Breaking the iPad Screen / Digitizer - by iResQ

We cracked the screen on the iPad for educational purposes. As you can see, it did not take much of a drop onto a smooth concrete surface to crack the screen / digitizer.

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Science & Technology

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[instructorarmijo]

Is there a noticeable difference between a new iPad and an iPad that has had it's glass/digitizer replaced?

[iresqvideo]

@instructorarmijo No, there shouldn't be.

[ChmarrCheetah]

The screen is actually VERY tough... you have to strike it in "just" the right way to have it break. Drop it onto carpet or anything with ANY kind of give and its usually just fine. Note that, here, they dropped it onto a bare concrete floor, the deceleration there was probably in excess of 100G.

I've dropped mine 2 times, about 4 feet to our office floors, which are thinly carpetted + underlay. Not a single scratch.

Hey guys... how many takes did this take before it actually smashed? :)

[iresqvideo]

@ChmarrCheetah First take. This is the only time we tried to break one purposely. The idea was to drop it from a short distance, if it did not break then drop it from a greater distance until it broke. But it broke the first time.

All I can tell you is that we receive these broken every single day :)

[woleksy1997]

It' stupid!!!

[whiteknight2344]

Yeah the new device that evryone wants BUT CANT AFFORD

[KoreanClownWalk]

@DylanThomas1993

Deceleration is a word, but it's the same as Accelerating isn't it? lol Sorry I'm starting to learn this now and had to comment.

[ICUC007]

@SmellsLikeUpDawgg I need one like that. Good one !

[superpup2255]

i was going ot get 2 of those but i chose a latop lol xD

im thinkingnext tiem il get one

[DylanThomas1993]

@ChmarrCheetah deceleration isn't a word, even if there isn't a red squiggly line under it.

[samurphy]

@ChmarrCheetah Additionally, that's not technically the "screen" that cracked, as most people mean the LCD when they say "screen". The LCD is protected and is fully intact after this impact (ON TO CONCRETE). What is broken is the input device, the digitizer, which senses the touch inputs. This piece is still a little pricey, at around $75, but still not that expensive in the event that it breaks. PS: the iPad is an expensive piece of kit, treat it with respect and it won't take falls!

[jaredandbrad]

you dropped it like one foot and it broke