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got my hands on a Motorola Droid turbo 2 is the shatterproof phone from Motorola it's a pretty large phone about the same size as my note 5 I do durability tests and all the major smartphones scratch tests been deaths extreme heat tests all of which can relate to everyday life let's start with a scratch test I have a set of picks that let me know where the screen falls on Mohs scale of hardness now the screen on the droid turbo 2 is actually made up of five different layers and I'll cover these more in depth in just a second a level to pick did nothing because it is basically plastic against plastic but a level 3 pick left some very noticeable marks on the phone for reference most phones like the Samsung or even the rest of the Motorola lineup have gorilla glass screens and they end up being a 5 or a 6 on Mohs scale this phone is about a two and a half obviously a razor blade will cause some major damage to this screen even keys and coins will scuff it up so by having a shatterproof screen it definitely compromises quite a bit when it comes to scratch proof nests it scratches fairly easily luckily the rear camera is scratch resistant though I can take my razor blade which is about a 5 or a 6 on Mohs scale and it'll leave no mark on the lens that's good news for the photography people out there hit that thumbs up for the camera lens durability the back panel feels like tough braided nylon you see the razor blade can slice through the fibers but keys and coins won't do much to mark up the back layer it feels quality and solid so there isn't much to worry about there plus the back panels are replaceable onto the burn test we get to see how the screen handles when extreme heat is applied to the surface most screens do survive this test but this particular phone did not I imagine that has something to do with the plastic flexible AMOLED panel inside the heat melts the pixels in such a way that they do not recover like they do on a regular AMOLED panel you can see that even when the screen is turned off the white melted mark from the flame is still visible let's jump into the bin test before I talk about the screen layers if I can snap this thing in half it'll be much easier to show all the layers at once unfortunately though this phone is much stronger than I am it does flex quite a bit more than your normal phone and I was nervous about it snapping for a second but it locks out and does not break or snap very solid device now let's talk about the 5 layers of the screen on the bottom we have the aluminum chassis right of that we have the flexible plastic AMOLED display the third layer the digitizer layer is also made of flexible plastic the fourth layer is the internal clear polycarbonate lens and the fifth layer the one we've been dealing with is the exterior acrylic polycarbonate lens that they claim is actually scratch resistant it's interesting to me that they would even attempt to call it scratch resistant at all what you see me removing here is the fifth outermost layer it is basically just a glorified thick plastic screen protector which is easily replaceable and can be ordered from Motorola's website for about 30 bucks I'll link that in the video description you can see that the plastic edges of the phone are raised up just a little to accommodate the thick top layer so the good news is is that if you ever need to replace your scratch or dented top layer you can relatively easily so is this the phone they'll put screen repair shops out of business I don't think so I imagine that this phone will fit a niche market of devoted dedicated diehard users but I think that most people including myself will choose a premium feeling scratch resistant glass screen over a shatterproof very scratch Bowl plastic lens also even though the plastic lens at the Droid turbo is shatterproof the LCD itself under the shatterproof lens can still be damaged from drops or hard hits watch techrax is turbo to video to see what I'm talking about thanks ton for watching check out my other smartphone durability videos have quite a few and follow me on Instagram at Zach's jerry-rigged hope see real