Although somewhat muddled between Apple's eventual adoption of 5G and the return of MagSafe, the company is clearly proud of the ruggedness of its new iPhone 12. At the official launch, Apple claimed that the company's new material, dubbed Ceramic Shield, is "tougher than any smartphone glass" and is up to four times more likely to survive a drop than previous iPhones.

Since YouTube is YouTube, it should come as no surprise that someone is willing to put Apple's money where its mouth is. And while both the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro will eventually crack, you might be surprised at how aggressive you need to be with a new phone for it to be a real concern.

You can see the full test in the embedded video above, courtesy of EverythingApplePro, but for those who find it stressful to watch a $999 product take an unnecessary beating, here's the gist.

Dropped from waist height onto a concrete floor, the iPhone 12 has a small dent and the iPhone 12 Pro has a few scrapes, but nothing more serious than that. A drop from head height shows a SIM card tray popping out of the iPhone 12 Pro and a dead pixel line on the iPhone 12, but nothing that would render either unusable, which is a very encouraging start.

At this point, it's time to get out the ladder for the kind of punishment that thankfully most phones are unlikely to encounter during their lifespan: a drop from a height "as close to 10 feet as possible," and here we finally get to the point where you'll want to call an Apple Store for repair. A drop from the side will cause the iPhone 12's camera to stop working, and a drop from the back will bend the entire shape somewhat and crack both pieces of glass.

Surprisingly, however, the screen was intact in both of these tests, and the final crack in the iPhone 12 Pro's screen only occurred when it was dropped from a height of 10 feet from the display. Even more surprisingly, the iPhone 12 withstood the same tests unscathed.

Of course, there are too many variables involved to say that your iPhone 12 can reliably withstand a drop from a similar height. Contact with the ground at a slightly different angle could have a completely different effect, but equally encouraging.

And if you want something a little more scientific and reproducible, another YouTuber - MobileReviewsEh - has your back: using force meters from Apple's last two mobile devices, the video shows an iPhone 11 screen 352 Newtons of pressure to crack. The iPhone 12, on the other hand, cracks at 443 Newtons of pressure. This, as the channel says in the comments, "is tougher than most screen protectors I've used."

All of this is good news for those who want the latest Apple device in their pocket, and such buyers will not be disappointed. As we wrote in our 4-star iPhone 12 review, this device is "a serious step forward for the most popular iPhone."