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in front of me I have the new bezel his smartphone from Xiaomi called the me mix I do durability tests on cell phones and the past I haven't been too fond of xiaomi's built quality I've already tested three other phones made by Xiaomi two of them have catastrophic Allah failed the me 5 and the note 3 the redmi 3 Pro survived but only barely so will the me mix survive my durability tests or will it end up on my shelf of shame next to it structurally impaired family members let's find out the magnetic door on the cardboard box already has me impressed the rest of the packaging pulls out like an accordion each layer having its own compartment for different goodies on the Left we have the charging wall plug and the USB seat cable as well as the instruction booklet and the SIM card removal tool in the center we have a case it has the texture of leather but feels like cardboard and plastic had a baby it will definitely protect the sides and corners of the phone though against drops and that's what we are looking for and finally the phone this thing is big and heavy as I've mentioned in some of my previous videos weight is an indicator of good build quality the more material of phone uses the less likely it is to snap in half I'll peel off the protective covering over the back ceramic ceramic has the feel and glossiness of glass along with the cold heaviness of metal ceramic phones are a relatively new thing aluminum alloy phones would usually scratch around a four or five but ceramic claims to have a level eight on Mohs scale of hardness which is incredibly scratch resistant we'll be finding out today as usual we will start with a screen scratch test my most picks will tell me where the screen falls on Mohs scale of hardness most phone screens will scratch at level six a few shatterproof phones will have a plastic screen which scratches at a three like the Droid turbo - no one has come out with a sapphire screen yet but if they did it would scratch at a level eight or nine the glass screen of the mimic scratches at level six with a deep groove starting at a level seven meaning that it is on par with the rest the flagship phones like the Samsung or the iPhones let's transfer the scale over to the back and see if this phone really is ceramic like jomi claims you can see the back panel flex with the pressure of my pics as I move up most scale into the progressively harder tips no tips leave a mark until we hit a level 8 though which is incredibly impressive thumbs up for that hardly anything reaches an 8 on my channel if you remember from my jet-black iPhone 7 scratch test video the jet black was scratched by anything that touched it pennies keys of screw and my razor blade none of those items that scratch the iPhone would do damage to the ceramic me mix ceramic is much harder than anodized aluminum the ceramic me mix is even more glossy than the glossy jet black that might be a little awkward for Apple I think ceramic could very well be the material of the future unfortunately the harder an object is the more brittle it also becomes so dropping this phone could very well be catastrophic if you think I should do a drop test of this phone let me know over on Twitter let's move on to the rest of my tests starting next to the camera not my camera but the camera of the phone this thing is so reflective I could use it to do my hair in the mornings scratching the fingerprint scanner does absolutely nothing it could very well be ceramic the same material as the back of the phone the only way to test that is with the most pics and since the level 7 does nothing to the material we know it can't be glass it has to be ceramic ceramic is definitely on my list of premium materials right there next to glass and metal speaking of glass the camera lens is also glass thankfully some smart phones have used a plastic lens in the past which scratches very easily the flash of this phone is plastic but that's normal and a non-issue the side buttons of the device are unfazed by my razor and after a quick test with the level seven most pick it looks like they are ceramic as well except for the front glass and rear camera lens every single surface of this phone is scratch proof ceramic if there ever was a jerry-rigged proof phone this one is on the right path to being it I still have my lighter though and the six point four inch 1080p IPS LCD is about to feel the heat it takes about 10 seconds for the pixels to heat up and go black but the screen still works perfectly fine around the black spot until it cools down and the pixels completely recover this is mostly just to watch now for the bin test if you were going to buy a phone would you pick one that snaps in half or one that doesn't snap in half structural integrity is a vital component in any smartphone and luckily this me mix has a lot of it the phone hardly budges it all when I use my hands to press from the screen side of this huge phone after flexing the phone from both directions there is not so much as a kink or defect anywhere on the body the screen did freeze and stopped working after the second heart flex but clicking it off and clicking it back on again fix that and it started working as normal it looks like the back panel is held in by a series of clasps and a few of those popped out as well but they were very easily snapped back into place so this phone passes the bin test and this is the first show me phone that I've tested that royally passes all of my durability tests I am impressed the only issue that could possibly arise with this phone is if it's dropped with a super hard and brittle ceramic frame and no bezel there is no cushion for the LCD or front glass if the phone ever slips out of your hand I don't normally do drop tests but for this phone I might make an exception let me know on Twitter or in the comments down below if that's something you want to see hit that subscribe button if you want to stay up to date on the durability of every new phone as it is released and let me know in the comments if you like this new thin bezel style of phone I think it looks pretty awesome thanks for watching I'll see you around