Gadgetory

inside this beautiful blue box lies the honor 6x the newest and cheapest phone from Huawei decent specs for a budget phone it even has dual rear cameras an octa-core processor and three gigs of RAM but we're not here for specs we're here for durability so let's see what's this honor phone has to offer as always let's start with the part where we count to nine also called the scratch test each of my Mo's picks have a different tip that gradually increases in hardness I start off with the level to pick and saw that it was leaving a mark on the screen which is incredible and unheard of the included screen protector almost fooled me it does make you wonder why they included a screen protector are they worried about the glass underneath after removing the screen protector and restarting the scratch test on the actual surface of the phone I see that levels four five six and seven all left a mark and now we see the reason for the screen protector the glass underneath is not scratch resistant now these scratches could be caused by a few things soft glass imperfections in the glass or some kind of weird residue on the screen everyday objects are able to leave a mark as well my tweezers left a pretty decent groove and my razor blade also left a mark neither of the marks could be rubbed off with a cloth and neither the tweezers nor the razor would leave a mark on a normal tempered glass screen since most of the phones I test these days do scratch at level six another weird thing about this glass is when I peeled off the sticker with my numbers on it it did not come clean off of the phone I use these same stickers for all fifty other phones that I've tested and they always come off clean so there's definitely something funky going on the glass on the six X either way leave that plastic screen protector in place if you want to keep your phone looking good and when that included screen protector gets worn out replace it with another one the front earpiece grille is made out of metal which would qualify the durable material and the opening is small enough that it's not going to be a big collector of dirt and grime so that's good news the front camera is protected by the same glass that covers the screen so just make sure you're careful the rear camera lens is not affected by my razor blade which is fantastically good news while we didn't use the same glass back here that we use on the display the phone so big thumbs up for protecting the dual camera setup and now for the back panel if it's cold like metal and screeches like metal we can safely assume that it's metal now a lot of people think that my name is Jerry which I can totally see why they would think that since my youtube channel is called Jerry rigged everything my real name is Zack though and that's why my Instagram and Twitter handle is Zack sherry would say combines both my real name and my youtube channel name see what it did there besides the phone are also made for metal even the SIM card tray is metal plus definitely a plus when we get to the top of the phone we see some plastic coming to the build that's mostly fine with a budget phone like this you can see the silver and black color differences plastic will probably provide a bit more give and cushion for the screen during a drop more than metal would anyway so as far as durability goes it's still okay I'm mostly just happy that it has a headphone jack the more useful features of phone has the better it has a micro USB charging port at the bottom of the phone and the base of the phone is also made of plastic same as the top there are always pros and cons to having plastic integrated into the build but I'll talk more about that just a second the side buttons are also plastic so they don't have that premium metal feel but this is a budget device and plastic is cheaper to work with than metal is so it's not surprising that a lot of things are plastic I do test the fingerprint scanner on every phone i buy because see how well it stands up to scratches I think we can all agree that this is more scratched up that it could ever happen naturally unless you're Edward Scissorhands of course the enrollment and fingerprint recognition of this phone did fail after the scratching unfortunately there are other phones that can survive an equally scratch sensor like the honor eight or the LGV 20 but this phone did not so just make sure not to obliterate yours with a razor like I did the owner 6x lasted 12 seconds under the flame before turning black we can tell this screen is an IPS display because of that color change AMOLED screens turn white and usually don't recover kind of fun the phone is completely cool to the touch within seconds of the heat being removed from the screen and it still functions just like normal and now it's time for the bin test I've tested about 50 different phones on my youtube-channel I agree it's a slightly strange hobby I've only had five of these 50 phones catastrophic we fail most phones are pretty well built budget phones included among the flagships but this phone in particular doesn't quite make it the exterior glass doesn't look too bad it's more the LCD under the glass that cracked and shattered that's the unfortunate part even though the fractured LCD looks cool the phone is now unusable if I pop off the back which is actually pretty easy to do we can see why the phone's flexed there are zero screws holding that back metal panel to the frame of the phone so while it does have metal on the back panel that metal is adding zero structural support to the phone the only thing holding the back panel in place was those flexible plastic end caps we saw this exact same problem with the redmi note 3 which is also perched on my shelf of shame here's another shot of the glass on the honor 6x being just fine it's the LCD under the glass that is destroyed very weird for it to happen on a bin like that the glass can flex but the LCD can't just for kicks and giggles will flex the top glass more one more time look how far it bent before it finally shattered and gave up the ghost between the non-structural back panel and the weak LCD we have a recipe for a fragile phone the front glass can only protect it so much it also makes you wonder if the LCD will be weak curing drops as well but anyway back to comparing to the redmi note 3 the note 3 also snapped in half for the same reason that the honor 6x did there is no structural integrity offered by that back metal panel it bails out and pops off as soon as it going gets tough so if manufacturers want to build a sturdy phone the back panel needs to be physically attached to the frame at multiple points to add some strength now just because the phone itself is cheap in price that doesn't mean that the construction has to be plenty of budget phones have passed my test and there are plenty of screws inside the honor 6x while we just has to stick some of them through the back panel and then the back can be structural and not just aesthetic either way I'm just here to review durability and the honor 6x is definitely the newest member on the shelf of shame but that doesn't make it a bad phone if you this device just make sure it has a case and a screen protector and that you don't scratch the fingerprint scanner and you'll be golden if you need a durable phone in your life from the honor family check out the honor eight that's on pass my test with flying colors thanks for watching I'll see you around