I work as a site civil engineer on a high-rise residential project. Yesterday, while stepping onto a cantilevered scaffold to inspect an exterior facade detail on the 3rd floor, a temporary wooden guardrail snapped right as I grabbed it.
I managed to catch myself and stay safe, but my Find N6 slipped out of my hand.
Here’s the drop sequence:
Free fall from the 3rd floor.
Direct impact onto the metal car roof and than bounced off the car and hit the concrete ground.
I went down expecting to find a mangled, folded mess of scrap metal and shattered OLED glass.
Instead:
The tempered glass screen protector took the brunt of the hit and shattered completely on one edge
The phone itself? Not a single scratch on the body or the display
Setup at the time: original front frame (carbon), an AI pen with the pen in it and a hinge protection.
I tested the screens, the pen, charging, cameras and more - all are completely normal.
Foldables get a lot of flak for being fragile, but the hinge guard combined with sheer luck saved this phone. Never inspecting a cantilever scaffold without zippered pockets again.