Nexus 6P Performs Poorly In Durability Test?

That's pretty bad. It seems the phone lacks any serious internal frame and the glue appears to fail promptly when the bend test begins.
 
Spidey329 said:
That's pretty bad. It seems the phone lacks any serious internal frame and the glue appears to fail promptly when the bend test begins.
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Well, he was bending a phone that already had a broken screen but I was still surprised at how easy it bent.
 
Google has started cutting corners with the Nexus, that's why I didn't bother with the last one.
 
NickJames said:
Google has started cutting corners with the Nexus, that's why I didn't bother with the last one.
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Google doesnt make phones. They foolishly selected Huwei. The 5x is well constructed in comparison, and the Nexus 6 is built like a battleship. The iFixit Teardown of the 6P illustrates why I woudl never one one.
 
Steve said:
Well, he was bending a phone that already had a broken screen but I was still surprised at how easy it bent.
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It failed where it was hit with a heat gun, and considering it is plastic that is not a shock it failed where it did.
 
I don't like his bend test, should've done something more controlled. I would rather see him put it in his back pocket and sit down, something more realistic. Maybe use a weight system.
 
Steve said:
Well, he was bending a phone that already had a broken screen but I was still surprised at how easy it bent.
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I watched the video twice. The screen was working without a problem and he bent the phone easily* enough. I don't see any damage by a heat on the phone or the screen that would weaken the structural integrity


*Phones shouldn't bend like that regardless if you are trying to do that or not.
 
NickJames said:
I don't like his bend test, should've done something more controlled. I would rather see him put it in his back pocket and sit down, something more realistic. Maybe use a weight system.
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This test is the 'default' test that people do to test if the phone bends or not. This all stems from the Iphone 6 phone bendgate debacle. Check out his Iphone 6s where he is straining like a SOB to bend that sucker and he does a bit. Shows that Apple was listening at least to the tempest in the teapot problem.

We (those of us with a brain) know that no one is going to do that to a phone and doing so you know you will break it.
 
Hmmm not too sure about the video, a lot of comments are similar to these -

What someone posted
" At this point, with the pile of evidence we have, I think we can safely say this was a staged PR stunt. It's kinda brilliant really. He's going to make a small fortune off of this fake video. Update: People are saying that this video is done by someone we know named "TK". Someone known to be a liar and scammer."
 
hafnium911 said:
Hmmm not too sure about the video, a lot of comments are similar to these -

What someone posted
" At this point, with the pile of evidence we have, I think we can safely say this was a staged PR stunt. It's kinda brilliant really. He's going to make a small fortune off of this fake video. Update: People are saying that this video is done by someone we know named "TK". Someone known to be a liar and scammer."
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lolwhut? Look at his other videos, fingers are the same and the test are the same. Someone doesn't like hearing their new flagship phone is a plastic POS.
 
Google and Microsoft are making Apple look better and better to me every single day. I was all about Android and the Windows 7 OS years ago but I'm all about the iPhone (and its actual encryption) and OS X (That's not spyware) today. I sure do wish I could put OS X on a custom built computer with Apples approval and support.
 
Bigdady92 said:
lolwhut? Look at his other videos, fingers are the same and the test are the same. Someone doesn't like hearing their new flagship phone is a plastic POS.
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Good point. I was just relaying what others have said, but I do have to agree with you. Btw, I'm still on my S5 :)
 
I am not too worried about this video. I am not planning to break my screen and snap my phone in half.

He also pushes the middle up which forces the battery to pop the screen out. Under most situations you would not put pressure in the center back of the phone while bending it along the power button hole.

It does seem contrived. But who knows, the 6P could be crap. I will know next week.
 
HardUp4HardWare said:
I am not too worried about this video. I am not planning to break my screen and snap my phone in half.

He also pushes the middle up which forces the battery to pop the screen out. Under most situations you would not put pressure in the center back of the phone while bending it along the power button hole.

It does seem contrived. But who knows, the 6P could be crap. I will know next week.
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Video of you raging on a nexus 6p because you lost in candy crush :D
 
Bigdady92 said:
lolwhut? Look at his other videos, fingers are the same and the test are the same. Someone doesn't like hearing their new flagship phone is a plastic POS.
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Some discussion the phone he got was a "knockoff"....not sure if that is true either.
 
It went down like this:

IN A DARK ALLEY SOMEWHERE IN PALO ALTO, CA:

YouTube JerryRigEverything enters the dark alley from the street. You can tell it is him as he is wearing his signature T-shirt.

Steve Jobs: Excellent work JerryRigEverything; excellent.

Seve Jobs kicks over a duffel bag. A banded stack of cash flips out as he kicks it.

JerryRigEverything: I got ya Steve.

JerryRigEverything picks up the fallen stack of cash and puts it back into the duffel bag, turns, and walks back out of the alley.
 
HardUp4HardWare said:
I am not too worried about this video. I am not planning to break my screen and snap my phone in half.

He also pushes the middle up which forces the battery to pop the screen out. Under most situations you would not put pressure in the center back of the phone while bending it along the power button hole.

It does seem contrived. But who knows, the 6P could be crap. I will know next week.
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I wouldn't worry about it. I have a bendgate apple 6+, and it hasn't bent at all in over a year of living in my front pocket without a case.
 
schizrade said:
Google doesnt make phones. They foolishly selected Huwei. The 5x is well constructed in comparison, and the Nexus 6 is built like a battleship. The iFixit Teardown of the 6P illustrates why I woudl never one one.
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When they announced 6P with Huawei, it's a sign of crap right there.

I bet Huawei in return must have done something to make Google even considering them.
 
Other videos debunk his. Lack of logo on back suggests it is a knock off.
But the main points are:
-He cracked the screen in half with his cut test (doesn't bode well if it isn't a knock off)
-He heated the screen with the burn test.
-He then bent the device that had zero strength do to no structural strength from the screen.
 
funkydmunky said:
Other videos debunk his. Lack of logo on back suggests it is a knock off.
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There is a logo on the back. What are you talking about?
funkydmunky said:
But the main points are:
-He cracked the screen in half with his cut test (doesn't bode well if it isn't a knock off)
-He heated the screen with the burn test.
-He then bent the device that had zero strength do to no structural strength from the screen.
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Seems to be the same method he used on other phones, and they didn't fail in such a way. He did move away from the razor blade though, not sure if that is making the difference though...
 
Kinda laughing at all the people who bought the JerryRigEverything video... either he's trolling, got a preproduction model, or fucked with the unit before hand.

The fact that everyone else who does "stress" tests on their phones is having a really hard time bending it makes me think that the Jerry guy tampered with the glass structure perhaps for a teardown? The fact it cracked with he picked it up, then he burned it a lot, then tries the stress test? Sorry, on any level that's shit methodology there.

My Nexus 6P arrives monday -- Can't wait!
 
I really don't like the "arbitrary pressure of my thumbs" test - seems unscientific.
 
Addition because I can't edit -- the strength of phones comes from the fact they are built as a boxed structure. Once you compromise that structure (the big ass CRACK) then it's going to be a ton weaker.


He's using broken/questionable hardware with unscientific methodology. Either he's really really stupid for posting this and thinking it's true, or Apple dropped a fat sack of cash on the guys door step.
 
For contrast, look at the LG V10, which just released this week. One reviewer shows it surviving dozens of drops in a row to asphalt, and only breaks when he pitches it up about 8 feet on the air.
 
Bigdady92 said:
This test is the 'default' test that people do to test if the phone bends or not. This all stems from the Iphone 6 phone bendgate debacle. Check out his Iphone 6s where he is straining like a SOB to bend that sucker and he does a bit. Shows that Apple was listening at least to the tempest in the teapot problem.

We (those of us with a brain) know that no one is going to do that to a phone and doing so you know you will break it.
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True but it's not really a great test which is pretty easy to do controlled. Simply putting a phone on two blocks and clamping it down then putting weights on it until it bends, breaks or is unreasonable is simple enough. I'm confused why there is a burn test, i get bend and scratch and dropping all happen to phones all the time, hell why not a drop a drink on it test. If the phone fails because of the crack on the screen that's pretty shitty given that screen crack all the dam time,the only people i know who don't have cracks on their screen their phones are less than a year old.
 
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collegeboy69us said:
Addition because I can't edit -- the strength of phones comes from the fact they are built as a boxed structure. Once you compromise that structure (the big ass CRACK) then it's going to be a ton weaker.


He's using broken/questionable hardware with unscientific methodology. Either he's really really stupid for posting this and thinking it's true, or Apple dropped a fat sack of cash on the guys door step.
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What I said.
Detached, heated, broken screen.
Stupid is as stupid does.
 
The scary thing is how bad the screen was cracking under almost no pressure. Heating the middle of the glass panel wont do shit, but since the screen was cracked already then yes the glass itself is no longer a structural member. Since the glass was cracked then I can definitely see how structural rigidity is compromised but come on the glass cracking that easily?
 
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