Gadgetory

not all clear phones are created equal some turn out way better than others and this is a story of one clear razor phone that didn't turn out so well let's get started so usually when I get brand-new phones like this razor phone too I'm one of the first people to ever try and take them apart since manufacturers generally frown upon dissecting phones or fixing your phone yourself there is zero instruction on how it's done initially I thought that this year's razor phone would be similar to last year's razor phone and we would initiate the teardown from the large earpiece turns out that earpiece doesn't have any screws behind it this year and it's completely unnecessary to remove so let's just plop that grill back into place and pretend it didn't happen perfect let's start over to open up the razor phone too we start from the back using a heat gun on this phone the glass is a totally flat slab glass is still fragile of course I'm being extra cautious around the corners using my razor blade to slice into the razor phone slightly ironic the razor cuts the thin band of watertight adhesive around the inner edges once it's all sliced the full slab of glass can pull away from the device revealing the large black wireless charging coil in the center and the white LED pad for the razor snake logo right below those dual cameras at first glance is not as interesting inside as some of the other clear phones I've made but maybe this minimalist razor vibe will still turn out good I'll remove the dual camera lens bracket that has these same black adhesive holding it to the rear glass panel then the black material applied to the underside of this glass appears to be the same scratch Bowl coating we saw on the pixel 3 meaning that instead of pulling it off in one satisfying layer the whole thing needs to be scratched off slice by slice bit by bit I'm gonna try to leave the Razer logo intact this time around since the glow effect of the LEDs on the back panel is kind of what makes this phone stand out it looks like the snakes are stuck on with these same fragile coding as the rest of the glass so cutting around them is gonna be rather tedious but it does give me plenty of time to think of more super funny phone jokes like this one why did the cell phone start wearing glasses because it lost all of its contacts the hardest part of this whole project is the logo in the center trying to keep that clean and neat while scratching off all the black chain around it the good news is that the surface of the glass panel is harder than my razor blade so there is no razor scratch marks on the surface of the glass my fingers on the other hand are softer than the razor blade but who needs all 10 right in the end though I was relatively successful and clarifying the back glass panel it looks pretty slick and no slices on my fingers thumbs up for that I just wished the stuff underneath the glass inside the phone was more interesting to look at a little bit of glass cleaner to get rid of any smudges then I'll set the camera lens into place directly over the cameras and then rest the glass panel back into the razor - it's definitely unique looking I think this is one of those cases where a pure transparent glass pack might not be the best option it might just need a more semi-transparent radiant blend of black and neon green on the glass and of course a more interesting looking wireless charging coil the razor phone - might just be one of the few phones that doesn't look good naked what do you think it's pretty hard to follow up the fantastic looking pixel 3 maybe I'll just put one of my extra skins on the back to make it look normal and pretend it never happened again nailed it I'll still be tearing down the razor phone too - check out the inner liquid cooling vapor chamber and to see if they upgraded their tiny vibrator this year hit that subscribe button if you haven't already come hang out with me on Twitter and Instagram and thanks a ton for watching I'll see you around