Gadgetory

starting the new year off right with a popular phone from Asus this is the zenfone 3 deluxe I put brand new phones through a series of durability tests to see what they're made of and how well they stand up to the test of time the box of this phone is pretty phenomenal opening the lid exposes a very thin layer of brushed aluminum whose reflections to wreck your focus to the phone in the center it looks like Asus is in search of something incredible have they found it with this phone let's find out my initial thoughts holding this phone is that it is pretty lightweight compared to my normal galaxy s7 or iPhone or even the oneplus 3 and that makes me nervous because when assessing durability weight is usually associated with quality let's start with the scratch test I have a set of most pics that tell me what the screen is made of if the screen is plastic like the galaxy s7 active or droid turbo - it will scratch at a level-3 tempered glass like Gorilla Glass we usually scratch at a level 6 and harder materials like sapphire will scratch at an eight or a nine this phone scratches at a level six which means we're working with tempered glass like most other smartphones these days the same front glass covers the eight megapixel camera and the sensors so those are protected and inside the ear slot the grille seems to be made of plastic or vinyl covering so if you ever need a clean dirt or makeup out of this hole don't go too deep or it can tear now here's the part I was super curious about all over a Souza's website they're claiming that this phone is an all-metal miracle and that it has pure metal technology which is fine except for they have this TM thing right next to it which means that is just a trademark phrase instead of an actual material so I was nervous but the sound shows us that it is indeed metal I thought Asus was going to pull an LG g5 and make a plastic sandwich and call it premium but they didn't thumbs up a Zeus the back panel of the phone is definitely metal if you squint your eyes real hard and use all of your imagination you can clearly see that this is a pony fingerprint scanners are usually made up of a different material than the rest of the phone and that is the case with the zenfone 3 - looks this scanner seems to have a plastic coating on it which can't get scratched pretty easily I think we can all agree that this particular fingerprint scanner is scratched more heavily than could ever happen in real life with normal use so let's see if it can still function it still allows me to set my fingerprint and unlock the phone every single time I touch it which is pretty impressive you definitely don't need to worry about damaging the fingerprint scanner on this phone so far Asus has done a really good job with build quality even the camera lens is real glass so it won't be scratching on its own like a plastic lens would now when I come to the side of the phone this is where I encounter my first issue that satisfying metal-on-metal scratching sound that we all enjoy is nowhere to be heard only when I get deep enough through the thick layer of plastic do I see a glint of silver metal call it plastic call it primer whatever this layer is your hand is not touching metal when you are holding the phone which is absolutely fine if this phone wasn't so heavily marketed as all metal on their website it does have more metal than the LG g5 though which also claim to be all metal at least the back panel on the zenfone threes Lux is legit as you can hear from my razor it is just the size of the phone that are having an identity crisis so now we know any time someone tries to pull a trademark metal shenanigan it's not going to be real metal now there are two different versions of the zenfone 3 deluxe a 5.7 inch version with an AMOLED screen and a 5.5 inch version with an IPS LCD that was released a few months after the first version both are branded with the same zenfone 3 deluxe name and both have the same build quality and exterior materials the IPS screen of the 5.5 inch lasted 8 seconds under my lighter but fully recovers now I've had several people tweet me about lighting their own phone on fire this is a terrible idea even if the pixels do fully recover there is still damage done to the oleophobic coating that coating gets evaporated by flame so definitely leave the phone burning to a professional phone burner like myself speaking of tests you shouldn't do at home the bend test of the zenfone 3 deluxe is anxiety inducing it appears to disobey the laws of physics the screen stopped working for a second after the bend but after turning it off and turning it back on again we are back in business bending from the front of the phone yielded much sturdier results I imagine because the glass inside of the frame kept it pretty sturdy and rigid and while the metal is pretty disfigured it can be mostly bent back into its original shape and continue on functioning just like normal so as long as you are okay with plastic sides on this so-called all-metal phone design this is a pretty solidly built phone good as new do you think a suit should get a pass on calling this phone all metal or do you think phone manufacturers should be more specific on what their phone is made of let me know in the comments I test every new phone that comes out to make sure your notifications from my channel are enabled so you never miss out on a durability test Instagram and Twitter are where I'm active most and if your mom catches you lighting your phone on fire you don't know me thanks for watching I'll see you around