You probably thought I forgot to take apart the world's loudest smartphone,
but I indeed did not. We've definitely seen the outside. It did survive my durability
test. But today we're going to find out what's on the inside. Only costing $275,
I have had a lot of people ask where they might be able to buy this phone, and the answer
is on the internet. Speaking of which, huge thanks once again to Opera for sponsoring this video.
Opera is one of the OG web browsers from the dawn of the internet that's still around today.
It's free just like a regular browser, but also includes free ad blocking and a free VPN. You
know, a virtual private network that secures your internet traffic within the browser itself.
There's no need to download any additional apps or browser extensions. There's even no login, no
data limits, or payments of any kind. If we head back over to Amazon we see they do have the AGM H5
right here for $270. I can buy it of course, or I can save it to a pin board of phones I like,
or take a quick snapshot with the built in screen grabbing tool. Opera has this feature called pin
boards which makes it easy to group tabs together for research, or gathering websites for a group
project. I can keep my pin boards private or share them publicly. I'll share this particular pinboard
of smartphones that I've tested, or smartphones that I want to test down in the video description.
Personally though, I like the Opera speed dial, which is the first window that opens
when launching the Opera browser. It has all of my most visited websites in one convenient, clickable
spot. The Opera browser is free. I'll leave a link down in the description so you can try it out for
yourself. And now I think it's time we find what's on the inside of the AGM H5. Let's get started.
[Intro]
I'm still a little mind blown that this thing only costs $270,
but maybe we'll find a reason for that low price point on the inside.
Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing the inside of that large loud center mounted speaker,
as well as the exterior infrared night vision cameras. The AGM H5 is ip69 water resistant,
with no visible screws on the outside. So getting in is no easy process. Usually when
opening up a phone we can try by popping off the rear panel. But when a phone is this robust,
and ip69 sealed shut, it looks like we have to use the front door – the front screen door.
[Buh dum ching]
Not exactly my best work, but when opening a phone for the first time with no instructions,
sometimes one phone gets sacrificed so other future repairs can be successful.
Now that we know what it looks like and how it's attached, I could probably do this again without
the damage...probably...if I wanted. It's built very similarly to the Pixel series of phones,
where the screen is adhered to a plate on the midframe,
with one ribbon passing through that metal plate to connect to the motherboard.
You gotta admit though that the screen's diffuser looks pretty cool.
With one screw holding down the bracket over the ribbon cable removed, what's left of the screen is
now free and we can take out these 16 additional screws holding in the super solid midplate.
Not too shabby.
This thick plate is probably one of the reasons why the phone was rock solid during the durability
test. Plus the plate is also doubling as a massive heat sink for the processor. Next pops
out the battery, surprisingly only held in place with a metal bracket. No adhesive underneath.
There is some glue holding the battery to the metal bracket, but this method of attachment does
allow for easy separation, which is important when it comes time to recycle the phone, and that time
always does eventually come. Circuit boards have a bit of gold and other precious metals that can
be reclaimed. But it's a separate recycling process for the batteries. And this 7,000
milliamp hour battery can indeed be recycled. I'm hoping to make a video on that process very soon.
With 4 more screws holding down the USB-C charging port board,
we can lift it away exposing the littlest vibrator motor of all time.
This tiny guy is probably harvested from way back in the old flip phone days. To get to the speaker
it looks like we have to remove the motherboard, so I'll pop off a few of the ribbon connectors,
just like a little Lego and remove 5 more screws. And, of course, take out the SIM and expandable
memory card tray under its watertight flap. There is a sneaky little ribbon underneath,
but here is the motherboard with its thermal paste. Pretty common. What's uncommon though
is the massive 3.5 watt speaker protruding out the back of the phone. The speaker is held in place by
10 additional screws, and it's interesting when the parts separate we can see the waterproofing
gasket that seals the gap between the circular speaker and the frame. Not only sealing but
doubling as a cloudy diffuser for the LED lights that would pulse while playing music.
The speaker itself is made with rubber and plastic, about what we would expect on a $270
phone. Not quite the titanium and silk we saw inside of the Soundcore speaker we took apart
a while back. The speaker unit also has three rear cameras, including the infrared night vision
sensor. We can also see the infrared diode on the goldish square between the two camera units.
This is what emits the lightwaves outside of our normal visible spectrum.
But whose light is still visible to the camera sensor. So it'll show up illuminated on the screen
even though our eyes can't see the light itself. It's really good technology for security cameras.
Kind of a fun little phone. If you're looking for something cheap and unique,
AGM might be the way to go. Let me know what phone you want to see the insides of next down
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