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I got my hands on one of the recently released moto G fives the G Series is Motorola's less expensive smart phone line but as we found over the years price is not an indicator of durability pulling it out of the box the phone felt extremely light and I feared greatly for the safety of this phone shortly afterwards though I realized that the g5 has a removable battery that needed to be put inside the phone forced this doesn't happen as often anymore with most manufacturers sealing everything shut these days this was a welcome change with the battery actually inside the phone and the weight of the device restored let's get started as always scratch test first the hardness level gives a general idea of how scratch-resistant the screen is going to be the majority of smartphones have tempered glass which means it scratches at level 6 some phones like the honor 6x have some kind of weird weaker hybrid glass and there are phones with plastic screens and Sapphire screens but this moto g5 scratches at a level 6 which is where the majority of all flagship phones are at so we're off to a good start the fingerprint scanner has a thin rubber coating over the top of the pad it's not a button just a touch pad with normal wear and tear I think the rubber coating will keep away most cosmetic scratches but even with the deeper more harmful gouges the fingerprint scanner continues to read and function like normal another success for Motorola not every phone survives this one the 5 megapixel front facing camera is protected by that same tempered glass that covers the screen so no worries about that scratching my razor blade does no damage if we move over to the earpiece lot it has a thin piece of vinyl covering the speaker but it won't pull out with my tweezers so I doubt it'll ever fall out on its own like some of the older iPhone 4 is used to do but if it ever gets dirty you have to be super careful while cleaning it out now motorola has advertised this g5 as their first G Series phone with metal built in pitchers can be deceiving and an advertisement is welds an advertisement but my razor blade only tells the truth the razor blade of truth is currently telling us that the bottom section of the removable back panel is made of plastic the whole area surrounding the microUSB slot is plastic up at the top next to the headphone jack which always gets bonus points for me is also made of plastic the only part that appears to be metal is the centre back segment of the phone now one of the reasons I started this YouTube channel five years ago was because the best and most environmentally friendly way to recycle a cell phone is to just keep it alive and useful as long as possible and to make a long-lasting phone manufacturers need to make them durable the note 7 was an incredible environmental Fiasco one of the many ways to help the environment it's not throwaway useful things especially broken cell phones they are usually worth money and someone somewhere can fix them and keep them circulating never throw away a cell phone always recycle it hopefully my channel is helped with that long story short the center back panel is metal the camera lens is scratch resistant glass just like it should be it doesn't look like Motorola has cut any corners so far so let's keep going the sides of the phone are made from plastic even the power and volume buttons are made of plastic so I wouldn't get too excited about this being an all metal device the majority of the surface area is plastic speaking of heat my lighter tells us that the screen is AMOLED or LCD and by the heat killing the pixels temporarily turning on black we know it's an LCD it did last about 15 seconds before reacting though and that's pretty good an AMOLED screen like most Samsung phones have would turn white and not recover like this LCD screen just did now the ultimate test of structural integrity and durability is the bin test pressing from the back of the phone the screen does protrude quite prominently out of the removable rear panel but it does not shatter or break this phone is still functional at this point when pushing from the screen side there is less flex to the phone and this inexpensive device for Motorola does not kick the bucket the screen did stop functioning for a brief second but it's simple turning it off and back on again fix that issue since the majority of the phone is plastic no permanent damage was done during the bin test it is not stuck bent out of shape like the HTC u ultra that costs four times as much the Moto G 5 passes my durability test it might not have the premium feel of a more expensive phone but it is a device that can physically stand the test of time and having a removable battery will help extend the life of this phone far into the future since batteries are you - the first thing in cell phones to die of natural causes I'll be reviewing this phone from the inside with a repair video in the very near future so if you love or pair ability sustainability or just seeing technology from the inside you're in the right spot thanks for watching I'll see you around