What is the force needed to crush/break a cell phone by squeezing it?

[Eseseso]

Like what is done here.

 

[Eseseso]

Bump

 

[Jason_Courne]

Well the frame of a phone is made of various aluminum alloys, typically either a magnesium-aluminum alloy or a titanium-aluminum alloy

 

[Eseseso]

Well the frame of a phone is made of various aluminum alloys, typically either a magnesium-aluminum alloy or a titanium-aluminum alloy

So what's the force for phone with either alloy being crushed from its two sides like in the link above?

 

[Jason_Courne]

So what's the force for phone with either alloy being crushed from its two sides like in the link above?

Apparently it takes about 70 to 130 pounds of force to slightly bend a phone depending on the model

 

[Eseseso]

Apparently it takes about 70 to 130 pounds of force to bend a phone like that (depending on the model of the phone)

Thanks.

But does that include crushing the frame from its 2 sides, or just crushing/bending the screen from above?

 

[Jason_Courne]

But does that include crushing the frame from its 2 sides, or just crushing/bending the screen from above?

That's for bending the phone, it looked more like he bent the phone rather than straight up crushed it

 

[Eseseso]

That's for bending the phone, it looked more like he bent the phone rather than straight up crushed it

Ok, that's fair.

Thanks.

 

[Eseseso]

That's for bending the phone, it looked more like he bent the phone rather than straight up crushed it

Do you have any idea what the LS for this would be?

 

[Jason_Courne]

Do you have any idea what the LS for this would be?

I'd probably put it around above average maybe athletic human since he crushed it so easily

 

[Eseseso]

I'd probably put it around above average maybe athletic human since he crushed it so easily

Any number in particular?

Also I looked online after we spoke and found it to be like 200-300lbs of force IIRC (I can find the link in a bit).

 

[Jason_Courne]

Ok so I found this video where a guy uses a 3,500 pound-force winch to completely crush a phone into a ball lengthwise
So Class 1 might be a good ballpark for completely crushing a phone

 

[Eseseso]

Ok so I found this video where a guy uses a 3,500 pound-force winch to completely crush a phone into a ball lengthwise
So Class 1 might be a good ballpark for completely crushing a phone

Ok, thanks!

That does look similar to what happened in the OP.