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today we're going to be durability testing the Huawei honor 5x this is the sunset gold color it is an almost identical shade of gold as the Nexus 6p just a little less rosy it is interesting to note that the screen size for the honor 5x is almost the exact same size as the Nexus 6p it was a much bigger phone than I anticipated when I pulled it out of the box surprisingly it only costs $199 on Amazon at the moment the side power buttons and volume buttons are textured now before I start it is important to remember that durability is not the only factor to consider when buying a new smartphone but it still is a factor I always have a screen protector and case on my personal phone even if it passes all of my tests it does come with a long-lasting plastic screen protector I will remove that before I start with the scratch test like always I have a set of picks that let me know where the hardness of the screen falls on Mohs scale of hardness the scale goes from talc powder being a number 1 to 10 being as hard as diamonds Huawei has not listed anywhere that this phone has Gorilla Glass but it still scores the same on the hardness scale a level 6 pick scratches and a level 7 pick leaves a deeper groove so either it actually has Gorilla Glass or we've learned that generic unbranded tempered glass products hold up just as well as the name brand Gorilla Glass tough when specifically talking about hardness levels and scratching I think it's probably the second option luckily the camera glass is also scratch resistant it is glass unlike the plastic lens on the blackberry Prive and the Xperia z5 the back is made of aircraft-grade aluminum so naturally my razor blade can scratch the soft metal same with car keys the very top and bottom section of the phone are plastic it will be interesting to see what's inside of the device when I do my teardown repair video tomorrow onto the burn test it's always fun for me to see how the screens react to extreme heat the honor 5x has an IPS LCD display and like most other phones once these pixels get hot they go black and turn off but when the heat is removed the pixels recover and turn back on completely unaffected the screen is cool to the touch within seconds give it a thumbs up for a perfect LCD recovery now the bin test now this being a budget phone and from Huawei I was not expecting it to survive at all the initial bin puts a pretty hefty flex in the device but it locks out and does not catastrophic ly break like the Nexus 6p did everything is mostly in when I bend it the other direction the thin piece of metal near the power button kinks downward pressing against the button which turns the phone off everything can be bent back into place though and nothing is permanently broken this phone passes the bin test I believe this is my 20th durability video and I plan on doing every flagship phone as soon as it's released so make sure you're subscribed so you get notified every time I release a new video if there's enough interest I'll do a durability test on the wall way may 8 as well behind-the-scenes stuff is usually posted to my Instagram and Twitter my followers there sometimes get durability test results sooner than my YouTube subscribers thanks dumb for watching hope to see you around