Behind the scenes of the Ultrasecret laboratory of Apple in Ireland, the iPhone torture center

The control panel indicates the cabin temperature: 60 ° C. A few moments later, it drops drastically to – 20 ° C. Inside, a row of iMac is apparently suffering without suffering this extreme treatment. When you end the experience and open the door, they instantly cover with frost, offering our eyes the curious spectacle of a series of blocks of ice. A few meters away, an iPhone undergoes the insistent pressures of a small hammer covered with fabric, at different points of its screen. Once, a hundred times, a thousand times … The same movement is reiterated, sometimes with addition of water, sometimes dust. The Dynamic Contact Test experience thus aims to identify the potential flaws of a touch screen in common use. In total, 10,000 iPhone units are mercilessly martyred through around fifty tests, for a period of one to two years, before the marketing of a new model.

We had the opportunity …