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the brand new iPhone XS Macs Apple's latest attempt at selling the same thing over and over again is here this time with a couple new backgrounds and a slightly larger screen size is it worth your money I've systematically durability tests at about a hundred different flagship phones over the past few years and it's time to see if Apple's gold excess max is durable let's get started so far things look pretty much the same just a larger iPhone X which is cool screen real estate is important inside the box we get our usual lightning port headphones and a short lightning to USB charging cable but this time around Apple has decided not to include any dongles in the box why though it's pretty simple actually when comparing two dongles side-by-side if I wanted to bulk manufacture a USBC headphone dongle it would cost me about 39 cents each super cheap it would be pretty safe to assume that the Apple dongle cost about the same since they have the same materials and do basically the same thing but it doesn't Apple gets massive royalties from third-party manufacturers because their lightning port is proprietary so why would Apple include a 30 cent accessory in the box when they can bleed a $5 royalty out of you later even if you don't buy from Apple directly last year Apple sold over 2 million iPhones that's a lot of potential dongle sales the reason Apple removed all the ports from their phones and laptops is because the 23 different dongles they sell on their website are basically pure profit and everyone still needs to buy them Apple claimed that the iPhone excess has the most durable glass ever than a smartphone let's see if the scratch resistance has changed at all it's pretty safe to assume that glass is glass and glass breaks and my most scale of hardness will let us know how scratch Abul it is we've seen plastic phone screen scratch at level 3 glass phones would start scratching at level 6 and sapphire crystal display starts scratching at level 9 no surprises here when the glass starts scratching at a level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7 it's important not to trust apple's marketing jargon this new iphone screen will scratch just as easy as your last iphone grab a screen protector there is a thin layer of plastic between the glass and the metal frame of the phone what is a nice little impact absorption layer I'll do a drop test later but glasses glass so I'm pretty sure we already know how that video is gonna end up there is no home button or a fingerprint scanner on the phone this time around the front-facing seven megapixel camera and face ID are both protected by the same front glass the earpiece grille is made from metal and it's not going anywhere it's pretty secure and won't fall out on its own one thing I am a huge fan of is Apple's stainless steel frame gold coloring might not be your thing of course but the weight of stainless steel and the durability that comes with it is impressive stainless is harder than aluminum and more difficult to scratch it can still get scratched of course but the sound and the damage inflicted will be less on this steel iPhone than an aluminum iPhone which is a good thing Apple has included a dual SIM card tray with a little rubber ring around the top to keep water out for that ip68 rating still no expandable memory slot but Apple's never had one so iOS users don't know what they're missing the buttons are also made from metal and can't be removed from the frame stainless steel also conducts less heat than aluminum so it'll usually feel colder than touch every time you grab it good for that premium external feel but bad for the internal processor heat dissipation I'm still a huge fan of the Meuse which I feel like every phone needs one of these the volume buttons are also made from metal down at the bottom of the phone we still have no headphone jack Apple owns both wireless air pots and beats so of course they would prefer a fuming Wireless Apple kinda creates a problem and then charges you for the solution incredibly good business plan but bad news for your wallet Apple didn't become the first trillion-dollar company by being generous speaking of lack of generosity if you crack the back glass on your iPhone excess max it will cost a whopping 599 dollars to replace that risk for something as fragile as glass makes apples glass phones the most cosmetically fragile and delicate pieces of technology on the planet a replacement back glass for a samsung phone is around $30 huge difference if you've already given Apple all of your money ID brand the phone with the skin or a case no reason to give them free advertising as well now for my favorite part says they're all about those premium materials which is great for the most part they do a pretty good job but Apple is still bragging on their website about using sapphire crystal on their camera lens to protect the dual 12 megapixel cameras sapphire crystal would be extraordinary if it was pure sapphire remember glass scratches at level six sapphire should resist scratching until a level eight or nine just shy of diamonds at level 10 apples impure sapphire as you can see starts scratching at a level six the same as glass this tea so watch though built with a pure sapphire face does not scratch at level six back to the iPhone excess max camera lens we see more scratching with a level seven pic also in line with what glass would be doing the Sapphire Tissot though is still scratch proof even at that same level seven on the max camera lens using a level eight pick where sapphire should start scratching we see another mark taking that same level eight pick back to the T so we finally see some faint scratching in my opinion if Apple's impure sapphire isn't doing what sapphire is expected to do they shouldn't be calling it sapphire let me know what you think in the comments at least the Tissot watches are always consistent as long as Apple keeps using their inferior sapphire I'll keep buying more watches to show up premium actually looks like now for the burn test Apple is a pretty fascinating company to watch they get away with making beautiful yet cosmetically fragile and super expensive to repair smart phones where you have to buy back basic functionality like some EA game loot box you might be like whoa Jerry tell us how you really feel all right I will it's like Tim Cook walked on stage with the fully functional galaxy note 9 snapped his Thanos fingers to remove half of the cool features raise the price and we got left with an iPhone excess max maybe next year Apple will start leading an innovation again but I'm not getting my hopes up there's better profit margins with dongles the 6.5 inch super Retina display lasted over a minute on my burn test which is pretty cool just like the Galaxy s8 a few years ago and now for the bin test every phone is not created equally some snap in half and end up on my shelf of shame Apple has done an incredibly good job of making structurally sound phones the last couple of years and as much as I would like to see this phone snap in half it does not Apple has once again constructed an incredibly solid and structurally sound device unless you end up cracking the back glass of course that extra 600 are charge will test anyone's sanity so be ready the iPhone excess max passes my durability test but is it the cure to unhappiness probably not I'd say skip this one and spend your extra cash on memories and experiences your current phone is probably fine and it's not worth the marginal upgrade I do have an extra excess max though and I definitely don't want it for myself I'll give it away over on my Twitter so come hang out with me over there you can slap a skin on it and pretend it's an Android or just sell it to a poor soul who doesn't know better things are out there and keep the money for yourself hit that subscribe button thanks ton for watching and I'll see you around