This is how verizon tortures (tests) Phones and Phablets

We know Verizon does everything possible to test its network of field - but it turns out that the vehicle is also quite difficult for all devices offered. Located in the cozy Bedminster, New Jersey is Verizon laboratories where new phones Submit a battery of techniques of creative torture - and have seen what Samsung and Apple put their own devices through - to ensure they are making snuff. If they survive, they do so in the company network. Otherwise, they are sent back from whence they came (with lots of notes to the manufacturer). And if you were wondering, yes, Verizon does its best to recreate all the silly ways we destroy our phones. A unique work of the testing machine is dropping phones feet high in almost all angles. (We also learned that phablets get tested only a half meter

source Engadget

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