Here's what happens to a phone that's run over by a tank

Do you know what MIL-STD-810G means? Well, LG does. It’s a standard that a phone needs to pass in order to be called rugged enough for use in military. LG flaunted the fact that a third party lab had found the V10 to be MIL-STD-810G Transit Drop Compliant. The LG V10 has a stainless steel frame and looks pretty much like any of other smartphone in the market today. So, YouTuber Digiato decided to put the V10’s sturdiness to the test, going into rugged conditions and while he started with standard drop tests on the road, the final test includes a tank rolling over the LG V10. Did it survive? Watch the video below to find out.

Well, as you can see, the LG V10 didn’t survive the tank test, but then, did you really expect it to do so? Come on now, military conditions don’t really mean surviving being run over by a tank! What’s surprising though is that the V10 also broke quite easily in the standard drop tests, which makes you reconsider the original MIL-STD-810G certification from a ‘third party lab’. While Digiato may have added the tank just for kicks, it does bring to fore an important and serious point.

LG happily flaunted the V10’s sturdiness, but hey, the screen is still a smartphone’s weakest aspect and somehow, no matter how tough the company says a phone is, the screen may still break when you least expect it. Even Motorola’s Moto X Force, launched in India recently, doesn’t come with a 100% guarantee that the screen can’t break. In fact, we’ll take this opportunity to inform you that you should still be careful with such a phone. While the Moto X Force may not break, its screen can be dented when put to above average duress.

If you’re still wondering what MIL-STD-810G certification means, here’s a link explaining the same. LG had also promoted the V10's sturdiness through a video earlier.