You've no doubt seen the headline: "Motorola Razr fails folding test, doesn't last up to 28,000 folds". Or something in that vein. Yes, the new Motorola Razr did perform terribly at that test, but what if the test itself was inherently unfair?
https://www.notebookcheck.net/CNET-s-Motorola-Razr-test-was-flawed-and-the-results-proffer-no-tangible-deductions.453256.0.html
Yeah Moto's test is too easy on the phone, most flips would definitely be initiated on one side of the device, depending on which hand is operating(don't tell me this can't be opened or closed with one hand), and people would let the device snap shut with momentum, not carefully guide it all the way.
I disagree. Motorola's folding test seems rigorous enough. See you have to handle any electronics with care. Even regular smartphones aren't protected for example from being dropped on the floor. How many times and easily the glass cracks or shatters when you drop a phone. But if you take care of it properly and don't use it too roughly, it should last a good long while.
Thank you for posting a more factual article about it. The only thing I saw wrong was how much they folded it. It looked like it was almost closed each time until they took it off that final time. But it definitely has to be how the machine was made. It wasn't made for the razr
The CNET FoldBot has the Razr "gripped" or mounted in an un-natural folding pattern. It was subjecting the device to other such torsional forces with every "open-close" action. The device should have failed much earlier than expected. CNET only provided that harsh usage will lead to failure way earlier than expected. So watch those instructional videos.
Motorola's flip-test machine opens & closes the device by only having 1-section of the phone mounted so the other section can freely more - as it would in all other real-life operations. The only concern is how "softly" it closes the Razr each time.
Every device has it's "breaking point". The Razr, G-Fold, etc weren't made to be indestructible but they aren't fragile like crystal either. Accidents will happen - a drop, fall, or some handling will indeed break any device.