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the honor eight I've tested quite a few Huawei phones on my channel and most have survived the durability test even if only barely Huawei has never been a contender for the most durable cell phone award in fact the Nexus 6p was one of the very first phones on my shelf of shame back in 2015 interestingly enough it's smashed sideways in the box like a jukebox coin slot now that it's out it's time to see how this newcomer holds up I'll be announcing a phone giveaway at the end of this video so stick around let's get started the back glass of this phone is absolutely incredible the reflections are not uniform which gives off an extremely psychedelic 3d kind of vibe if you're the type of person who rolls around without a protective skin or case this phone is going to turn some heads it's heavy too which I really like and the glass has a cold quality premium feel to it speaking of glass it's time for the scratch test as always my most picks tell me where the hardness of the screen falls plastic scratches at a3 glass scratches at a 5 or a 6 and real sapphire will scratch at an 8 or a 9 on their website Huawei advertises that the glass is a thick piece of 2.5 D glass which means that it has a slight curve along the edge most smartphones scratch at level 6 but this foam scratches at a level 5 this phone is using Gorilla Glass 3 which is definitely an older version of the glass that might not have the same hardness properties as Gorilla Glass 4 or 5 the set of most pics I am using have never been sharpened so there is zero chance of contamination on the tips and this set has been used on previous phones as well so any contamination would have manifest itself before now one further test against contamination is using my razor blade on the front glass my razor which should be about a level five or five-and-a-half on Mohs scale can damage the glass as you can see in this video which means that the glass is softer than a level 6 slightly softer glass on a smartphone screen is not a deal-breaker it is a relatively small problem that can be easily fixed by simply installing a screen protector the earpiece of this phone is metal which is infinitely more durable than the earpiece stickers we saw on the BlackBerry D Tech 50 or the strange cloth speaker we saw covering the Google pixel so thumbs up to wall way for using metal now the back glass of the phone is interest ding apparently the glass is made up of 15 different layers which makes it incredibly trippy to look at light is being reflected in directions that seem to disobey the laws of physics I tried scratching with my level 5 pick and nothing happened only my level 6 pick would leave a mark so there's less to worry about here on the back as far as scratching is concerned this is really good news for the duel 12 megapixel camera lens is up at the top since they are also protected by this same piece of glass my razor blade is unable to leave any marks on the flush surface the rear fingerprint scanner on the other hand feels more like a smooth rubber coated plastic it doesn't scratch as easy as the galaxy s7 fingerprint scanner but it can still be scratched unlike the ceramic home button on the me mix even though the fingerprint scanner has been heavily abused it still functions at 100% there is some kind of metaphor for life in there somewhere I'm sure but either way my fingerprint gets read every single time I try and that's a good thing the sides of the phone have a refreshing metal-on-metal sound to them even the power button and volume rocker are made of metal we can meander down to the USBC charging port and the headphone jack and we find even more cold hard metal premium materials do cover every single surface on this phone let's take a look at the screen fire gives us the answer as to what type of screen it is an LCD display will turn black and then completely recover where an AMOLED screen will turn white and usually not recover from flame so this screen is obviously in LCD similar to what the iPhone has the owner eight lasted about 11 seconds before going black and then recovering if you haven't subscribed yet make sure you do it's time for the bin test and you would think that since the phone is made entirely out of thick glass and metal that it would be super rigid but it does have a little bit of a flex to it if you've watched any of my other videos I do not go easy on anyone and now this phone has a slight S shape to it even when bent back from the other direction it flexes a bit but it still does not snap in half it's not quite the same rigidness of a samsung phone but this glass and metal Huawei device is also about half the price and it's still definitely not ever going to snap in half like the older Nexus 6p after bending it I was able to straighten it out completely and look it's like nothing ever happened overall I am very impressed with this phone price and everything even the color is super awesome I'd love to see all the colors side-by-side thank you so much for watching I do really appreciate it and because this phone did so well on the durability test I will be giving away a brand new phone not this one a brand new phone in the gleam link right below this video it's a link that you can click on and it makes sure that you're following me on Twitter and Instagram and subscribe to you're on YouTube each one of those things get you an entry into the giveaway so you have three chances of winning the contest is international and it will end one week from today and remember that it's completely random so telling me that your cat has cancer will not improve your chances of winning thanks for watching I'll see you around