Always On - Torture-test highlights: iPad gets dunked in liquid nitrogen!

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Molly Wood and Brian Tong host an extreme torture test at CES in Las Vegas. See highlights from our 9-foot-tall ladder drop test and liquid nitrogen wild card test.

[@amorgankuhlmann]

This related to real life situations we be like YEA LETS DIP OUR PHONES IN LIQUID NITROGEN!

[@AarronAndersonPhotography]

wow man I thought there was a spider on my screen

[@erickgarza3011]

For some reason you guys are better at youtube videos than the real news on andriod which is basiclly the IPhone app.

[@spottedstar1123]

I feel like all the torture you guys have done on the iPad Mini, it only survives through chance. In my experience, one drop, 3.5 ft high WITH a case means the screen shatters, and it's shattered enough that it needs to be replaced.

[@milesxedward]

spottedstar1123 nah! ipad is the strongest of the ALL!

[@Mr16thPrestige]

Call Indiana Jones. Fridges with led in them are old-school. Just pad yourself with iPads, you'll survive 3 nukes for sure.

[@TurkishStyles52]

8:14 sounds like the surface is screaming haha xD

[@SimonLYW]

The thing was frozen for 2 hours, baked at 400 degrees for half an hour, had things dropped on the screen, covered with water, dropped, dipped in liquid nitrogen and then dropped from 9ft and still worked! I'd consider that a pass

[@Leuel48Fan]

Actually its better than the screen cracking. The back more like "popped" open instead of breaking. Looks reversable, maybe a couple connection checks but hey, no need to replace any hardware most probably...

[@salooo7e]

iPad is unbelievable, no one can deny it

[@KanwarAnand]

Is Sprint a good carrier?

[@Sw4nk]

no, it has bad reception most places. Verizon is the best in my opinion.

[@DilshadNajeeb]

321 below 0 is impossible in celsius. Theoretically, the minimum possible temperature is -273 degrees celsius. Its actually -321 degrees fahrenheit

[@baber523]

"dumb idiot." anyone who uses two words that mean the exact same thing to describe someone doesn't have the right to call anyone an idiot.

[@timothyln12]

I don't see myself putting my iPad mini in any of these situations, but it's good to know iPads are incredibly durable.

[@Joreus]

Could you possibly ask for anything more from a device than all the things they did to it? And it still worked?

[@limjovert]

what do you guys do with the gadgets afterwards?

[@Gucc802]

OMFG IPAD 3 IS AMAZING

[@MARCELO2756]

does the touch pad of the ipad still works

[@4nto418]

Most computers (including phones and tablets) won't boot if you leave them in liquid nitrogen for too long because they will get too cold to conduct the electricity properly (they become supraconductors). It's called the cold boot temperature.

[@THR33SIXX3MPYR]

Ballistic doesn't mean complete protection.......the word ballistic or ballistics refers to some sort of projectile. In a phone case its referring to a drop. So they're not supposed to shield the phone, just save it from drop damage.

[@thousandyenlight]

why couldn't you drop the kindle paperwhite?

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Wasn't that ipad black before why is it white now

[@Nkha6506]

iPad 3 performed like a boss

[@THAMON111]

no drop at the end?

[@syxmax2000]

Dude, almost everything would crack if you dip it in liquid nitrogen and drop it from 9 feet. Even a rose cracked like glass!

[@HockeyAirsoft20]

i cant believe i just watched that whole thing

[@sdjokr1]

I'm not too sure about the fairness of the nexus 7 test...

[@NilsMueller]

can you hear the cracking? screen cracks and blinded for life from glass shard

[@TheCatFan21]

Apparently didn't think to turn on the device before the power button was frozen in place, either. Would've been much cooler waiting for the screen to turn off, and then seeing if the screen still worked if it didn't.

[@Zainab-ce2eh]

Good job pale ur the best

[@billymays9190]

I can't believe the iPad survived.

[@NilsMueller]

yes. i totoally agree. for the other devices that would have been a fail

[@Beezzzzy_]

I cannot believe the iPad wouldn't shut off!!! Thats amazing!

[@shoulders-of-giants]

Gosh that was all so terribly awkward.

[@timf6974]

you should do the torture test the ipod touch 4th gen

[@Gamermonkeytech]

I wish I can take everything they drop before and the charger. And cable

[@wouterkonecny]

It's not all about hardware. It's software too. Now I used both, Android and iOS, and Android only feels as "smooth" as iOS when there is like 2x the CPU/GPU power in a device.

[@radzs9939]

Ahh memories

[@TheFabytm]

Ipad-new Nokia 3310:))

[@bighomieZO]

iPad 3 is the most durable mobile device? Mind blown.

[@juliettemoschetti]

Watching this on my 1 day old iPad mini 3

[@mataslt]

Best job ever...

[@chrischoy9]

She never threw the N7 to the floor. The only thing she threw was the rugged Galaxy phone

[@bbenich]

At that point they were trying to destroy it, and since it was still able to power on, it is a definite pass.

[@ryanharris457]

I own that phone. To turn it on u have to hold the power button for a good 5 seconds. Not a short press for other phones like she did

[@skifree0]

you expect a device to be fully functional after those conditions, your crazy.

[@killerrs4life]

Why do people think wearing gloves when playing with liquid nitrogen is safe? It's actually more dangerous than going about it bare handed. If the liquid nitrogen soaks into the glove, you're screwed. Have fun with your frostbite. Though if you touch liquid nitrogen bare handed, you're protected by the leidenfrost effect for at least a few seconds. If you don't know that the leidenfrost effect is, look it up. There's my random annoying lecture.

[@TheKing-km5ie]

How did it survive survive?!?!? it was put in liquid nitrogen and it still survive the fall?!?!?

[@TheKing-km5ie]

Dbpsvita linker I have no clue

[@110frogs]

the iPad was already cracked before it went into the nitrogen...

[@mohamadabdul7107]

Love your sneaker @BrianTong Bred 11s were MJ favorite shoe to wear suits in #wow

[@jalene150]

No Molly you didn't drop the iPad mini in Paris. You slammed it down

[@Gamer24Hours]

The iPad is a beast!

[@KitKat-ve2em]

How?

[@ryanharris457]

The droid RAZR HD btw

[@bailzer01]

He was dropping all of them high that 9 feet it had to have been 12 feet with him holding it high

[@TheTerr0rbyte]

Yes I agree iOS may be a bit old, but it is still much more stable than Android.

[@cheri0901416]

Yeah!! Now I can put my ipad in liquid nitrogen! Yeah! What's the point?

[@zlerner716]

the spirit of steve jobs lives in the ipad !!

[@Pizzaguy100TV]

the ipad survived in liquid nirogen and dropped :D

[@fenglee3408]

iPad still shatters

[@sargentapplepie7099]

I have a iPad mini 2 that has a smashed screen and I dropped it face down @ waist hight & it was my best gadget I have and a computer

[@frostbitepokin9520]

Ok iPad survives a lot of stuff can you try putting it into hot water?

[@Bigbadpav]

But will it blend?!

[@MrHohum9]

holy shit the Ipad is a god among all electronics. sheesh its a survivor.

[@GamerDomey]

5:51 I did not expect that!!!

[@SimonLYW]

They make more from doing this than the value of the items they're destroying

[@MrMaxcrime]

10:39 321° below zero?? Go home, Celsius, you're drunk.

[@thebossforyears]

The real question is: Will it blend ?

[@davvvideos]

Pretty sure I saw Jonathan Strickland in that video.

[@iamaunicorn5043]

Yeah my iPod 4 I think I've dropped like 10000000 times I drop my iPad mini once JUST ONCE and it cracks!

[@SimonBerdes3756]

yes, in this test it is indeed "impressive" but, with the money you are spending on an nexus you can get a life proof case and still pay less then an iPad. (prone to damage).

[@SignedAdam]

Amazing, that ipad is amazing

[@vincentmskwok]

Oh that iPad is just ridiculous!!

[@mechanicalfluff]

hah, he still needs to be on a step to be the same height as molly. CNET, get Tong a stool.

[@andyandrewnones]

she dropped the non apple products way harder

[@zakeryma]

Tong has bred 11

[@StreetSoldier00]

Why?? :(

[@JarsAor]

it was only a second difference.

[@Degarem]

Do an imac droptest!

[@KuyaJames724]

My Ipad mini fell many times and it's still alive!

[@SimonBerdes3756]

no, We don't hate apple. We just hate the people who try to make apple feel supeior in all ways.

[@syxmax2000]

iPad is a real fighter

[@vuurwerkgast1]

Wow didnt know the ipad is so durable

[@yourlocalarab7995]

Watching this on my iPad Air 2

[@elodienicole9545]

By them swapping on the ladder it doesn't make it a fair treat

[@dtpett]

IT TURNED ON!!!!!! ALL CRACKED AND FROZEN

[@demetri22]

Didn't need this video to tell us that nexus products are cheap

[@jacksoneaker1370]

Wow,just wow

[@KonkelVonk]

i dropped my I Pad 3 from shoulder height and the glass shattered.

[@woodenpickaxegaming]

Because I am going to totally drop my phone in liquid nitrogen...

[@110frogs]

the iPad had a crack on it from

[@MRnewvegas1]

Thought chuck was Brian tong for a second.

[@dpv4810]

"uuuuh, look at the bubbles"

[@danielsnook1529]

That ipad is f-ing tough!!!!!!

[@Multi1Vids]

Ipad just cant be killed! Lol Amazing xD

[@dllndvs]

tong rocking bred 11's???

[@MADDGAMMER]

iPad 3 is amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NASCARandcheese1]

That ipad is a boss

[@EdgarGomez05]

That iPad is awesome.

[@Crisstian95]

This ipad just blows me away man it survived after all. Im so happy with all my apple products right now :)) APPLE

[@AlexJWalton]

Thank God you didn't do the drop test with a Nokia...