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remember that phone from last year with the motorized pop-up camera the vivo NEX s well vivo is back at it again with another super innovative design with both a screen on the front and back of their latest flagship in the box comes with headphones charger and a thick bumper case to protect the phone from drops it's time to see how much dot vivo put into durability let's get started this is the second dual screen phone we've seen with the Nubia X switching screens was they carefully calculated simultaneous double button breaths but with this vivo phone pressing one power button on the right side of the phone will activate whatever side is facing you much easier it also has a three finger side swipe to switch between the screens on the go which is as equally easy so the whole point of a dual screen phone is to one look cool but also to get rid of any notches or hole punches in the larger front display with an additional screen on the back all selfies can be done with the higher quality rear main cameras instead of having lower quality front cameras taking up space inside of a notch the main camera on this phone has three LED lights for better lip pictures two of which can activate a circular lunar ring for more even light during pictures or video you know the same circular lights that youtubers might use during makeup tutorials I'm gonna leave the makeup tutorials to the experts but a ring light is definitely a cool addition to a cell phone camera the included case has a solid fit I always have a case on my personal device so I'm glad vivo added some extra protection in the box speaking of protection there is also an included plastic screen protector on the front surface the guys over a vivo are getting all the bonus points today as you know with my systematic durability test we checked the scratch resistance of the screen with Mohs scale of hardness it's a pretty safe bet that if a company is an advertising Sapphire it's probably going to be tempered glass which is where we start seeing faint scratches at level six with deeper grooves at a level 7 vivo was the first manufacturer to come out with an under display fingerprint scanner and the same technology is here in this phone as well underneath the front screen protected by the front glass but is shines up onto your fingerprint and the little sensor underneath the display can tell if it's your finger or not so you can unlock the phone securely with two screens we need double the testing since there's twice as much real estate to cover let's scratch test the back dbrand should start making clear skins for these dual screen phones this side as well as covered by a screen protector which makes sense screen protectors not only stop scratches but also at a cushion layer of impact protection so brittle glass doesn't shatter right away during a drop this time after testing all the different levels we still find tempered glass covering the back panel resulting in scratches at level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7 the rear design of the vivo dual screen phone is unique instead of a metal lip around the camera lens the whole circular unit is glass and protrude just slightly over the top of the glass rear panel with its own little screen protector the circular camera lens is very solidly adhered to the rear panel even with some prying from my razor blade it doesn't want to come off the back panel surprisingly does have its own earpiece a bi-directional earpiece speaker shooting out both the front and the back this will be fun to see from the inside it's a thin little sliver especially here on the front side to minimize the bezels but the grill can come off on its own there isn't much adhesive holding it in place it's definitely interesting to see speaker grilles on both sides of the phone speaking of sides the material inside of this dual screen sandwich is metal the long volume button and power buttons are both made from metal the bottom of the phone has a loudspeaker and USB C charging for it along with the dual SIM card tray with a protective rubber ring around the opening to help keep water out the vivo next dual display doesn't have an official IP rating but it's good to see some steps were taken this hole is protected and I'll have to check the other holes from the inside during the teardown the far side of the phone is also made from metal along with the second tower button with vivo printed on the surface and what's this dust mine eyes deceive me a headphone jack you gotta love a phone with all the features another interesting design choice is at the edge of the screen on both the front and the back are surrounded by a layer of plastic plastic as we know is much softer than metal or glass so it does provide a nice cushion layer between the hard metal sides and the clear brittle glass so if it does happen to get dropped it might not break is easy it's a good thing and not something you would notice at first glance with the previous dual screen phone I tested the Nubia X it had an LCD front panel while the smaller rear panel was AMOLED this phone the vivo next dual display has a larger rear screen than the Nubia at 5.5 inches and is still a 1080p AMOLED it's kind of sad when you think that the backup screen on this phone is still higher resolution than Apple's iPhone 10 are no permanent marks were left on the display even after my lighter was in place for 45 seconds it might be the dual thickness of the clear camera lens glass but even with all that heat there is no separation of the rather unique circular lens there's a 12 megapixel main camera a 2 megapixel death sensor and another 3d camera called tof or time-of-flight for facial recognition are all back here the tof camera has some pretty cool 3d scanning capabilities I jumped into the camera app to check it out it has the standard measure a banana features that a lot of phones have but it also has this pretty in-depth 3d face scanning unlocking thing that vivo claims is better than Apple's but I think we can all agree that this is either super creepy or super awesome isn't that right digital Jerry the front screen is a massive six point four inch no not CH 1080p AMOLED display this time with different placement of my lighter and without the dual layers of glass a white burn mark appeared at about 27 seconds and never did quite recover and now for the bin test this phone has no moving parts just one solid hunk of glass metal and plastic and the whole contraption seems very heavy and very solid with only a slight bend during the Flex but with no creaks snaps kinks or cracks anywhere in the body even when bent from both directions I like where things are headed this whole flagship phone with dual screens 3d camera headphone jack and in screen fingerprint scanner is still cheaper than Apple's budget iPhone the 10r and vivos phone comes with double the internal memory vivos got my attention I'm impressed and I'm excited to see what they come out with next hit 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