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this is the Nokia - costing just under $100 here in the United States it's the cheapest phone in a Nokia lineup Nokia has never failed a durability test but with a device this inexpensive it'll be interesting to see what happens this is the last phone I'll be testing before my 2017 most durable smartphone awards are posted so let's hope it survives out of the box the phone feels very solid it's got the white and black stormtrooper vibe going on and even comes with a pair of headphones which you guessed it plug right into the headphone jack at the top of the phone with many companies making headphones uh additional paid accessory it's nice of Nokia to toss a pair in the back of the phone is removable which gives us access to the sim and SD card trays but no access to the huge 4,100 million power battery non removable batteries have been the theme lately across all smartphones and these Nokia's are no different thus crash test is first with a phone that's cheap I was almost expecting a plastic screen but it's actually advertised as Gorilla Glass 3 it is registering at a level six on Mohs scale of hardness along with the rest of the tempered glass smartphone flagships so far so good the front 5 megapixel camera is under the same front glass there is no home button or fingerprint scanner so you'll have to unlock the phone manually but for the amount of money you saved buying this device it's really not a big deal the earpiece is a super thin white piece of vinyl that isn't going to be doing much protection but gets dirt or metal shavings the whole thing can be pulled right out from inside the phone which means a year or two down the road it could very well be falling out on its own glue doesn't last forever the Nokia logo on the back of the phone is inlaid into the white plastic surface very similar to how the old Nexus logos were set in place these are secured at the moment but they do come out I imagine that over time the thermal expansion and contraction of the plastic against the metal lettering will cause the lettering to come loose and fall out definitely not a deal-breaker but a might bug a few people asthetically a year from now surprisingly the 8 megapixel rear camera lens is from glass the nokia 3 one step up from the Nokia tune used inferior plastic which can get damaged easily thumbs up for the cheaper Nokia to having better materials I've tested an insane amount of phones on my channel this year after this Nokia to test is over I'll go back through all my phones and pick the most durable smart phone the most repairable smart phone and the least repairable and I'll also throw some shade at companies who made some stupid design choices this year hopefully this information I provide helps people when buying phones I know this snowman carved into the white plastic definitely approves of buying durable phones that stand the test of time the buttons along the side are made from metal along with the sides of the phone definitely all metal up here at the top of the phone we have our headphone jack and some more metal and the bottom of the phone instead of a USB see we have the older-style micro USB connector for 100 bucks though you can't be too picky and now for the burn test this 5 inch IPS LCD lasted about 5 seconds under the heat for my flame I do the burn test because well I wasn't allowed to play with matches as a child and I'm making up for lost time plus it's fun to watch pixels come back to life with the IPS displays and don't pretend like you don't enjoy it as well now for the ultimate test to see what kind of built quality we get with $100 of materials starting from the back we get a decent sized flex from the phone but the frame and the glass are still intact a permanent kink has developed in the frame but with a little bend from the front side it flexes again the other direction but the whole thing remains in one piece which is pretty impressive even Nike is cheapest phones are unbreakable I'm a fan and I'm definitely looking forward to what they come up with next year Nokia's reputation is consistent hit that subscribe button so you don't miss the most durable smartphone Awards for this year and thanks a ton for watching I'll see you around