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finally got my hands on our retail version of the LG G six I've already reviewed this thing from the inside with the teardown video and now that I have the retail version it's time to put it through the rest of my tests it's time we find out if that gigantic screen is going to compromise the overall structural integrity let's get started my durability tests are a pretty good indicator of how well cellphones are going to hold up over their normal lifespan as always we'll start with a scratch test these most pics will tell us what the screen is made of some phones are plastic like the galaxy s7 active or the no phone both of those scratch at level 3 luckily the LG G 6 is using tempered Gorilla Glass 3 on the display which means it won't scratch until level 6 just like most of the other smartphones these days now even though it is using tempered glass it's not invincible and I'll talk more about that in just a second down here at the bottom of the phone the LG u logo is underneath the glass so it won't ever rub or scratch off there is no physical home button on the front of the device so we'll mosey on up here to the 5 megapixel front facing camera this is also protected by that same Gorilla Glass 3 and it should be scratch resistant as well now one thing I really like about this phone is that everything is completely flush nothing protrudes past the glass layer including the metal earpiece grille from a design perspective it looks absolutely amazing but that also means if you set the phone facedown on a granite countertop or tile granite is a Mohs 6 or 7 the phone might get damaged by the rock since there's no protective lip on the device and granite is harder than glass so a screen protector would definitely be a good idea with this phone now the back of the LG G 6 is a little more interesting the fingerprint scanner and home button are back here ideally centered exactly a middle of foam as I scratched this scanner does not have the same rubbery texture that I found on the Motorola g5 so theoretically it might scratch a little bit easier but even with a plethora of superficial scratches on the scanner it still functions perfectly fine and recognizes my finger so scratching isn't something to be super worried about the LGG six has two cameras a 13 megapixel wide-angle camera and a 13 megapixel regular camera with the optical image stabilizing that I talked about in my teardown both of these are protected with the same piece of scratch resistant glass and once again I love the completely flush design but because it's flush anytime you set it on a table or countertop that glass is going to be rubbing right up against the surface of whatever you set it on since there's no lips protected so personally I would get a case or even a skin to rate the surface of the phone just enough to protect that camera when you set it down the skin I applied here on this g6 is from D brand the first time I heard the name D brand I thought it was just someone's initials but it actually stands for D branding a cell phone as in covering the logos or the carrier branding kind of clever thanks B brand for sending me the skin I'll put a link in the description if you want to check out any of their other skin variations and now my personal favorites checking the material quality we learned that the back panel is glass from my teardown video it took quite a bit of force for me to shatter now it's time to see what the sides are made of the gleam of metal shows through on both of the volume buttons down the length of the side is also real metal definitely no coating or paint here just a good old premium feeling cold hard metal even up here next to the headphone jack is no and over here the SIM card tray is metal as well it's nice when companies pay attention to the little details down here by the USBC port at the bottom we find more medals this phone is water-resistant with USB C and a headphone jack we are definitely in the future now when it comes to the flame test this phone did roast slightly faster than average the pixels started to turn off at 6 seconds instead of the normal 8 or 15 seconds like we've seen on some other devices basically this just means that your phone will toast five seconds sooner than everyone else's during the apocalypse but I mean you're probably going to be dealing with bigger issues at that point anyway now one thing I want to point out before the bin test is that the rear glass on this phone is tucked inside the metal frame which means that during the bin test it is going to be adding strength to the device HTC missed out on that little trick when it came to you ultra that glass was just resting on top of the frame so let's see if this design trick helps the g6 I've never had an lg phone fail my Ben test yet me and the g5 had a couple disagreements but it didn't fail to Ben test either and with the solid metal frame of the g6 it's not surprising that there's almost no flex to this phone even when bending from the front or the back if you remember from my iPhone 7 bin test that flex enough to break the watertight seal but even after bending this LG g6 none of the seals are broken so this phone passes the Ben test with flying colors my only issue would be that while the completely flush design is aesthetically pleasing to look at it leaves the camera lens and screen very exposed to scratching but a simple case or screen protector would solve that problem easily lengthening the lifespan of your device significantly and that's what we're all about plus it'll look sly like a g6 thanks ton for watching I'll see you around