YouTubers test iPhone 8 durability by brutally destroying it in clever ways

iPhone liquid nitrogen test

Liquid nitrogen has a temperature of about negative 320 degrees Fahrenheit. For the sake of perspective, that’s just a smidgen warmer than the surface of Pluto. After the phone steeps in the liquid nitrogen for a few seconds, the back panel pops off and the screen goes blank. The host removes the phone from the bowl and gives it a little thaw with a heat gun and the phone actually turns on after a short delay and the display still responds to touch.

After a second dunking, the phone again turns on. The display still responds to touch albeit with a significant delay. Nonetheless, it looks like your iPhone 8 can withstand not one but two liquid nitrogen pool party mishaps and perhaps a quick jaunt around a space rock within the Kuiper Belt.

iPhone 8 ultimate destruction test

As the old adage goes, you never leave a job half done and YouTuber Jhasio YT certainly follows through on this credo until the iPhone 8 is pulverized into itty bitty pieces. The host chisels the iPhone 8 with a glass knife, crushes it with a hydraulic press, axes it, slugs the thing with a baseball bat, douses it in gasoline, sets it on fire, and even drowns it in Coca-Cola for good measure. And all of this is set to the cartoonish score of Giuseppe Verdi’s three-act opera La Traviata. This YouTuber even went through the motions of cooking an egg on the back of the iPhone 8 using only the heat produced by the internal battery because apparently that can be done. Go crazy, folks. Can your Android do that? Probably.

iPhone 8 scratch test

If there’s one person out there who knows how to strategically obliterate a gadget in a myriad of ways, it’s YouTube sensation TechRax, and now that there’s a new iPhone to be murdered, our boy is back to doing what he does best. TechRax performs a series of test to see just how rugged the latest iPhone iteration really is. He stabs it, beats it to death with a hammer, and even slices and dices the phone like julienne fries until the thing is annihilated. We can only hope the judge takes it easy on him, this is obviously a crime of passion.

iPhone 8 bend test

In this destruction video, EverythingApplePro attempts to bend both an iPhone 7 and an iPhone 8 to juxtapose the durability of each. In just a matter of seconds, the host breaks the iPhone 7 in half — even bending the lithium ion battery — and then humblebrags that he underestimated his own strength. However, he is eventually humbled by the iPhone 8. After many uncomfortable grunts and heaves, the iPhone 8 is left unbent and unscathed despite his most valiant efforts. Get your reps up, EverythingApplePro.

iPhone 8 water test

In this video, Mrwhosetheboss runs the iPhone 8 through a number of tests to gauge its alleged IP67 water-resistant rating. He dunks the device in water at various depths for different increments of time and, in the end, it appears as though Apple’s IP67 rating is actually a little conservative. Do with that information as you please.