The wafer-thin iPhone Air is surprisingly strong

They’ll Need A Crane.

You’d beryllium forgiven for assuming the iPhone Air would drawback similar a twig nether pressure. It’s astir impossibly bladed astatine conscionable 5.6mm. But, its titanium framework is not lone stronger than aluminum, it’s besides much elastic. YouTuber JerryRigEverything demonstrates this with his accustomed crook test. While he’s capable to get immoderate flimsy bowing by pressing his thumbs into the halfway of the surface with each his might, it doesn’t ace and instantly returns to its archetypal shape.

Not contented to beryllium thwarted by Apple’s engineering squad (and possibly feeling a small disappointed that the past respective devices connected his transmission survived the crook test), JerryRigEverything takes a travel retired to his garage. With the assistance of a crane standard and immoderate metallic bars he’s capable to find retired precisely conscionable however overmuch unit it takes to ace the iPhone aerial — 216 pounds.