Gadgetory

the Nokia 8 has arrived on my desk the most recent flagship from Nokia mostly only available outside the USA Amazon does sell a few stateside and that's where I got mine Nokia is pronounced differently all over the world but here in the USA saying Nokia is pretty standard this is the same phone that can record video in split-screen using both the front and rear cameras simultaneously pretty sweet I'll leave the video camera test for a different video this one's all about durability let's get started nokia says this is their most powerful Android smartphone so far let's keep our fingers crossed that they stuck all that power in a durable body this phone is using 6000 series aluminum the same stuff Apple had to stop using because all their phones were bending but we'll see how it holds up with Nokia behind the construction like always we start scratching the front glass with my most picks and with Gorilla Glass 5 in place over the IPS display we get the flagship norm of scratching at level 6 and a deeper scratch with the level 7 this means that keys and coins won't do any damage but glass isn't invincible so a screen protector is always a good idea the home button is down at the bottom of the phone and holds its own against my razor blade no damage or scratches are done to the surface of the button so it'll last quite a long while sliding up at the top of the phone we get the 13 megapixel front-facing camera protected under that same Gorilla Glass 5 of the front screen so no damage happening here then we have the earpiece it has a thin nylon covering underneath that glass but even after has been damaged and punctured it won't pull out from the phone so if for whatever reason to get it dirty with makeup or dirt just be gentle to not puncture it while getting the gunk out now the back of the phone is using anodized 6000 series aluminum which isn't as solid as the 7000 series in recent iPhones but it's not always about the quality of the metal the construction and the shape has a lot to do with how the metal holds up the scratching Keys initially leave a mark butter rubs away with my fingers my razor blade on the other hand manages some real damage to the metal this phone comes in four colors polished blue polished copper tempered blue and tempered steel and while my particular phone isn't blue I think I drew the Twitter bird logo pretty well a little-known fact is that the bird actually has a name Larry kind of random but now with that random fact you'll be really fun at parties you're welcome the Nokia 8 has a dual camera setup on the back but it's one of those monochrome sensor deals instead of a zoom lens like on the note 8 or a wide-angle lens like on the LGV 30 so it just depends on what kind of pictures you need in your life either way both lenses are protected by glass so they won't be scratched or damaged easily like a plastic lens would Nokia did use a plastic lens on their Nokia 3 this year so I'm glad they avoided that with this flagship besides the phone are completely metal up at the top though next to the essential headphone jack we get a plastic antenna band and I am actually a really big fan of this design because the plastic wraps around past the corners corners are most likely to impact the ground first during a drop and it's nice to have a forgiving and absorbing material sitting there the side buttons are made from metal and then down at the bottom with the USB C charging port we have another string of plastic wrapping around each of the corners on the base taking a lighter to the phone is as useful as ever the stock background just so happens to be an iceberg setting the appending doom and global warming jokes aside this phone does claim to be IP 54 water resistant which basically means nothing light rain probably won't do damage to your phone but any shallow puddle sink or toilet will kill your phone the 1440p IPS display lasted 10 seconds under my flame with an IPS LCD the pixels come back to life after I remove the heat let's hope it's an allegory that the ice caps will do that in real life as we transition to more environmentally-friendly energy sources double checking the Nokia logo on the back the flame from this small lighter is not near hot enough to affect the aluminum but the logo is embedded into the back shell so with time the reflective bits might fall out just like we saw with some of the older Nexus phones it's pretty tightly embedded though so it's hard to say for sure I mentioned before nokia used that 6000 series aluminum on this phone and the ultimate test of durability will show us if that was a good idea or not flexing from the front shows hardly any movement in the body of the phone even flipping the phone around and pressing from the back almost had zero effect the shape of the 6000 series aluminum inside the Nokia 8 is more than enough to stand the test of time this is a very solidly built and durable phone Nokia's legacy continues with some of the most well built phones of this year the nokia 6 was pretty impressive as well come follow me and Larry the Twitter bird over on my Twitter and subscribe to stay updated on all the future phones being released later this year begs dumb for watching and I'll see you around