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up until today every single phone that I've tested on my channel has been purchased by me and I like it that way it lets me be totally unbiased my durability reviews don't get me wrong I won't turn down a free phone to test it just hasn't happened yet until today today a company called Umi sent me a phone they call super the Yumi super phone when they first sent me an email I was pretty shocked I asked them if they even know what I do with phones but they said that they wanted an unbiased test of their device so I told them to send it over I totally respect that the presentation is pretty awesome it comes in a foam filled metal container the container is real metal I did check it is interesting to compare the huge price difference between the yumi super and the galaxy s7 edge when they have relatively similar specs i'll list the full specs in the video description but let's find out if the super phone is as super as it seems the phone feels pretty solid the metal body and the huge battery adds some serious weight to the device like usual let's start with the screen I have a set of pics that tell me where the screen falls on Mohs scale of hardness this phone is using Gorilla Glass 3 so when I start to scratch the glass with my picks I can see faint marks that don't rub off at a level 4 as well as a level 5 but the scratch on the screen doesn't get super noticeable until level 6 and 7 but it still scratched early on the scale the glass on this phone is much softer than usual normally a phone won't scratch at all until level 6 I check to see if my keys we leave any notes will mark but they didn't so you're mostly safe keep in mind that I have scratched all 27 other phones with the level 7 pick as well that'll be important later on in this video humne says the phone is a solid metal design and judging by the sound my razor is making with the little metal curlicues that are coming off the back I'd have to say they're telling the truth which is now is the case the fingerprint scanner is coated with plastic just like the galaxy s7 even after heavy scratching on the coating it would still accept my fingerprint and unlock the phone without any hesitation so a thumbs up for the resilient fingerprint scanner all the side buttons as well as the SIM card tray are made of metal it is easy to cheap out as a manufacturer and use plastic buttons but I'm glad they stuck with the quality metal feel for the entire phone even down by the USB type-c charging port the frame is metal now the top and bottom rear of the phone do have a plastic shield I imagine this is where the screws are located to open up the phone we'll find out more during my teardown video tomorrow the rear Panasonic 13 megapixel camera lens is made of glass and is slightly recessed into the middle housing but it is still pretty close to flush either way sensitive glass it won't be as prone to scratches as a plastic lens would the front camera lens is incorporated into the glass screen so that is protected as well and down by the home button we have a notification circle where the home button is this blinks different colors depending on the notification you have which is actually pretty unique much more interesting than just the tiny little LED at the top onto the flame test the youmu super has a 1080p IPS LCD display noticed a little scratch that my level 7 pick left on the glass don't forget about that we'll be back to it when the extreme heat is applied to the screen it will stand its ground for 15 seconds before the pixels go black and turn off but the pixels fully recover and are cool to the touch again within seconds now we're on to the bin test I've tested over 27 phones now and only four have failed catastrophically this umyou super does flex a little when I try to bend the phone from the back but it does not break so it does not fail the bin test but when I rotate the phone to see the front I notice that the softer glass has cracked from the scratch that I previously made on the screen it is rather unfortunate that the glass cracked from the Flex but this particular failing point the cracking is also very easily prevented even the cheapest of screen protectors would have kept the screen free from scratches thus protecting it from cracking during the bin test even when flexing the phone from the other direction it will not bend or break it is very sturdy there is a small ripple in the metal near the SIM card tray that is easy to fix the most unfortunate part of this test is the edge to edge crack the digitizer is broken for everything below that line so the top half of the phone will respond to touches but the bottom half of the phone the part below the crack will not so the phone is effectively inoperable at this point I understand that my tests are rough but they do give a solid idea of what to watch out for when you own your own device with a solid tempered glass screen protector on this super phone it will be the king of all budget devices and even hold its own against most flagships in summary get a screen Tector and this phone will last a long time I will still tear down this phone to analyze the build quality from the inside because that's just what I do with all phones I've opened up all the popular phones from the last four years on my channel just search the name of your phone and the word jerry-rigged everything on YouTube and there will be a good chance that you can see the guts of your phone open for display I always post behind the scenes stuff on my Twitter and Instagram as well as snapchat and subscribe if you want to see your next phone durability tested before you purchase it thanks for watching