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so I don't do drop test on cellphones for multiple reasons mostly because in order to get an accurate idea of how well a cellphone does during a drop you would need multiple cell phones you know five or ten and my wallet can't handle that I'm just one guy plus every drop is a little bit different some will drop from you know when you're sitting down on your leg and we'll just slide off some phones will drop when you pulled out your pocket and accidentally let it go it's hard to come up with just one test to cover all the different kinds of drops but every now and then I'll make an exception like with the show me me mixed phone that came out about a year ago that phone is made out of ceramic and I wanted to see how that held up against a drop this phone the essential phone is in a similar situation the back is made out of ceramic the front is Gorilla Glass 5 and the sides are made out of titanium so it'll be interesting to see what's damaged first in a drop so let's see what happens all right so in order to do this drop test I have two cameras set up I'll have my essential phone sitting on my lap right here and I'll just stand up and let it fall down to the ground you know just like a normal everyday drop situation then here I have my Galaxy Note 8 which is filming in slow motion this is the one I took the color off the back it's clear and this is my Galaxy s8 which is very scientifically situated on top of this tripod also filming in slow motion so here we have the phone it is in 100% working condition right now it's kind of bright outside we can still see the screen moving it does have a couple imperfections on it which is another reason I don't do drop tests because I've already compromised the integrity of the ceramic panel as well as the front glass the Gorilla Glass 5 and the ceramic on the back you know the sides have scratches too but you know a scratch doesn't compromise metal as much as it does ceramic and glass I said on my knee like this it actually just slides off well enough that we're just gonna leave it like that they're coming from my knee doesn't look like there's any damage done on the back yet oh wow I did not think that was gonna happen I thought that the plastic ring around the edge would help the glass not crack that's way interesting it still is functioning underneath the glass so that's good another interesting thing is that my scratch marks right here from my Mohs pics are right here and right here and the crack emanated from over here on the side and down here on the bottom corner let's do it again and see if the anything happens to the back panel we'll just let it slide off my leg naturally back panel is still fine if I were to stand up from about pocket height still nothing on the back panel the fronts just as correct as it was during that first drop waist height with the back facing down that was a pretty solid drop and the back is still fine that's impressive screen is just the same as it was on that first drop that might have just been an extremely unlucky first drop just give it one more shot waist height straight down on the back so we're looking at the ceramic we got the crack in the corner there looks like the screen over the screen took some major damage on that last one the ceramic up here in the top corner looks alright the plastic is what you know that plastic surrounding the lip is what's really damaged you have my scratch marks but other than my scratch marks the ceramic looks pretty undamaged the back panel is still 100% fine no scratches besides the ones that I put on it and the screen is just roasted it's like we're missing entire chunks of glass out of the front that's crazy since the screen is already broken we're going to try it one more time from head height right about here and we'll see if we can get the back ceramic panel to damage even from a head height drop the back panel doesn't do anything on cement now the screen still completely destroyed though last time head height and the back panel is still fine I guess getting a screen protector for this thing would be a good idea because the screen protector does help the glass hold together especially in drops so even though a drop test is an incredibly scientific I still think it's super super interesting personally I thought that the back was gonna be the first thing that breaks since ceramic has a much higher rating on Mohs scale of hardness it's more brittle the glass the Gorilla Glass 5 should have lasted a little bit longer in my opinion but drops are so hard to predict now the good news is is that since the back didn't break and ass and the side titanium didn't really damage the screen is the easiest thing to protect on the whole cellphone obviously a case would help an extraordinary amount but a screen protector would do a lot as well whether it's the plastic kind of screen protectors or the glass screen protectors if it were to drop fall hit a rock the first thing that except that absorbs that impact is the screen protector itself and not the more expensive screen of the phone so a screen protector and a case are pretty important no matter what cell phone you own I am going to attempt to tear down of this phone even though the replacement parts probably aren't available for it it'll be interesting to see how the phone is built from the inside and what components can be replaced and what components can't so if that subscribe button hit the thumbs up if you liked this drop test and if you want me to do more in the future on different phones not every phone because like I said drops are so unpredictable and it's hard to make a scientific test for every single phone without buying like ten of them anyway thanks for watching and I'll see you around