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the mate 20 pro this is that smartphone from Huawei with the iconic matrix triple camera setup in the back this is the emerald green color and oh boy does this back panel have a surprise in store for us it's time to see if huawei's new psychedelic blue green colored ultimate camera phone can survive a durability test huge thanks to nord VPN for sponsoring this video watch to the end to get a 75% discount plus a free month let's get started I like phones with features and one of the unique features of this phone is that it can wirelessly charge other phones I just jump into the settings and enable reverse wireless charging and it'll use its massive 4200 milliamp hour internal battery as a power bank to charge other devices wirelessly it even works through my bulletproof banana and while that's cool and everything the coolest part of this phone is the triple camera setup on the back we'll check on that in a second let's start with the scratch test Huawei has taken a page out of Samsung's book this time around wrapping the glass slightly around the edges of the phone from a durability standpoint I think it's kind of dumb because it's just more glass surface area that the frame can't protect during a drop but it looks cool so here we are like most displays this tempered glass covered May 20 Pro is scratching at level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7 there is a notch up top which contains a small speaker grille this is very solidly tucked in place along with the face ID sensors and a 24 megapixel HDR selfie camera all hidden under the same glass as the screen inside the knotch and are protected against normal scratches the anodized metal sides of the may 20 pro have a more bluish tint to them and are metal along with the volume button and red anodized metal power button down at the bottom we have one tiny loudspeaker hole our USB C port and a dual sided SIM card tray one side for the SIM card and the other for huawei's new proprietary nano memory card which is 45 percent smaller than your standard SD card slot it's not super useful though to buy a memory card that can only be used in one place so we'll see what happens with that up at the top of the may 20 pro is an IR blaster one of the very few phones to include it this year and IR blaster allows you to change the channels on your TV with one of those you don't have to care where the remote actually is hidden now for the back the Tribble camera setup is covered with glass Huawei has gone above and beyond the normal dual camera setup this time providing us with a 40 megapixel normal camera a 20 megapixel wide-angle GoPro style camera and a third 8 megapixel telephoto zoom camera I'm a huge fan of all the options while ways also done something new with the back glass panel this time around it's texture this hyper optical pattern is supposedly non-slip and anti fingerprint and it's scratch proof this is pretty cool I'm definitely probably gonna be a claim on more phones in the future all right I'm done absolutely zero marks were left on the back glass panel wall waste textured glass holds up much better than the frosted pixel 3 now I'm done the mate 20 pro has a very bright six point four inch 1440p AMOLED display meaning that as the screen heats up the pixels physically burn and never recover it's almost like taking a lighter to your phone is a bad idea the screen did last for an impressive 25 seconds though but then never recovered like an LCD would the mark is still visible even with the display turned off and now for the bin test it's time to see if that textured back glass panel helps or hinders the overall structure on the very first Bend we get a loud popping noise which is the front glass shattering across the entire display this is rather unusual for my bin test because most phones survived keep in mind the May 10 Pro from last year passed this test just fine I believe the May 20 pro glass cracked for a few reasons one because I bent it and but physically stressing hardware is kind of the point of my channel the second reason it cracked is because of the level 7 scratches I left on the surface of the glass now you're probably like but Jerry you scratch every phone with the same picks and most of them don't obliterate you're right the matin pro from last year had a flat screen this time around huawei curved a glass of their screen around the corners right up against the metal and might not have their tolerance quite right yet meaning that the metal frame might be more snug on the glass than say a Samsung phone which has the same style of curve but still survives my tests either way the mate 20 Pro is still alive the frame itself has incredibly solid only the glass is shattered unfortunately for me though the cracks are right over top of the in screen fingerprint scanner I'll check to see if that functions really quick it looks like the phone can still read my fingerprint even though it's complaining about the sensor being dirty the sensor allowed my fingerprint to be said but then never actually lets my finger unlock the phone so it's safe to say that my fingerprint sensor does not work with a crack screen there's multiple levels of security that can be utilized if the fingerprint scanner stops working I usually reserve my shelf of shame for the completely destroyed devices my question is should we start including phones that partially fail what do you think does the may 20 Pro deserve the Shelf of shame let me know down in the comments speaking of security another layer of security for your phone or PC could be Nord VPN a VPN or a virtual private network is something you can use to securely and privately browse the internet just download the app and it connects to one of over 5,000 different servers located in 62 different countries instantly it makes your personal information untrackable when using public Wi-Fi and one subscription of Nord VPN can secure six devices simultaneously get a free month and 75% off a three year plan with the link in the description or go to Nord VPN dot-com slash jerry-rigged that 75% jerry-rigged discount code brings the price down to just $2.99 per month which could be a great gift idea huge thanks to Nord VPN for sponsoring this video this durability testing thing is quite an expensive hobby especially lately the May 20 pro is still a good phone just seems that this time around the curved glass does make it a bit weaker than its predecessor either way I'm hit that subscribe button if you haven't already thanks stuff for watching and I'll see you around