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in front of me today I have Motorola's latest flagship the moto z2 force keeping the same modular theme from last year this self-proclaimed durable phone has solid specs built into a surprisingly thin body Motorola's pushing that shatterproof screen again so let's see what this phone can really handle my most pics to a fantastic job of differentiating between different materials by the relative hardness plastic is soft so it scratches at a three glass is harder and scratches around a six and real sapphire like the HTC u 11 sapphire edition is basically impervious to scratches lending at an eight or a nine on Mohs scale of hardness shatterproof screens are normally made from plastic like we've seen with previous Motorola phones and the Samsung active series the z2 force is no different plastic this obviously has its benefits your screen will never break and that's a huge plus but the softness of the plastic leaves it more susceptible to superficial damage as you can see even my fingernails which are a level 2.5 on Mohs scale can leave a mark so it's scratch is pretty easy motorola has replaced this outer plastic covering on previous phones for a reasonable fee and hopefully they continue doing that with this model so customers like us can replace them if necessary the home button is not scratch resistant either my razor blade does do some damage but luckily it does remain 100% functional even when it's excessively scratched beyond normal use thumbs up for that my fingerprint still unlocks the phone every single time without fail the earpiece is recessed inside of the phone and it's made out of that thin vinyl covering well not as durable as a metal earpiece at least it's not going to fall out on its own now motorola has paid special attention to the front camera of this phone adding its own front-facing dual tone LED flash for you selfie lovers out there the only problem is that the camera is still covered by that same plastic as the screen so one thing your nails scratching the wrong spot and your pictures are ruined until you have Motorola swapped out that top layer of your phone adding a simple screen protector over the plastic would solve this problem though the dual 12 megapixel rear cameras are covered by glass finally so that is scratch resistant these cameras aren't wide-angle like the LG 6 or telephoto like the iPhone the dual combo is just for depth effect which is slightly less useful in my opinion but still has a nice bonus over the average phone motorola says the body is made out of 7000 series aluminum the same high quality stuff that Apple started using with the iPhone 6s and it definitely sounds like one awesome thing that I want to point out if by chance the screen on your moto z2 force ever breaks motorola has a warranty for four whole years that's longer than Donald Trump's going to be President super cool of Motorola to stand behind their product such a gigantic warranty the gold pins at the bottom of the phone are for all the modular components that magnetically attached to the back like a speaker or bigger camera personally I'm most excited for that projector the sides of the phone do have the same premium feel of metal that we expect on flagship the top is metal as well and even the busts are made for metal down here at the bottom we have a USB C port and an unfortunate lack of headphone jack having no headphone jack rules this phone out for me as a daily driver I treat my phone like a tool and a phone without usable basic features is not worth my time to carry headphone jacks are a dime a dozen and wireless headphones are not always accessible maybe someday in the future but today is not that day the screen of this phone is pretty darn awesome 5.5 inch 1440p OLED and most importantly not ever having to worry about your screen breaking during a drop that peace of mind is really truly amazing even if you do have to compromise with the front plastic the screen lasted 10 seconds before the plastic melted and the screen turned white leaving a permanent bolt in the top layer and a permanent white spot on the display itself if you ever do drop your phone it will survive unless it's drop and fire so try to avoid that to be modular ready this phone is shockingly thin and I fully expected it to flex more than it did there was a little screen separation from the main body but since this phone has no water resistance rating nothing's been compromised bending from the back yields no destruction either the phone is extremely solid in its construction while this phone might not be the phone for me it still gets my approval I think it's awesome that motor roll is pushing the limits of design and functionality with their mods some of them are super appealing like that projector I think I'll have to take an inside look at that in a future video what do you think would you prefer a plastic shatter resistant screen or a glass screen let me know in the comments and come hang out with me on 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