Hardware Switch survives 1000 foot drop.

[Jonna]

https://gamingreinvented.com/news/nintendo-switch-survives-1000ft-fall/

There's a video for those who don't like to read, and for those who can't watch and don't like to read:
A switch attached to a drone was dropped once it hit 1000 feet in the air. It collides with the concrete ground with a devastating bounce and the left joy-con immediately breaks. The Switch is still able to turn on and the right joycon is okay.


Personally, I would have liked to see if the Switch could do everything, test reading microsd cards, game cards, wifi, etc. However, that is pretty cool, none the less.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

The left JoyCon probably took most of the impact. I think they got lucky. Still, that's pretty impressive.

 

[SamTheSaminator]

Why would someone want to drop a Switch from 1000 feet anyway?

 

[Social_Outlaw]

Why would someone want to drop a Switch from 1000 feet anyway?

Yeah it's not like it's an Nokia 3310 lol

 

[DeoNaught]

i thought they said that this was fake?

 

[CallmeBerto]

i thought they said that this was fake?

Do you have a link?

I saw a few news outlets saying it was legit.

 

[DeoNaught]

Do you have a link?

I saw a few news outlets saying it was legit.

there was this one http://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...t-really-survive-after-falling-1-000-feet.htm

but thats all i can find

 

[TheRedfox]

All the impact on a single joycon. If it would hit the front or the bottom/top the LCD would be borked.

 

[Bladexdsl]

awesome Nintendo can survive 1000 feet when shitty apple crap cant even survive a 1 foot drop. go Nintendo!

 

[Veho]

Why would someone want to drop a Switch from 1000 feet anyway?

Because the drone couldn't go any higher?

 

[Reecey]

Wow, that's quite amazing! seems funny though because the screen will scratch so easily going in and out of the dock but wont scratch from a 1000ft drop! I'm wondering now if Nintendo implemented this scratch screen/dock issue on purpose?

 

[Deleted User]

The actual drop happens at 2:02 in the video for anyone who wants to watch it without all the extra bullshit at the start.

 

[Ldaz]

there was this one http://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...t-really-survive-after-falling-1-000-feet.htm

but thats all i can find

Read the article and couldn't find any mention of the article stating it was fake.

 

[Deleted-401606]

https://gamingreinvented.com/news/nintendo-switch-survives-1000ft-fall/

There's a video for those who don't like to read, and for those who can't watch and don't like to read:
A switch attached to a drone was dropped once it hit 1000 feet in the air. It collides with the concrete ground with a devastating bounce and the left joy-con immediately breaks. The Switch is still able to turn on and the right joycon is okay.


Personally, I would have liked to see if the Switch could do everything, test reading microsd cards, game cards, wifi, etc. However, that is pretty cool, none the less.

Fake news.

 

[Jonna]

The actual drop happens at 2:02 in the video for anyone who wants to watch it without all the extra bullshit at the start.

You the real star.

 

[SamTheSaminator]

Because the drone couldn't go any higher?

But why would you want to drop test your Switch in the first place at all?

 

[ATofix]

I'm gonna replace the airbags in my car with a a few left joy-cons.

 

[Deleted User]

More like the joycons survived the fall. Try dropping the pure screen and dock 1000 feet from the air on concrete and see what happens.

 

[Jacklack3]

i don't see the video on techrax's channel