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in front of me I have the brand new iPhone 7 whether you are team Android or team iPhone anyone can appreciate a well-built phone and that's what we're here to find out again this matte black iPhone 7 survived my durability tests I've tested over 38 phones so far including the previous iPhones so let's see how this newcomer does let's start with the scratch test I have a set of mineral pics that tell me where the hardness of the glass falls on Mohs scale of hardness sapphire glass would be around an 8 or a 9 on Moute scale or plastic screens like the galaxy s7 active would scratch a level-3 normally the average smartphone will start scratching at a level 6 and this appears to be the case with this new iPhone 7 it is on par with the typical smartphone screen hardness coins and keys won't scratch it but you should keep it protected anyway there are still plenty of abrasive materials in the environment hiding in the pockets of your jeans or purse that can cause scratches to the screen of your phone let's jump down to the home button or better said the home touchpad now since it doesn't click anymore there have been rumors that the home button and the camera lens are made of sapphire which would make them extremely scratch resistant nearing the point of diamonds which would be nice some smart phones like the galaxy phones use a plastic home button that can scratch easily but so far this touchpad can resist the scratching from my razor blade but is it sapphire or is it just normal glass the easiest way to find out is using the hardness picks like I mentioned before glass will scratch at a five or six but Sapphire should be around an eight or nine and since this button has a deep scratch with the level six pick we know for sure that is regular glass and not sapphire the earpiece is made of metal and very solidly stuck in place it won't be sliding around or falling out like the old iPhone 4s did now with the back aluminium I will be scratching a jet black version very soon but so far this matte black version holds up extremely well to my keys you can hardly tell that it's been scratched razor blades on the other hand will scratch the phone just fine and this is why I always keep my razor blades in a separate purse you should too unless you want one of these $800 aluminum curlicues now for the camera lens this glass piece is protecting the new 12 megapixel camera inside of the phone and is definitely scratch resistant which is awesome my razor blade does nothing to it but is it's a fire it still scratches deeply at a level 6 so it doesn't look like anything on this phone as sapphire sapphire does have its pros and cons but I'll save that for another video next to the camera lens we have what Apple is calling the quad LED true tone flash initially I thought that this might be four different colored LEDs bringing even more life to pictures than just a dual colored flash would but while indeed there are four LEDs it is still just the same normal to colors that the older iPhone 6 has the flash is just brighter now because there are more of the LEDs which is good checking out the build quality of the rest of the phone we find out that the buttons are metal which is ideal plastic buttons tend to discolor or pop out more often than metal buttons do so thumbs up to Apple for sticking with quality materials the antenna bands are still plastic but that's a necessity with apple's design at this point in time if you remove these antenna bands no more cellular connection if we look down here we see where the headphone jack doesn't exist now this is a problem on multiple levels I'll go more in-depth about this in my next video but looking at it from purely a durability perspective this is an extremely bad move just like any piece of electronics the charging port component has a finite lifespan nothing lasts forever it is designed to withstand a certain amount of physical wear and tear this means it could stand 5,000 or 10,000 plugs and unplugs nobody knows the exact number but Apple but essentially now that Apple is combining the headphone jack and the charging port into one we have two accessories using the same single port doubling the rate of wear and tear so once this singular lightning port dies or reaches the end of its lifespan your phone is toast there's no backup wireless charging either so if you are person who's ever had their charging port stop working on a previous phone you can sit back and watch your iPhone 7 port die in half the time unless you fork over the dough for some wireless headphones which is what Apple wants you anyway I plan on making a video more in depth about the headphone jack in a few days it'll be revealing so subscribe and turn on your notifications for that what do you think is it good that Apple killed the headphone jack let me know down in the comments on to the burn test the IPS LCD of the iPhone 7 lasted almost 10 seconds under direct contact with flame before the pixels got hot and turned off going completely black it is interesting to see what screens recover and which ones don't Samsung AMOLED screens currently turn white and do not recover from flame the iPhone however completely recovered and functions as normal it is cool to the touch within seconds now the bin tests the iPhone 6 had a nifty little trick that would permanently match the phone to the curve of your body if you ever sat on it the iPhone 7 does not appear to be as flexible it is interesting to watch the waterproofing adhesive between the frame of the phone and the screen you can watch it tear as I heavily flex the phone so while this phone will not suffer from bin gate or catastrophic failure I would still not sit on it just to keep that water resistance intact once that adhesive is torn it will not be as resistant as it once was overall Apple has made another solid phone I appreciate the build quality I still have plenty more to say about that headphone jack but that'll come in another video 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