treatment.
The last step in the test of resistance has been subjecting both the screen and the casing to the pressure exerted on the terminal with a mallet. As for the effects on the housing, no signs of dents. Regarding the screen, the protective layer of the type Gorilla Glass 2 shows once again that it is immune to both as mechanical scratches some pressure.

For the curious, then we offer you a HTC video which shows the process of making housing HTC One and all its intricacies.