- Drop test reveals the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s display isn’t as durable as Corning wants you to believe.
- When dropped face-down on concrete from a height of 6ft, its display cracked and became unresponsive.
- Its back panel also shattered when dropped, but the phone remained functional.
When Samsung unveiled its latest flagships late last month, it claimed that the top-of-the-line Galaxy S25 Ultra was the most durable Galaxy S series device to date. The company said its Gorilla Armor 2 display and back panel were more scratch-resistant and offered better drop protection than the first-gen Gorilla Armor on the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Corning even went so far as to claim that Gorilla Armor 2 could survive drops of up to 7.2ft onto a surface replicating concrete, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
We’ve already seen YouTuber JerryRigEverything’s durability test of the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which reveals that its display has a similar level of scratch resistance as its predecessor. Now, a drop test conducted by phone insurance provider Allstate Protection Plans shows that the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s Gorilla Armor 2 can’t survive a controlled drop from a height of 6ft onto a concrete surface.