Gadgetory

each of these three items has one thing in common sapphire pure synthetic sapphires one of the hardest minerals on the planet usually falling at an eight or a nine on Mohs scale of hardness right below the hardness level of diamonds while regular clear glass and clear sapphire might look the same on the outside they're actually made from entirely different materials T so a watch manufacturer uses sapphire instead of glass on their premium watches this makes sense from a durability perspective because the Sapphire will remain scratch free forever unless your watch is coming in contact with diamonds on a regular basis of course glass would be cheaper to manufacture but it also scratches at level five or six sapphire is much more expensive to make but its hardness level and scratch resistance makes it very appealing for use in high-end gadgets and electronics HTC recently released a special deluxe sapphire version of their HTC u ultra with a sapphire crystal display this sapphire version of the ultra is being slowly rolled out to multiple countries at the moment and somehow dbrand managed to score me one of the early ones for my tests so thanks for the pink phone guys I appreciate it if you can overlook a few missing features and a lack of a headphone jack the HTC u ultra is actually a pretty good-looking phone on the outside this cosmetic pink finish is rather exquisite and last but not least we have the most expensive screen protector in the world from Zack costing a mind-blowing fifty US dollars this sag screen protector advertises a hybrid glass with real sapphire crystals infused inside of the protector the box also claims unparalleled scratch protection so we'll have to see how this holds up so far it's feeling and acting a lot like plastic today we're going to find out which of these devices are using real quality sapphire and which companies are just taking advantage of this sapphire hypetrain and using advertising buzzwords to empty the wallets of their unsuspecting customers one of the easiest ways to tell different minerals apart is by their hardness level plastic scratches at level three glass the five or six and sapphire would be an eight or a nine diamonds are the hardest mineral on earth topping scale at a level ten Mohs scale has been used by geologists and scientists for over 200 years now I'll go down the line scratching each sapphire object in order with the same tip to see which one scratches first already at level three we start running into problems with that unmatched scratch protection on the world's most expensive screen protector pretty embarrassing it is very heavily scratched at a level three just like we would see on any other plastic screen or plastic screen protector that would cost a few pennies very disappointing you might be better off just taping a fifty dollar bill to the front of your phone and hoping for the best last time I checked sapphire doesn't catch fire either plastic on the other hand would catch fire not sure why this protector is marketed as a hybrid glass material when is clearly neither glass nor sapphire now you might be thinking to yourself hey Jerry isn't false advertising illegal but before we grab the pitchforks though I did do an elemental analysis of this screen protector and I did find trace amounts of aluminum oxide inside of the plastic so technically Zagg isn't lying about the elemental makeup of the protector they did toss some aluminum dust into the mix but it's still pretty darn sketchy advertising in my opinion and this melted glob of plastic definitely does not live up to the hype on the box so don't buy this the levels two and three pick did absolutely nothing to the HTC u ultra nor the T so watch no surprises there now levels four and five pics are still relatively soft metals these are where most razor blades keys and coins would fall like nickel as a level four and steel is a 4.5 and still the phone and the watch are unscathed normal glass won't start to scratch until level 5 or 6 and if you've watched any of my other videos the majority of tempered glass smartphones these days will scratch at a 6 I did run into a problem a few months ago with the impure sapphire that Apple is using on their camera lenses this also scratched at a level 6 I made a whole video on that subject which I'll link in the video description either way level six and seven are where things usually start to get interesting I honestly had zero expectations for this HTC ultra it's incredibly hard to make pure sapphire sapphire is actually grown inside of large furnaces and because of its hardness level and brittleness the shaping process is very difficult especially when creating larger objects like phone displays the company that was contracted to make the sapphire displays for Apple's old iPhone 6 actually went bankrupt trying so it's impressive that HTC has gotten this far and we can see here that the level 6 and 7 pix did absolutely nothing to the display of the HTC u ultra sapphire Edition only when we started scratching with the levels 8 & 9 is where we start to see some damage both the sapphire ultra and the T so watchface have started to scratch it does look like HTC was true to their marketing though and they use solid quality sapphire I am very impressed the sapphire crystal screen of the HTC u ultra is the most scratch resistant smartphone screen I have ever tested definitely deserves a thumbs up keep in mind that not every altra is sapphire if this is a special edition phone that does cost a lot more so the T so watch passes the sapphire test and the HTC u ultra definitely passes as well but that $50 sapphire defense hybrid screen protector from zag is an overpriced overhyped buzzword filled piece of advertising garbage that takes advantage of unsuspecting old ladies who don't know any better I'm seriously not a fan you're better off buying a five pack of screen protectors from Amazon for a dollar apiece I'll link them in the description of this video if HTC can bring back all the flagship features they drop from the ultra and plop a sapphire display on their next flagship phone they might have an epic winner on their hands I have my fingers crossed for HTC if you know someone who could use some real sapphire on their smartphones or protection from fake sapphire show them this video and if you want that fire on your phone let me know in the comments thanks dome for watching I'll see you around