Nexus 7 Destroys iPad Mini in Drop Test [VIDEO]
By Emily Price | Mashable – Fri, Nov 2, 2012
The iPad mini hit stores Friday, and the folks at SquareTrade are back with a video of what the tablet does when it hits somewhere else: the pavement.
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The group dropped an iPad mini, Nexus 7, and iPad 3 onto concrete and into water to see how they survive.
Each tablet was dropped from the SquareTrade “drop bot” to ensure that each was dropped the same way.
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When dropped on its corner, the iPad mini survived with minimal damage to just the corner where it came in contact with the pavement. The Nexus 7 screen cracked on the edge of the screen, and theiPad 3 took a serious beating, cracking in a number of places on the screen.
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