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in front of me I have the recently released blue energy XL this is the first phone that I have ever tested from the company blue it's got a six inch screen size and the reason I chose to test it was the huge 5000 milliamp hour battery which claims an incredible 30-day standby time mid-range phones are giving flagships a run for their money these days the note 5 which you see here only has a 3000 milliamp battery almost half of the energy XL thickness wise is pretty standard the note 5 is a seven point six millimeter the energy exhales a bit thicker at 8.4 and the world's thinnest premium smartphone is the Moto Z at a five point two millimeter thickness since the battery on this phone is so big you can use it to charge other devices directly from your phone like a power bank just plug the correct cable and you can charge cameras like the gear 360 or GoPros and you can even charge other phones using the energy XL like you see here with my note 5 huge brownie points with the ladies if you can charge their dead iPhone with your Android right now this phone is $300 but as with all electronics that price will drop with time I've put a link in the video description of this video so you can check the current pricing let's get on with the test scratch test first this phone is using Gorilla Glass 3 and doesn't scratch until level 6 this is normal and pretty much expected at this point so it'll be interesting to see how the Gorilla Glass 5 holds up on the note 7 when it comes out I'll be testing that as well the front 5 megapixel camera is covered by the same front Gorilla Glass so it's protected against scratches I've had a few people ask about the hardness level of my razor blade it also scratches at a level 6 but the level 5 mark rubs right off so it has an equal hardness level as the screen glass and that's why it does no damage the home button and fingerprint scanner is not made of glass and does scratch relatively easily the bad part about this is that after being heavily scratched the fingerprint scanner stops working altogether it will not recognize my fingerprint anymore which is unfortunate because the axon 7 and the Moto Z continued to function after being heavily scratched the home button part works just fine just not the scanner part so if you end up buying this phone keep that in mind the sides of the phone are made of plastic which is surprising I assume they were metal at first from the weight of the phone but as you can see from the color of the shavings and the sound my razor makes it really is plastic the power and volume buttons are made of metal though the back of the phone is made of metal which gives the phone a quality feel to it the single color flash is plastic just like normal and the 13 megapixel rear camera lens is made of glass which is good it won't scratch very easily unfortunately the top and bottom segments of the phone are made of plastic it brings down manufacturing costs considerably when the phone isn't made out of a solid block of metal so this explains the mid-range price point it's definitely not a solid metal design but blue never advertised it as metal either so all as well onto the burn test the glass on this phone is pretty thick when you press on it so you won't see the AMOLED screen ripple or flex with the pressure of your finger like you would on the LG g5 I think the thicker glass helps us survive my flame for an impressive 37 seconds onto the bin test if you haven't subscribed yet feel free to do so it is free and it will keep you up to date on all of my future smartphone durability tests this phone feels like a tank right out of the box the huge battery gives it some solid weight so I'm not surprised at all when the phone is very sturdy I see some minor flexing along the top which I imagine is where the motherboard meets the battery but the phone itself does not get permanently kinked or catastrophic we break either this phone passes the bin test and it seems like a solid mid-range device from a hardware perspective I do enjoy reviewing tech from the inside so tell me what phone you want to see next in the comments I'm always looking for more devices to stick on my shelf of shame thanks for watching I'll see you around