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one of the most interesting bones to be announced this year is the razor phone the phone built by a gaming company for gamers but also has specs impressive enough to catch the eyes of the rest of us but is it durable there's only one way to find out so once upon a time I durability tested a phone called the next bit Robin it didn't do so well razor went out and purchased the next bit startup and basically plopped their impressive hardware into the next bit body so I'm really hoping some structural improvements we're also included the scratch test is always first with my Mohs hardness picks that allow us to see what the screen is made of like most smartphones these days razor is rocking Gorilla Glass but this time Gorilla Glass 3 interesting plastic would normally scratch at a level 3 tempered glass is level 6 and we've seen sapphire scratch at level 8 this razor phone is a solid 6 with a deeper groove at a level 7 so this 5.7 inch display can hold its own against the other major flagships the phone does have dual front-facing stereo speakers hidden under a plastic grille up here at the top of the phone we have another plastic grille with its 8 megapixel front facing camera protected by a circle of glass the proximity sensor is under glass as well so everything's protected and the plastic grille is very securely attached so it's not gonna come loose on its own the problem so far over here on the side of the phone we have a sim an SD card slot that can hold an additional 2 terabytes of storage pretty impressive I'd like to see an iPhone do that besides the phone are metal which is a refreshing change from the previous totally plastic next bit Robin the fingerprint scanner is stretchable it's not invincible like the ceramic of the oneplus five or Apple sapphire but the good news is is that even with the abuse the fingerprint scanner is still able to read my finger every time there are no additional ports at the top of the phone but everything is still metal and over here on this side of the phone we get two extremely small circular volume buttons both of which are metal the bottom the phone does have a USBC slot with no headphone jack and honestly a phone this size with bezels this big and no waterproofing it should include a headphone jack unless they were to include wireless headphones or even a USBC headphone in the box it's just pure laziness on the manufacturing end and the loser is the customer who now has to go out of their way to do something normal I've been scratching the dual camera lens one is a telephoto zoom lens which is nice and while they are covered in glass my razor is leaving permanent marks on the surface so there is some kind of coating over the top my razor blade is about a 5.5 on Mohs scale of hardness and that's when the scratches start appearing so while it's not plastic I would still recommend not setting this phone down on its back without some kind of case with a raised lip to protect that lens a case is also a good idea for the back metal because my keys are leaving marks and the marks don't disappear like we saw with the 1 + 5 t razor has their iconic three headed snake logo type thing smack dab in the middle of the phone and it's inlaid pretty solidly into the metal my razor blade struggles to grab an edge and even then it's glued pretty tight so it probably won't ever fall out on its own now if you followed Razer at all they make gaming hardware and their gaming computer mouse line is pretty much all named after snakes since you know snakes eat mice kind of an interesting connection there so here we have a cute little mouse friend he doesn't have a name quite yet so let me know in the comments what his name should be he's looking pretty sharp maybe him and Rex from the pixel to excel will get along there is solid metal behind the snake logo so it won't be possible to add an LED conversion like we did with the iPhone but there is a tiny hole through the metal which may allow wires to pass through so maybe Razer did think about adding RGB to this phone either way hopefully they do it with their next device the biggest selling point for me though on this phone is the refresh rate of the screen normal phone screens can show 30 or 60 images per second but this phone has a hundred and twenty Hertz refresh rate making the display super smooth for gaming and watching videos AMOLED screens are incapable of achieving this refresh rate at the moment just IPS LCD screens and that's what we're seeing here as the pixels completely recover from the burn test the display brightness seems to be lacking though mine is currently turned all the way up and now it's time to see if the razor foam has the same fragile internal build quality that the next bit Robin did the initial flex gives us quite a bit more bender than usual but nothing is catastrophic Lee damaged yet we do get a pretty severe kink next to the power button as I straighten the phone out but it's still cosmetic and the phone is still alive during the next flex there is a snap near the volume button but overall the phone is still surviving even with the most extreme of abuse this damage is superficial and while this is definitely not the strongest phone I've ever tested it will stand up to the basics and it's a huge improvement from the next fit Robin a case is always a good idea especially for that camera lens and keeping the metal clean from blemishes but it's good to know that the phone itself is structurally sound I'll be tearing this phone down to see the insides and that massive battery so subscribe for that and let me know what we should name our mouse friend we can vote on the best suggestions over on my twitter thanks dumb for watching and I'll see you around