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the huawei p20 Pro Huawei has come out with some pretty solidly constructed phone since the Nexus 6p failure back in the day the May 10 Pro I tested earlier this year passed with flying colors it's time to see if this newest phone from Huawei the triple camera p20 Pro flagship is a survivor let's get started inside the box we get the charging cable headphones with a USBC connector and the international wall charger since this particular phone isn't coming to USA I'll update the video description if that changes in the future initial impressions are the phone is thick and solid feeling right out of the box just how it should be we'll start with the scratch test laying out my Mohs hardness scale if you remember this tells us what hardness level the screen is plastic would be a level-3 tempered glass is level 6 and sapphire would be a level 8 diamonds of course would be a 10 while we did include a plastic screen protector on this p20 pro which is nice of them but on the screen surface itself we find scratches at level 6 and deeper groove at a level 7 the p20 pro is tempered glass Huawei doesn't advertise having Gorilla Glass on their phone like they did last year on the p10 remember that it'll be important later in the video first thing I noticed about this phone besides the notch is the earpiece it's a little circular thing just ogling at you like some kind of second eyeball right next to the 24 megapixel front-facing camera most earpieces are little slits for optimal sound transfer from the rectangular speaker underneath but this guy is a circle it'll be interesting to see if the speaker is circular as well during the teardown the speaker grille won't fall out though which is good not even with the razor blade is still sitting completely flush with the surface of the glass the fingerprint scanner is down here at the bottom of the phone and is unscratched bore a big step up from the make 10 which we did end up scratching you never know when you might end up in a freak razor blade fight accident it's good to know your button will survive any damage speaking of buttons while we added a little slit into the metal power button and dab some reddish paint in there kind of interesting in a unique design choice the volume rockers also made from metal and we can tell from the sound it's making the sides are also metal up at the top of the phone we are headphone jack lists but while white did include an IR blaster so you can change the channel on your TV and stuff personally I've never had a need for one of those but I'm all about the features the more the merrier so bring it on we have a metal dual SIM card tray but no expandable memory no headphone jack on the bottom of the phone either just the loudspeaker and USB C charging port for the back of the phone this one is a midnight blue version we get our first look at the triple camera setup super impressive by the way I like what's happening here and I'll say it again the more features the phone has the better and the extra camera options on this guy is a good thing the logos and like a branding are all under the glass and won't be coming off from the outside along with the dual tone dual LED flash tucked safely under that back glass panel if we doom in real tight on the camera lenses down here at the bottom we have the 20 mega pixel monochrome censored covered with glass and a circular metal lip around the sides and then we have a beastly 40 megapixel camera here in the center of the three lenses and finally a three time zoom telephoto lens up top it's a pretty solid trio but I think the ideal arrangement would be to toss out the monochrome sensor and add in a wide angle lens like a gopro fisheye effect to capture a lot of things all at once those are the three types of lenses I carry from a professional camera monochrome has just never appealed to me quick side-by-side comparison with the dual camera setup on the iPhone 10 I am gonna try to replace the cracked glass on the iPhone 10 with dry ice here in a few days if you don't know what I'm talking about go check out my iPhone back glass liquid nitrogen video I posted a couple days ago and now for at the burn test no offence France I didn't realize I was burning down the Eiffel Tower until it was too late I apologize this is a 1080p 6.1 inch AMOLED display meaning it lasted for about 20 seconds under my flame but then never recovered the flame left a white spot on the screen even when the screen is off once again sorry France and thanks again for the Statue of Liberty was real nice of you and now the Ben test this is where things go downhill first of all with the initial flex it bends way more than I anticipated normally phones are much more solid than this with that massive flex the glass display is now shattered with multiple fractures the damage is all contained in the glass nothing transferred down to the AMOLED display underneath but it is still rather unfortunate I'll do a quick Bend from the back of the phone before we go into the structural analysis but with that second Bend no extra damage is done to the front or rear of the phone it appears as if the cracks emanated from the level-7 pick marks left on the surface meaning that without the damage I intentionally introduced to the surface of the glass it might have survived the first Bend but an important thing to remember is that these impurities or scratches introduced to the surface of the glass can also occur in real life in your pocket or with minor drops dents and dings and even more interesting to note is that I've tested over 100 different phones now over the past few years and most of them don't shatter during the bend test even with the level 6 and 7 scratches in the glass so it's kind of safe to say that this Huawei p20 pro is just weaker in general my theory is that Huawei didn't advertise Corning Gorilla Glass on this particular phone and with the vast majority of other phones that I test some form of Gorilla Glass is installed based off the sample size of tested phones on my channel Corning holds up better than generic cell phone glass even after damage has been introduced the Huawei p20 Pro still functions though so it's not a catastrophic failure I don't think that it deserves a spot on my shelf of shame but it still didn't exactly pass I need a new category for phones that survived but barely what should we call it remember a case and a screen protector go a long way to making your device last longer hit that subscribe button if you haven't already and come hang out with me on Instagram thanks dumb for watching and I'll see you around