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the BlackBerry key one barely released here in the United States a few days ago this is the latest and greatest flagship from blackberry one of the oldest smartphone manufacturers in the business blackberry Peaks back in 2013 before Android and the iPhone became the main players lately though blackberry has been dipping its juicy fingers into the Android operating system and that brings us to this key one it does feel heavy in my hand so we're off to a good start let's see how this new phone holds up to my durability test this is a completely brand new retail device purchase right here in the United States I've tested about 70 different smart phones now and like always we start with the scratch test the screen of this key one is a very humble four and a half inches but I've been told that that gets the job done just fine my most pics to a great job differentiating between glass tempered glass plastic and sapphire plastic is a three sapphires an eight or a nine on the scale lately we see most flagships using tempered glass which lands at level six and this rectangle slab of Gorilla Glass 4 scores exactly the same hardness level you would see on a Galaxy s8 or an iPhone 7 so far this blackberry is holding up pretty well to its competitors what's cool about this satisfyingly clicky keyboard is that it is touch sensitive so you can't control the up and down left and right scrolling of the screen from your keyboard without actually touching the glass itself it's kind of fun even with the extremely heavy scratching from my razor blade more than you would ever see in everyday life the scrolling function still work so you will never have to worry about leaving your keyboard exposed thumbs up for that speaking of thumbs the fingerprint scanner is cleverly hidden in the space bar of the key one and it's the next part to get tested even with heavy scratches on the surface of the fingerprint scanner it is able to read and scan my fingerprint and unlocks the device on every single try so far so good the front 8 megapixel cameras up here at the top and this lens is made from glass along with the opaque lens on the opposite side with the proximity sensor both are made from glass once slightly underrated feature of smartphones these days is the dual tone flash if you ever have to use the phone in the dark the dual tone provides a much better image than one with just a single color why flash this is covered by plastic but that's pretty normal on all flash LEDs the rear 12 megapixel camera is covered with glass as well Pleasant upgrade from the plastic lens on the blackberry Prive it also has a thick metal ring around the outside they'll protect it from rubbing up against the inside of your pocket or purse that pockets and can be pretty vicious the back cover is made out of a thin grippy rubber like material a blackberry in real life it's actually a type of aggregate fruit which means that it's composed of tiny little individual fruits called droops droops are the little juicy circles surrounding the actual seat of the berry blackberry the phone company chose the name blackberry because all the little black keys on their keyboard resemble the drupelets on the blackberry fruit the same group 'lets you see in their logo see it's a blackberry the back cover is surprisingly resilient even to my razor if you key the key one nothing happens either the sharp edge of my coin was able to scrape it up a little though but that was with a lot of pressure normal wear and tear won't hurt the surface of this back panel and the sides of the key one are made from sweet sounding metal the power button is also made of metal and up here by the headphone jack there is a plastic end cap but I'm not going to complain about plastic because I'm just happy the headphone jack is still there the rest of the silver top surrounding the headphone jack is the quality metal including over here on the front of the phone where the earpiece is Blackberry did a great job with future proofing a key one with the USB C port here at the bottom and now the burn test this has become increasingly more relevant now that Trump has pulled the usa out of the Paris climate agreement things are going to heat up rather quickly and it'll be nice to have a cell phone that can handle the temperature I'm sure Donald will be watching my videos to see which phone allows him to tweet the longest while the world burns this phone lasted about 16 seconds which should fit his attentions and just fine the good news is that the phone did completely recover there might still be hope and now the bin test testing the overall build quality of a phone is essential to the people who want a phone that will survive everyday life and unfortunately this Blackberry key one is not a survivor I was even holding the screen when it popped out of the frame it surprised me to see the screen do that since most other screens like Samsung have so much adhesive behind them it takes a high-powered heat gun or industrial hot plate to remove them and this blackberry screen is held in by nothing a quick Bend from the other side and at this point my screen stopped functioning entirely one the power button was kinked says the glass is adding zero structural support without that strong adhesive and - with the screen lifting up like it is the first thing to tear is that ribbon cable at the bottom of the display the whole thing can be removed entirely by hand because there is ZERO adhesive holding it in place no visible adhesive around the edges or under the LCD of the screen nothing a quick google search revealed that I'm not the only one who has this problem one guy dropped his phone on the center console of his car and the screen popped off and another guy woke up with a detached display which is completely believable if the displays are actually shipping with no adhesive under them this is a legitimate problem luckily for blackberry though it is very easy to fix and I'd be more than happy to make another video if blackberry ends up correcting this manufacturing oversight so hit that subscribe button if you want to stay updated on this situation I've tested about 70 phones now most of them are built very well and those that fail end up on my shelf of shame only six phones and two years have failed my text and since my blackberry key one is not currently functional it is going with these six phones on my shelf of shame until blackberry gets this figured out at least it really does seem like an easy fix so hopefully they will take care of the problem and their customers if you already own one of these phones maybe grab a case that surrounds the lip of that glass screen I'll pop the back off the phone for kicks and giggles the black PCB board is creative I am a fan of that there's a blackberry logo on the battery it would have been pretty easy for them to slip some wireless charging in here as well but I think I've complained enough for one day come hang out with me 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