Tour of Nokia's Testing Facility in San Diego
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Nokia has testing facilities world wide that ensure all their products get tested to their highest standards. Last week in San Diego we got a chance to check out the companies testing facilities. Sorry no Windows Phones where in sight which was a bummer. But this facility is one of the main facilities that handles Windows phone design and testing. so you could see we when to the birth place of windows phone.
at the San Diego facility we got to meet new Nokia America President Chris Weber, who gave us some insights as to what the facility did testing wise, looking at the mechanical aspects of a phone, the environmental as well as what causes defects to a said device and how that issue can be solved. Yes we did press for Windows Phone information, but as you would expect he was tight lipped about it and even hinted at what was confirmed by Microsoft Andy Lee that we will see Nokia Windows phones at Nokia World in the UK on Oct 26th. enjoy the video
The facility as I mentioned does testing in 3 phase:
Mechanical testing- This is where the phones are put through rigors of daily wear and tear, on the hinges, folds, camera shutter, and much more. Also testing its resistance and durability to drops and extreme forces
Environmental Testing: Here the devices are tested on the effect of extreme temperature both hot and cold, as well as water damage testing. Even to dust resistance, where the device is put into a bouncing box to is if dust enters inside the device.
Defect Analysis: This lab focuses and finding out the cause of a defect or where certain aspects of a device failed to meet Nokia's standards. Here they use, microscope to look a micro details in defects, 3D X-rays to analyze different failures and energy dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy to do a full element analysis of the materials used within a device.
Hope this gives you a good idea of what steps Nokia, takes in ensure their devices are of the highest quality standard.