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so here's a new one for you a smartphone with two screens this is the Nubia X an Android smartphone that comes with two built-in screens one on the front and one on the back you know we couldn't let this one slip by without a full on durability test let's get started so supposedly if you want to work this contraption there's two fingerprint readers on the sides that when gripped allow whatever's displayed on the front screen to flip over onto the back panel while retaining full functionality you can run the whole phone from back here when the rear screen is turned off it looks just like a normal phone let's see what happens when we scratch test both screens this new UX comes with a built-in screen protector which is nice I'll pull that off the interesting thing with this phone is that there's no knotch there's no front facing cameras or sensors that need to be hidden which allows the whole front of the phone to light up edge to edge as a display with pretty much no bezels as we see from the scratch test the front is made with tempered glass scratching at level six with deeper grooves at a level seven we've got to be fair to both screens though I'll grip the sides and flip it around the rear screen has a much lower refresh rate than the front screen and has kind of a yellow tinge to it it's also covered with the screen protector I found that the yellowness is just a blue light filter that can be removed I'll show you that in a second the blue backing on the phone is kind of like reflective film that acts as a two-way mirror that hides the second screen when it's turned off and once again we get scratches at level six with deeper grooves at a level seven the rear screen is covered with the same glass part of what makes the front screen so bezel is is how small this earpiece is I almost missed it it's barely the thickness of my razor blade the sides of the phone sound and look like anodized aluminum you can see the silver color I think through under the blue coating you can hear on the middle power button one possible weak point in the frame is this flattened portion where the fingerprint scanner resides it looks suspiciously like the design flaw we saw on the iPad pro and we know how that one turned this phone has two of them one on either side I'm kind of nervous the top of the phone has more metal and what looks like an IR blaster up top for changing channels on your TV on the other side we have the SIM card tray volume rocker and another flattened fingerprint here because why have just one thing a print reader when you can have two two is kind of a theme of this phone there's two SIM card slots as well which pairs nicely with the two screens just one USB C port down here at the bottom alongside the loudspeaker or you might be thinking to yourself Jerry why in the world would anyone want two screens on their phone well let me tell you there are no front facing cameras on the new BX just these two dual rear cameras a 16 megapixel and 24 megapixel one regular and the other one for that portrait mode stuff so when you want to take a selfie you get to use the powerful rear facing cameras while seeing your face at the same time it's an interesting solution to the notch problem but also a solution that actually works I'm impressed with the ingenuity I genuinely did not see this one coming like dual everything else on the phone there are true fingerprint scanners you can use one or set up both for added security and even with the damage inflicted on the right side the phone can still sense and unlock my fingerprint not too shabby but at least there's the backup if one ever fails now here's where things get interesting this front screen is a 6.2 inch 1080p IPS LCD meaning that after about 10 seconds we see the pixels getting hot turning off and going black until the heat is removed and then they slowly recover they do recover completely though checking the back screen though is where we see one of the brilliant parts of the new VX design an LCD screen when turned on has light shining through every single pixel even the black ones so the whole display lights out an LED screen or an AMOLED screen does not have light shining through the black pixels so you really can't tell when the screen is on or off because the blacks are so black and emit no light the Nubia X is using a 5.1 720p AMOLED screen on the back an LCD on the front and AMOLED for the rear you can see the pixels going white and not recovering both technologies and one single device burn test justification checkmate on the haters the rear screen can act like an always-on display without showing the actual edges of the screen this provides the aesthetic illusion that there's no screen at all on the back panel whether the screen has lit up or not you can't really see the rectangular edges due to the super black AMOLED pixels it's interesting how all these innovative smart phones keep popping up out of nowhere and no complaints from me here's a quick look at the rear display with the blue light filter turned off it looks completely normal and as good of quality as the front screen I'm not sure why the new via X had that setting turned on right out of the box I think it looks pretty good all of these awesome gimmicks though mean nothing if the phone can't survive in your pocket for a few years here on my channel we put phones through years of abuse in just a few minutes it's time for the bin test the dual fingerprint design on both side rails might just be fatal with a solid flex from the front we get minimal Bend but no catastrophic damaged creeks or snaps the rear screen looks fine even when bent from the front the phone remains intact and fully functional no complaints here the Nubia X is a structurally solid device even with all that fragile tech packed in and while having screens on both sides this phone survives as a side note if one screen does accidentally break you can always just use the other as a backup since it does come with two do you think this phone is the future is a dual screen phone a better solution than a motorized front-facing camera which one do you prefer back-to-back screens are definitely fascinating it does subscribe button if you haven't already and coming out with me on Instagram and Twitter thanks dumb for watching I'll see you around