Gadgetory

so you might be asking does Jerry ever get bored of making transparent phone videos no no I do not in front of me today we have a brand new no not CH regular-sized pixel 3 and it's time to make things transparent Google's unique two-tone glass design feels smooth and velvety to the touch but acts like a chalkboard when it comes to scratching I want to see what this pixel 3 looks like when we remove all the color from underneath the back frosted glass panel no glass phone is safe he does a good job of softening the ip68 watertight adhesive under the glass and then a suction cup razor blade combination lifts up and penetrates simultaneously slicing through the adhesive to release the glass from the frame glued shut phones are a bit harder to work on but not impossible after the initial slice all warm things back up and tell it's just barely too hot to touch and continue slicing around the edges with my razor blade taking special care around that left side because that's where the fingerprint scanner cable resides there's about 4 billion things that can get damaged or punctured in here so I should probably tell you to not attempt this project on your own as the back lifts up we get our first peek inside and I can already tell this is going to be a good one take a look at the copper coiling the larger portion dead center on the phone is for the wireless charging and the top portion is for the near-field communication or NFC with a few extra orange accents around the 2900 milliamp power battery Google is looking good from the inside and that's without even trying there are two silver screws holding one little plastic bracket covering the fingerprint scanner ribbon cable I'll unscrew those and set the black plastic bracket off to the side then I'll unclip the ribbon cable like a little Lego with a plastic pry tool the fingerprint scanner is adhered to the glass with the same waterproof adhesive we found around the edges of the glass panel the camera lens is a super simple square also adhered with the same black adhesive the dual LED flash diffuser is a tiny clear piece of plastic with the smidgen of clear adhesive holding it to the glass now every clear glass phone is a bit different when it comes to coloring some laminates pull off easy in a few seconds leaving the glass clean and pristine other colors are made up from super gunky hard to remove adhesive that requires industrial-strength paint remover to dissolve but the Google pixel three is more of a record scratch off type of coloring yeah we might be here awhile but at least we don't need to bust out the heavy chemicals we'll just keep scratching and scratching and scratching kinda monotonous really but slow and steady wins the race we are working with glass so being gentle is important it's projects like these that allow for deep introspection being alone with your own ideas deeply lost in the caverns of your own mind nothing is more beautiful than the sound of your thoughts and then your brain brings up that one embarrassing thing you did years ago that nobody else cares about and the subtle anxiety takes over thinking is dangerous the hardest part of the color removal is around the edges of the glass there's a gentle curve around all four sides making it hard for my flat razor blade to reach but after about 45 minutes worth of perseverance and gentle scraping we finally get a solid look at what the difference is between the clear and the frosted portions of the glass pretty cool I got a feeling that this pixel three might be one of the coolest transparent phones I've ever made after the last bit of tedious color removal around the fragile glass corners of the back panel the phone is clear and I still have all my fingers thumbs up for that a little bit of glue gone and glass cleaner clears up any residue and fingerprints and I'll dust up the white pixels snowstorm I created and remove any leftover black adhesive on the phone body to make sure it looks clean from the inside it's starting to look pretty awesome it's almost like Google knew I was gonna do this cuz literally nothing had to be modified removed or cut inside the phone for this to look absolutely amazing it would be nice to see the vibrator though I'll give the glass one last cleaning and flop the fingerprint scanner back into its hole along with the singular circle camera lens the flash diffuser is a bit harder to place now that the coloring is gone so I'll just rest it sticky side up over top of the LEDs so it'll stick to the glass in the correct spot when I set the glass down for the final time I'll lay down some clear double-sided tape around the edges of the phone the pixel three won't be water-resistant anymore of course but for aesthetic says eye-catching is this it might be a worthwhile trade-off what do you think Google could totally manufacture a clear watertight version of this phone with basically no changes to the internals just a clear piece of glass and clear adhesive and they're good to go if only there was some way to contact them to ask for it one little snap of the finger print scanner ribbon back onto the motherboard just like a little Lego two screws over that black bracket and were finished seriously amazing everything still works and no internal hardware was modified a fully transparent pixel three clearly one of the best-looking transparent phones in existence get on it Google hit that subscribe button if you haven't already and if you don't want to be alone with your thoughts go check out the pixel three XL durability test or the off-road wheelchair contraption I built from two electric bikes thanks ton for watching and I'll see you around