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the LG Nexus 5x has been long overdue for a durability test when I first bought the 5x and the 6p I skipped doing the durability test on the 5x because I figured it wouldn't be fair a plastic budget phone versus a premium metal phone common sense says the plastic one would fail every time the phone even feels lightweight but since then I have tested many other budget devices and cheap phones that have all survived like the honor 5x so it's time to put the new ice coloured Nexus 5x to the test let's bust out Mo's picks these let us know where the screen falls on Mohs scale of hardness picks 1 through 5 leave no mark and a slight scratch begins at level 6 a regular scratch begins at a level 7 so the scratch resistant screen on this device holds up just as well as the premium phones good job so far LG let's keep going flip it on over and scratch up the back logo with the old Nexus 6 phone sometimes that logo would pop off it looks like that won't be a problem with the 5x though since the logo is better integrated into the back panel it scratches equally with the rest of the phone so it won't pop off individually the fingerprint scanner does scratch but if you remember from my LG g5 video it still functions even with major scratches all over it so it's not that big of a deal the camera lens is made of glass which is fantastic especially since it's it's very flush with the top of the protrusion on the back panel zero protection for this lens I was happily scratching away at the ice colored baby blue plastic back panel when it reminded me of another phone I worked on recently let's slide over the LG g5 for a little plastic reunion crazy how eerily similar the two are did you know that metal primer is 30% synthetic resin synthetic resin is the same stuff that's used in ABS acrylics polyethylene you know plastics let's scrape a real metal phone here for a quick reference listen close my friends I feel like I've gotten a little sidetracked oh yeah the Nexus 5x I feel like Sid from Toy Story the frame of the screen is black plastic as well don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with plastic or even metal phones covered in plastic I haven't had a plastic phone Bend on me yet so in some ways plastic is better my only issue with LG g5 was that they said the phone was metal and well I shouldn't have to dig through Narnia to find it the power and volume buttons on the Nexus 5x are made of metal which is a great thing plastic ones can warp a bit and pop out like they did with the old Evo phones the metal will be much more durable the dual grilles on the top and bottom of the screen are made of the metal as well onto the flame test the Nexus 6p made it eight seconds before the pixels turned permanently white and failed the Nexus 5x made it six seconds before the pixels turn black but they also recovered after the flame was removed the phone is cool to the touch within seconds after the heat being gone on to the ultimate stress test I put phones through torture so you can see what your phone will look like in a few years without having to wait a few years to see it the Nexus 5x flexes considerably you can see it flex the most right along that top battery line where the phones tend to be the weakest I'll also bend it back from the other direction look at the SIM card tray a metal phone would be permanently damaged in some way if it flexed this much but the plastic phone does not break it locks out and does not snap in half slightly out of shape yes but easily straightened out this phone passes the bin test bonus footage time a level-3 pick scratches the back plastic on both the Nexus 5x and the LG g5 but leaves no mark on the metal back of the Nexus 6p science check out this camera comparison video I did with the iPhone SC in the Nexus 5x and the Nexus 5x teardown I did when the phone was first released thanks a ton for watching and subscribing you guys are the best bonus points if you check out my Instagram and Twitter for the behind the scenes stuff thanks for watching