Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown

Re:Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown by jlgreco on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @04:03PM (#5215648)

I don't know, it kind of sounds like without glue a lot of the kinetic energy from the fall was dropped into popping the phone apart. Were it not able to fail in a reversible fashion like that, there is a chance it could have broken in a worse way.

It has always seemed to me that phones with removable batteries that go flying when the phone gets dropped are likely inherently more robust for that reason. Crumple-zones for phones.

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Re:Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown by Cushman on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @04:13PM (#5215709)

Yeah, I started wondering about that immediately after posting. Not curious enough to try it again, though :)

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Re:Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown by sliverstorm on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @05:09PM (#5216014)

You don't have to use an epoxy that dries as hard as cement. Many glues are springy, which could absorb shock without having to come apart.

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