El Apple Watch Sport makes a notable difference from his brothers Watch y Watch EditionIts screen, which, unlike the latter two, protected by sapphire glass, has a reinforced Ion-X glass screen, however, this characteristic of the most economical model, presents an incredible resistance, perhaps, greater than we had thought.
Watch Sport, resistant for regular use
As they remind us from MacRumors, a video appeared earlier this month showing the incredible scratch resistance of the cover of the sapphire crystal display used in the Apple Watch stainless steel and the luxurious Apple Watch Edition. Now another video claims to show the scratch resistance of the cover of the Ion-X glass display used in the most economical Apple Watch Sport.
The video that we show you below has been created by Lewis Hilsenteger, from Unbox Therapy, and in it he uses covers of Ion-X crystal from Sonny Dickson which have been acquired as parts of other devices presented in the past and on which it is stated that it is the same Ion-X used by Apple Watch Sport.
As you can see, Hilsenteger submits the Ion-X crystal to a key, a knife, a steel scissors and various different items in order to try to damage it. These tests are available from minute 2:30 of the video, in case you want to go directly to it.
While this Ion-X glass is easily resistant to stainless steel keys, knives and scissors, Hilsenteger is able to scratch the glass significantly with the help of sandpaper, that is, although the Apple Watch Sport Ion-X glass display will withstand, or should withstand, the daily wear and tear of normal use, yes scratch possible in extreme conditions.
Obviously, the sapphire crystal of the other two models of the Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it does withstand this same test since sapphire is much more resistant, only surpassed by diamond, however this does not imply that the Sports Watch and its Ion-X screen is not resistant enough, we repeat, in normal daily use, although if you want to do the test after paying the € 399 it costs, you know what will happen 😉
The use of less expensive materials such as aluminum and Ion-X glass in the Apple Watch Sport They would thus have had the clear intention of the Cupertino company to be able to offer a more affordable and entry-level model ($ 349 compared to the $ 549 for Apple Watch) which, in fact, has been the subject of the vast majority of reservations made. since last April 10.
SOURCE | MacRumors
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