Apple

Reliability Testing Labs

Only the tough survive

ASSIGNMENT

Apple strives to provide consumers with an experience of enduring quality through electronic products that have become integral to our lives.

Apple products are known for their reliability and longevity because the company rigorously tests each product and component to ensure high levels of performance and durability. Apple’s Reliability Labs continuously tests innovative materials, design methodologies and finished products based on the physics of failure and expected user behaviors to validate product reliability.


SOLUTION

Apple asked us to document a few examples of its reliability testing process to help inform new employees during orientation. What we discovered was a fascinating, kinetic ballet of test machines, product torture chambers and drop tests that inspired us to orchestrate the process with a fun, robotic music track.

Mechanical test rigs pressing buttons in Apple's Reliability Lab
Finger pressing the drop button on a reliability test machine in an Apple Reliability Lab
Apple Watch on a drop machine in a reliability test chamber
Robotic fingers testing a keyboard in Apple's Reliability Lab
Extreme close up of water droplets in an Apple iPhone water resistance test
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