Hardly an industry standard for testing, JerryRigEverything's
torture routine has become a great source of insight on just how scratch
and bend resistant you can expect your next phone to be. Well, in comes
the X.
The Apple iPhone X is the latest to come out of Cupertino, and like the more pedestrian iPhone 8 and 8 Plus
is a glass sandwich with a metal frame all around, only here the metal
is steel and not aluminum, so it scratches with a different (still
painful) sound. The display won't get damaged by keys and coins, but
beware of pocket sand and granite countertops.
There's a plastic inlet between glass and frame, serving as buffer to
help prevent cracking when you inevitably drop your X - a good thing
since the back panel damage is a $550 replacement job.
Mohs picks scratch test, razor blade scratch test, burn test, you
know Zack's drill. It's the bend test that comes last, and despite some
flex, there's no permanent damage. Check it for yourself in the video
below.
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