Remember when we discovered that the iPad 2 glass was about 27% thinner than iPad 1?  The natural assumption was that the iPad 2 would be weaker than iPad 1 when it came to its glass front end.  The iPhone repair experts at iFixyouri wanted to test that theory…

There you have it.

The experiments at their Boston iPhone repair shop included multiple drop tests with various items.  Nothing broke the glass.

 

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