(whooshing noise)
Whats up YouTube. I had a couple people suggest that I attempt my Nexus 6p bend video a second
time. There seemed to be some question on whether the lighter compromised the structural
integrity of the phone before it snapped in half. So I figured it is only fair if we did
the test over again! Everyone needs an expensive hobby right?
So... It's really easy to jump on YouTube and pretend to make a bend test video where your
phone 'survives'. Having an honest, comprehensive, durability testing system is a bit harder
to find. Just like cars have safety ratings, phones should be tested for durability. And
that is where I come in. I am equally prejudice against all devices. It either survives my
tests... or it doesn't. I've done tests on all of the recent flagships so far, and most phones
survived... only two phones so far... have not.
So, lets jump in to the Nexus 6p..... again.
As a side note, if you have problems seeing any of the logos on the phones, go ahead and
bump up your video quality to 1080p.
Or you know... maybe it's time to just upgrade your monitor.
There are 3 fatal structural flaws in the Nexus 6P.
Down here at the bottom of the phone,
there is a aluminum mid frame inside the phone that is supposed to add rigidity to the device.
And it does... kinda... the flaw is that the aluminum frame is not actually screwed in,
or attached to the back housing of the 6P. They are completely free floating separate
entities. So the aluminum frame is just chillin' down there inside of the device.
The only thing holding the aluminum mid-frame to the rear of the phone is a super
thin piece of glass on top of the device, right here at the bottom,
and a few plastic dove tail joints inside...
And even though it is Gorilla Glass 4, the glass is not designed to structurally adhere
aluminum chunks together. Luckily, you guys will be able to see the plastic dovetail joints
I am talking about in just a few seconds.
The second design flaw- in combination with the first, is the thinness of the side walls
on the 6P rear aluminum back. If the aluminum back and mid-frame were solidly screwed together,
the thinness wouldn't be an issue. But since the mid-frame freely floats right out of the
rear frame when its bending, the side walls of the rear frame become super worthless all
by their lonesome.
The third flaw is that the absolute weakest point of the phone is right here
by the power button.
The battery stops here, and the motherboard stops here. There is such a small bit of aluminum
holding this together, its insane. This allows for the perfect kinking point in the
middle of the phone.
Now, before I start, I just want to reiterate that if you treat your phone nice, You'll
have zero problems with it bending. Especially if you have it in a case. But remember that
smartphones are the most accidentally abused pieces of equipment on the planet. You sit
on it, accidentally drop it, step on it, It is important to know how durable it is before you buy it.
Cars have a safety rating for a reason. It's good to know what to expect before you buy
it. Nobody plans on wrecking their car, but its good to know its safe if you do.
Lets find out what we can expect from the Nexus 6P.
So let me show you those small dovetail joints I was talking to you about before.
You can see right here, this is the free floating aluminum back that I was talking about.
Luckily, I have another phone here with the same issue. Weird how
that works huh.
You wanna know where I learned about dovetail joints? My high school beginners woodworking
class. Must have been a brainstorming amateur hour at Huawei when they suggested joining
aluminum and plastic with a woodworking joint.
Down here at the bottom of the phone,
you can see here are the tiny little plastic dovetails that are supposed to keep the phone intact.
Remember that any positive things anyone has ever said about this phone, is probably still
true! Just because it has one fatally significant hardware flaw doesn't make it a terrible
phone. Just treat it nicer than you normally would.
There are phones that bend in half... and there are phones that don't bend in half.
The Nexus 6P is just one of the phones that bend in half.
My buddy Max Lee, has a channel – High on android. And he did a rather interesting bend
test video. If you haven't seen it yet, definitely go check out his channel. He put 90 pounds
of pressure right on top of the Nexus 6P. It was super lucky that his bend test rig
sat right on top of the dove tail joint and kept it pinched together during the test.
Otherwise he would have lost his phone as well. Lucky guy. Not as lucky as me though!
I am now the proud owner of two Nexus 6Ps.
Durability test videos like this one are not a waste of time. They are what spark changes
in the cell phone industry. If nobody caught flaws... improvements would never be
made.
I bet Google never uses this plastic dovetail joint again.
Here is the other flaw I was talking about. Right here next to the power button is the weakest piece of aluminum
holding this phone together. The motherboard is on this chunk, of the device, the battery is on this chunk of the device
And the aluminum in the middle is the perfect bending point between the two.
Here is another look at those dovetail joints that are supposed to be connecting the back plastic piece
To the aluminum midframe. And here is the front glass that is also supposed to be holding the whole phone together.
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("Let me show you the small dove tail joints I was talking about before".)