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Got my hands on the Motorola Droid Turbo 2. This is the shatterproof phone from Motorola.
It is a pretty large phone, about the same size as my Note 5.
I do durability tests on all the major smart phones Scratch tests, Bend tests, and extreme
heat tests. All of which can be related to every day life. Lets start with the scratch
tests. I have a set of pics that let me know where the screen falls on "Mohs Scale of Hardness".
Now... The screen on the Droid Turbo 2 is actually made up of 5 different layers, and
Ill cover those more in depth in just a second...
A level 2 pick did nothing, because its basically plastic
against plastic... but a level three pick left some very noticeable marks on the phone.
For reference.. Most phones like the Samsung, or even the rest of the Motorola line up, have
Gorilla Glass screens, and they end up being a 5 or a 6 on Mohs scale, this phone is a
2.5 Obviously a razor blade will cause some major damage to this screen. Even keys and
coins will scuff it up. So by this device having a shatter proof screen, it definitely
compromises quite a bit when it comes to scratch-proof-ness. It scratches fairly easily.
Luckily the rear camera is scratch resistant though. I can take my razor blade, which is
about a 5 or a 6 on mohs scale, and it leaves no mark on the lens. That's good news for
the photography people out there. Hit that thumbs up for camera lens durability.
The back panel feels like a tough braided nylon. You see the razor blade can slice through
the fibers, but keys and coins wont do much to mark up the back layer. It feels quality
and solid, so there isn't much to worry about there. Plus the back panels are replaceable.
Onto the burn test... We get to see how the screen handles when extreme heat is applied
to the surface. Most screens do survive this test... But this particular phone did not.
I imagine that it has something to do with the plastic flexible Amoled panel inside.
The heat melts the pixels in such a way that they don't recover like they do on regular
amoled panels. You can see that even when the screen is turned off, the white melted
mark from the flame is still visible.
Lets jump into the bend test before I talk about screen layers. If I can snap this thing
in half... It'll be much easier to show all the layers at once....
Unfortunately though... this phone is stronger than I am. It does flex quite a bit more than
your normal phone, I was nervous about it snapping for a second... but it locks out
and does not break or snap. Very solid device.
Now lets talk about the 5 layers of the screen.
On the bottom we have the Aluminum Chassis, right above that we have the
Flexible plastic Amoled Display. The third layer, the Digitizer layer, also made of flexible plastic.
The Fourth layer is
Internal clear Plycarbonate lens and the 5th layer, the one what we have been dealing with...
Is the exterior acrylic polycarbonate lens that
they claim is 'scratch resistant.' Its interesting to me that they even attempt to call it scratch
resistant at all.
What you see me removing here is the 5th outermost layer. It is basically just a glorified thick
plastic screen protector.... which is easily replaceable, and can be ordered from Motorola's
website for 30 bucks. (Ill link that in the video description.) You can see that the plastic
edges of the phone are raised up a just little to accommodate the thick top layer
So...the good news is that if you ever need to replace your scratched
or dented, top layer, you can, relatively easily.
So... is this the phone that will put screen repair shops out of business? I dont think
so. I imagine that this phone will fit a niche market of devoted dedicated die hard users...
but I think most people, including my self, will choose a premium feeling scratch resistance
glass screen over a shatterproof very scratch-able plastic lens.
Also, even though the Plastic lens of the Turbo 2 is shatterproof, the LCD itself can
still be damaged from drops, or hard hits. Watch TechRaxs Turbo 2 video to see what I
am talking about.
Thanks a ton for watching! Check out my other Smart phone durability videos, I have quite
a few. And follow me on Instagram! @ZacksJerryRig
Hope to see you around!