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the Sony Xperia XZ 2 with smartphone names getting longer and more complicated nowadays it's getting tough to keep track of them all this most recent flagship from Sony just got a hefty all-glass redesign and well it's time to see if it can survive the stress of everyday life this is the Asch pink color which describes itself pretty well kind of has a Jigglypuff walk through a forest fire vibe let's get started sony historically has never been a super high performer when it comes to solid build quality or rigidity the z5 premium and Xperia x z from last year both flexed like soggy bananas and while they didn't fail or break it was a little unnerving out of the box this heavy all glass rectangle feels like it might be telling a more durable story this time around we'll start with the glass scratch test sony has advertised Gorilla Glass 5 on both the front and back so it's pretty safe to assume that we'll get scratches at a level 6 this means coins keys and razor blades won't do any damage to the surface because they are all softer materials than a level 6 we get deeper grooves at a level 7 but since this is Gorilla Glass it should still hold together to avoid shattering even with those abrasions introduced into the glass the Sony branding at the bottom of the phone is under the surface and won't scratch off things start to get interesting up here at the top of the phone the front-facing camera is 5 megapixels but it's advertised as having gyro electronic image stabilization it'll be interesting to see if that gyro is Hardware related during the teardown the earpiece is color matched to the phone kind of looks like double bubble after it's been on the bottom of your shoe all day the earpiece won't come out it's very solidly attached to the inside of the phone which is good for the aesthetics of your phone in the long term ideally we want smartphones to last longer than 2 years moving to the Gorilla Glass 5 back glass panel on the phone it's got a subtle curve throughout the whole surface it's definitely not as flat as the previous Sony phones it is packed with features though like wireless charging and NFC the single colored LED flash is also tucked up underneath the glass the rear 19 megapixel camera is protected with glass to won't scratch easy and it has that same gyro he is at the camera has the fingerprint scanner is very flush with the back glass surface which leads it pretty unprotected in your pocket or purse I'll scratch it up a little bit with my razor blade to mimic a few years worth of abuse luckily though it can still sense my fingerprint and unlock the phone the sides are made from anodized aluminum which matched the same watered-down grape kool-aid aesthetic as the rest of the phone the color can be scraped off revealing the silver metal underneath same with the volume power and dedicated camera but the top of the phone has the sim and SD card memory expansion slot up to 400 gigabytes so thumbs up for that I'll tap that back in here and there's plenty of metal up here to the other side of the phone is gloriously free from bixby but the bottom with the USBC is annoyingly void of a headphone jack just something to keep in mind if you plan on buying the Xperia XE to the burn test is next which I guarantee has probably happened to someone somewhere at some point so for that one person is good to know that the 5.7 IPS LCD of the xe2 can last 13 seconds under direct flame from a lighter the screen went black and the pixels turned off completely but did end up recovering try to avoid doing this though to test the structural integrity of the redesign we commenced the bin test and very much unlike its flexible predecessors this new xe2 is as rigid as smartphones get zero flex and zero kinks done to the frame of the phone also no cracks in the glass huge thumbs up to Sony for the build quality on this one the Xperia XE 2 passes my durability test and is more than capable of handling everyday abuse hit that subscribe button is free and coming out with me on Twitter and Instagram that's where all the cool kids are thanks ton for watching and I'll see you around