AppleTrack's iPhone Duo drop test separates cracks from failure
Sam Kohl's concrete-side comparison with the iPhone 18 Pro Max produces early camera damage and a surprisingly persistent outer screen.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 151,758 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (11,051).
iPhone Duo Drop Test! BETTER Than iPhone 18 Pro?
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- 0:40Both phones remain functional after waist-height side drops, though the Pro Max's aluminum shows scuffs.
- 2:00A waist-height back drop cracks the Duo's corner glass and a camera lens.
- 6:33Shoulder-height drops worsen the Duo's exterior damage while its inner screen remains functional.
- 10:04A higher drop disables touch on the Duo's inner display and shatters the Pro Max's screen.
- 14:28After the final high drop, the Duo's cracked outer screen still boots and responds to touch.
- 15:00Kohl distinguishes the Duo's fragile glass exterior from the unexpected endurance of its displays.
The damage comes early. A waist-height drop cracks the iPhone Duo's corner glass and a camera lens; another cracks its outer display glass. Yet looking broken and becoming unusable turn out to be different milestones in AppleTrack's latest test.
Sam Kohl puts the folding Duo alongside the iPhone 18 Pro Max on concrete in Sydney, starting with everyday dropping heights before escalating to a bridge and a much higher final fall. The video has drawn about 120,000 views in fifteen hours, an unusually fast start for AppleTrack.
The contrast is more interesting than a simple toughness verdict. The Duo's exterior suffers quickly, while its folding inner screen survives the early rounds intact. Later, that inner display loses touch functionality. But the cracked outer screen keeps working even after the Pro Max has become unusable, and still responds after the final drop.
Kohl's conclusion is that the Duo's exposed glass makes it vulnerable externally, even though its screens show more endurance than the initial damage suggests. This is a sequence of repeated drops, not a guarantee of what either phone will survive in a single accident.
The video includes a sponsored segment for shopping app Whatnot.
In the comments, viewers ask for a bend test, recall the older era of phone-drop videos and draw their own distinction between shattered glass and a device that still works. For a channel whose recent uploads have examined event rumors and smart-home products, this one trades the announcement slides for damaged hardware.
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What viewers say
Miss the ole drop test days. Nostalgic
@EyemJoeSee it on YouTubeMissed opportunity. I wanted to see a bend test.
@joshuaschubert6276See it on YouTubeGlass is glass, and glass does what glass does when dropped repeatedly lol
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I really hate when I drop my iPhone off the side of a bridge
@TechOutSee it on YouTubeyears ago, this is video is the reason why you got my sub. you have not disappointed me since. thanks for thissssss!!!
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- Channel
- AppleTrack
- Subscribers
- 599,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 654,968
- Channel views, pace per day
- 40,219 (on a normal day: 127,260)
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 119,902 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 151,758
The numbers
The drop test is drawing views much faster than AppleTrack's usual opening pace. Its first-day estimate is separate from the views it has already received.
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