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I got my hands on a Motorola MOTO X pure edition this is the 2015 version if you are not in the USA this same phone is called the moto style just like always I take smartphones and test their durability it's nice to know the limits of your device so you can always stay within a safe operating range let's start with the scratch test I have a set of tools that will allow me to tell where the hardness of the screen falls on Mohs scale of hardness the pure edition is actually rockin Gorilla Glass 3 apparently the main difference between Gorilla Glass 3 and the newer Gorilla Glass 4 is that 4 has an eye on silver antimicrobial coating on the top while Gorilla Glass 3 is slightly thicker it does not have the antimicrobial coating as I'm going through the test I was surprised to see that my level 6 pick did not scratch the glass my level 7 left a small mark and the level 8 left a deeper groove Gorilla Glass 4 scratches a whole level sooner than Gorilla Glass 3 probably because that ion silver coating on top of the glass is just a tad softer than the glass itself either way they are almost the same exact hardness with this phone scratches should be a little less of a worry than usual you'll still have to watch out for sand and some of the harder minerals you'll never have to worry about your keys or coins scuffing up your screen let's check out the back the back rubber has a pretty nice feel to it you can hear the ridges as Mikey scrapes over the top pretty durable and my keys don't leave much of a mark the razor on the other hand can slice through the rubber and you can see here as I shave it off that it is surprisingly thick now onto one of my favorite tests scratching the camera lens I personally think that having a durable camera lens is just as important as having a scratch proof screen the 21 megapixel camera on the pure edition would be pretty worthless if the lens scratches easily luckily you can see that my razor blade does not damage the lens plus it has a huge protective wall around it so the chances of anything touching the lens anyway is pretty small pretty good camera design onto the burn test the pure addition has a 5.7 inch IPS LCD display similar to what the iPhone screens use the lighter will heat up the pixels until they turn off and go black but then they fully recover once the heat is removed from the screen the only phone that did not survive this heat test was the Nexus 6p the 6p pixels went white turned off and never came back to life again but as you can see the Motorola X pure edition fully recovered and there's no mark on the screen indicating it was ever burned onto the bin test the Moto X pure has a metal body with a total of twenty-one screws holding the metal frame to the front housing this allows the phone to bend and flex quite a bit but there are no obvious weak points I even twist the phone a little bit to check the metal near the power and volume buttons and noting the phone is solid it will be just fine in the back pocket of your skinny jeans I am very impressed with this phone the quality's on par with galaxy s6 and the price point is way cheaper thanks ton for watching feel free to check out my smartphone durability playlist if this is the first video you've watched a mind you have a lot of catching up to do thanks for subscribing hope to see you around