With the today’s launch of the iPhone 5, a number of companies are performing benchmarks and tests on the new iPhone. It is common practice to perform a series of drop tests with any new iPhone to find out how well it withstood the common falls.

Android Authority ^[1] posted a video comparing iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3 in a drop test. The report said:

“The hard aluminum shell of the iPhone 5 withstood the impact pretty well, and the glass protecting the display remained intact. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S3 predictably lost its back cover and suffered damage to the casing and the front glass. Sad, sad, sad”.

iFixYouri also published ^[2] a video showing their own drop test in which they tested dropping the new iPhone from different heights.