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what's up YouTube today we have a brand new Galaxy s7 edge on the table and we're going to see how durable this thing is and what situations you'll have to watch out for in everyday life let's start with the scratch test like always I have a set of picks that help me determine where the hardness of the screen falls on Mohs scale of hardness I gradually increase the hardness of the picks until I can see scratches on the screen now normal glass would fall around the level 5 on Mohs scale tempered glass like on the galaxy s7 edge is a tad bit harder you can see that a level 6 makes a mark but a level 7 leaves a much deeper groove this is pretty on par with most major cell phones these days except for the Droid turbo 2 which has a plastic shatterproof screen that scratched at a level 3 you can watch that video if you're interested lucky for us Samsung continued using a glass camera lens this means that the Linde is much more scratch resistant unlike the plastic lenses on the blackberry Prive and the Sony z5 premium give the Galaxy s7 edge a thumbs up for the glass camera lens now the little heart rate sensor and flash gives mode to the side are protected with a plastic covering definitely not as important as the camera lens itself but at least now you know it was the same way with the note 5 if these get scratched up it's not a big deal the side of the phone is solid aluminum so it won't chip or discolor like the older notes or the plastic Galaxy s5 now the back panel of the phone is glass as well and the Samsung logo is printed on the underside of the glass so you won't have any issues with that rubbing off or chipping out like on the Lumia 950 or with the older Nexus 6 the back glass does scratch if it easier than the front clasp you can see that my razor leaves some marks on the back but that same razor leaves the front unscathed they do sell clear protective covers or skins so you can protect the back glass if you're into that kind of thing let's jump into the burn test this one always is interesting to me when some phones are burned with the flame the pixels turn black and shut off while the flame is in place other phones like this Galaxy s7 edge will turn white and never quite recover look how reflective that screen is it is definitely fingerprint central speaking of heat it will be interesting to check out the internal liquid cooling inside this device during my teardown video I'll slice open that heat tube to see the guts inside so check out that video before we do the bin test make sure you're subscribed I've tested 15 phones now 12 of which survived my bin test and three of which snapped in half like very expensive crackers let's see how the s7 edge holds up bending from the back holds up pretty well when I flip it around and press on the screen though you can see the back panel lifts up just slightly from the frame once that seal is broken on the back cover it is definitely not water-resistant anymore but the phone itself does not break no matter how I bend it it is a solid beast of a device so if you're a heavyset skinny jean wearing individual I would not recommend putting this phone in the back pocket of your skinny jeans it would compromise that water-resistant seal but other than that this phone is stronger than Donald Trump's hairspray and that's saying something it really is one of the strongest most durable phones I have tested so far zero complaints on my end I post behind the scenes stuff on Instagram and Twitter so follow me there for updates thank you so much for subscribing you guys make tests like this possible and I appreciate it a ton thanks for watching