Of all the tests we conduct when we review a phone, for some reason we’ve never checked to see how well a handset skips across a lake. But this guy has, officially ending the iPhone vs Android debate.
In his test he pitted the iPhone 4 against the HTC Desire HD to see which made for a better skipping stone. And lets just say packaging obviously wasn’t the only obscure detail Steve Jobs obsessed over. The iPhone 4 was the clear winner here, with the Desire HD fizzling out after just a couple of hops, which is very disappointing.
And yes, we’re pretty sure this video is all kinds of fake. But even if he’s just swapped out the real phones with dummy display models at the last minute, they still have the same form factor as their working counterparts. So these results aren’t completely dismissive. [YouTube via M.I.C. Gadget]
Antonia
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:15 AMI wouldn’t say the answer was clear cut. It looks like he botched the throwing of the htc.
Alex
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:27 PMI see some future on youtube to it …’but can it skip…?’
chrisp
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:53 PMSkip to 1:20. Less takin’ more throwin’, fella.
chrisp
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:54 PM*talkin* damnit.
tim
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 1:27 PMwho skips things backhand? what a waste! at least put a bit of flick on it, get some real bounce count going!
Nathan
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 3:43 PMI concur
Mike
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 1:50 PM…And that is why your drinking water is toxic and the fish have 6 eyes..
Jester
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 2:08 PMDamn, regretting my Galaxy Nexus purchase now :(
Marten
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 5:13 PMWhy cant a big asteroid hit earth and wipe all these stupid videos off the earth. Then maybe in a a few millions years a species that isn’t so stupid could have a chance.
Marek
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 5:36 AMYou’d think the DHD would win, as it’s got more of a curve to it, but I guess the camera on the back would make it bounce weird.
Jamie
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:48 AMWhich it did.
Kent
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 10:53 AMI’m at work, I have no audio, this gun looks fkn nuts.
Sylver
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 11:11 AMGot to be the first time I’ve seen a Chinese guy thouroughly enjoying himself.
Kris
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 12:15 PMThat was one of the most annoying videos.. hold the damn camera still and stop laughing.
DK Son
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 2:27 PMDo-maaaaaa