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in front of me I have the long-awaited Samsung note 7 Samsung decided to straight up skip the no.6 to catch its Note series of phones up to the s7 and s7 edge line up it's good to keep things organized and now they all have similar names I test cell phone durability so you know what to expect before you spend almost $1000 on a pocket computer most phones survive my durability test but I've also had a few catastrophic failures that I stick on my shelf of shame I'm an Android guy and I carry around the Galaxy s7 edge as my daily driver so I've been looking forward to the note 7 for a while now and I'm very interested in its new more shatter resistant Gorilla Glass 5 screen I have a set of pics that tell me how hard or scratch about the front glass is on Mohs scale of hardness most of the 30 smartphones that I've tested so far on my youtube channel don't scratch until level 6 I usually take it to a level 7 just for kicks and giggles but on this phone I was around the level 5 pic and I noticed something different and after holding the phone up you can see that this phone starts scratching at a level 3 while this Gorilla Glass 5 might be more shatter resistant than the Gorilla Glass 4 it is only one step above plastic on the hardness scale if you do not have a screen protector on your note 7 you will start seeing scratches on your screen very soon after your purchase remember I'm not here to degrade Gorilla Glass or the note 7 I'm here to help the consumer protect their devices for the long term if you know what to look out for you can protect against it and this phone simply is not a scratch resistant as its predecessors like the note 5 or the Galaxy s7 or even the iPhone I tried wiping off the scratch marks but even the level 3 mark is permanent just for reference I took the level 5 pick that didn't scratch the galaxy s7 edge and held them side-by-side remember the note 7 is going to be more shadow resistant and this is awesome just get a tempered glass screen protector and you can have the best of both worlds scratch resistance and shatter resistance so let's move on the front camera and the iris scanner are both under the same front glass so they're still better protected than the HTC m9 s front plastic camera lens I scratched the home button to check the durability of the fingerprint scanner most cell phone fingerprint scanners will still function after being we scratched the LG g5 kept working the Nexus 5x the Exxon seven even the Moto Z kept working but after heavily scratching the note seven scanner it spazzes out and never functions again so try to keep your scan or scratch free the home button functionality is fine only the scanner portion is out of commission to correct this in the future Samsung should start using a glass button like the 1 + 3 or on the iPhones besides the phone are made of pure metal which is good it definitely has a premium metal feel to it even the buttons are made of metal and it will definitely last longer than if they were made of plastic premium materials are always a good thing the 12 megapixel rear camera lens is made of glass not many smartphones have a plastic camera lens but sometimes manufacturers will try to slip one through like with the BlackBerry Prive plastic can be optically clear but glass will hold up better against scratches and general wear and tear much longer professional cameras use glass for a reason the single colored LED flash is under plastic but that protective layer isn't quite as important the s-pen pops out easy enough it is lightweight and you can see that the shaft is made of plastic and the top portion is plastic as well covered in a plastic Chrome the button is made of metal though so that's interesting before we burn the phone and bend it I did a quick test with my level 5 pic on the back glass and it scratched there as well onto the burn test the note 7 has a quad HD Super AMOLED display and like the galaxy s7 it does burn this phone lasted eight seconds before the pixels started turning white it pales in comparison to the Moto Z's 50 second perseverance but let's be honest flame isn't going to be something that normal people have an issue with it's just an interesting comparison one thing that is awesomely impressive with Samsung and their Galaxy series is how strong the phone is when it comes to bending this Galaxy Note 7 is a tank even when I flex the phone from the front and the rear there are no kinks or permanent damage anywhere even with this large size while I definitely don't recommend or endorse sitting on your phone this one can probably handle it you can check out my shelf of shame playlist for a few phones that couldn't in summary I'm pretty impressed with Samsung they've done a lot of things right with this phone the major complaint I have is with the scratch resistance of the screen while it's nice to have the extra confidence that come with the shadow resistance it's unfortunate that we have to lose three levels of hardness when compared with Gorilla Glass 4 but even a simple cheap screen protector will take care of that if you haven't subscribed yet it is completely free and you'll be notified when I upload my future tear downs and durability tests I review tech from the inside bonus points for following my behind the scenes stuff on Instagram and Twitter thanks for watching I'll see you around