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  • Normally I make videos about super expensive, overpriced flagship cellphones.

  • You know, durability testing...taking them apart.

  • But every now and then I like to branch out and take an inside look at some weird phones.

  • Today we have the Micro M5 – the world's first ultra thin card phone.

  • This little guy can actually fit inside your wallet.

  • This strange phone durability test is sponsored by Dollar Shave Club.

  • Let's get started.

  • [Intro]

  • This little M5 is about half as thick as an iPhone.

  • With it's pretty lightweight body, textured back, and a startup sound that sounds suspiciously

  • familiar [phone jingle sounds], Nokia's probably not too stoked on that one.

  • With a consistent buzz of social media and the internet these days, sometimes it's just

  • nice to chill out with a simple phone.

  • It's got a phone book.

  • It makes phone calls with it's internal SIM card, and it also has Bluetooth, so it can

  • act as a camera remote or a Bluetooth speaker for your main phone.

  • Even though it does have that SIM card tray and can be a phone all by itself.

  • It does have a calendar, which is honestly pretty much worthless.

  • And there is a very disturbing lack of pre-installed games.

  • It honestly looks more like a calculator than it does a cell phone.

  • But would you look at that...it actually does fit inside a wallet.

  • With a 4 day stand by life, and costing less than $20, it's actually not too shabby for

  • a back up phone.

  • This is only, of course, if it ends up being durable.

  • You know the drill.

  • We treat all phones equally around here.

  • We start with the Mohs scratch test.

  • Each pick has a different material on the tip and let's us know the hardness level of

  • the display material.

  • And as we can see, the pressure is immediately evident on the display.

  • And we start seeing scratches at a level 3.

  • This means the screen's surface is made from plastic.

  • Glass would start scratching at a level 6.

  • Plastic seems to be the theme of this phone, running down the sides.

  • Down at the bottom we have an old school micro USB port, along with a mute switch, and a

  • little flap covering up the SIM card trayall made from plastic.

  • There is no headphone jack at the top, which basically makes this guy a premium flagship

  • or something at this point.

  • Removing the headphone jack seems to be the cool thing to do these days.

  • The whole front side of the phone seems to be laminated with the same piece of plastic

  • material that's covering the screen.

  • No button cracks or crevices to collect dust which is nice.

  • Black plastic covers both sides of this credit card size cellphone.

  • It's a rather small canvas on the back, but I think I can make it work.

  • I guess you could say it's a canvas for ants.

  • Scientists currently estimate there are around 10 quadrillion ants on planet earth right

  • now.

  • Which means that if the ants all suddenly got together to wage war on the humans, each

  • of the 7 billion human beings would be left to fight 1 million ants each...all by yourself.

  • That'll give ya something to think about tonight.

  • You've probably heard the phrasemoney burning a hole in your wallet.”

  • But what would happen if your wallet literally caught fire with your phone inside?

  • Thumbs up for that smooth transition.

  • If your wallet starts on fire with your cellphone inside, you better put it out quick because

  • this 1 inch, TFT LCD screen turned white after about 10 seconds.

  • It's an older style display like we used to see in watches or the old GameBoys, but the

  • screen did still end up working after the flame was removed, and mostly recovered from

  • the heat.

  • Not too shabby.

  • Since this little guy is designed to fit inside of a wallet, and wallets are usually sat on,

  • it's time to see how structurally sound the M5 Mini phone really is.

  • The first bend showed a substantial amount of flex, and the top of the screen started

  • slipping loose from the back housing.

  • But it's still alive.

  • Bending from the back it has a little bit less of a flex, but the ant, and our phone,

  • are still doing just fine.

  • During the second bend from the front, the back housing started to lift away even more.

  • But even with that back housing coming loose, the phone is still fully functional.

  • There are no external screws holding the two halves together, but the fit is still extremely

  • snug and requires quite a bit of force to separate...mostly catching on that micro USB

  • port down at the bottom.

  • Without the back panel in place, the phone is now even more thin.

  • We can see that the battery is what's adding most of the thicknessall 320 milliamp

  • hours of it.

  • It also looks like there's a hidden SD card slot inside of this phone.

  • I can't think of a real reason to have one of these.

  • There is no external access and it's not like there are any pictures or music to store on

  • here.

  • Inside there's also a circular coin style vibrator, the top loud speaker earpiece, and

  • the bottom microphone that's aimed out of a tiny hole in the front of the phone.

  • Pretty crazy stuff.

  • Nothing can be taken off or repaired, but you know, it's $20.

  • And it's still alive, so I can't complain too much.

  • Want to know what else I can't complain about?

  • Dollar Shave Club's $5 starter kit.

  • Huge thanks to Dollar Shave Club for sponsoring this video.

  • Razors at the store are usually, you know, pretty expensive.

  • Dollar Shave Club is a place online that cuts out the middleman and sells razors for pretty

  • cheap.

  • For $5 you get a starter kit sent straight to your door.

  • This includes the empty executive razor handle, 4 razors, and some shea butter, all for cheaper

  • than what you can buy it for at the store.

  • And it's delivered to your door on your own schedule.

  • Dollar Shave Club has all kinds of stuff.

  • You can toss in things like a toothbrush or hair products, if you're into that kind of

  • thing.

  • And after the $5 starter box, a restock box will come with regular sized products at the

  • regular price.

  • But if being clean isn't your thing, you can quit whenever you want.

  • I'll leave a link down in the description.

  • Or you can just go to dollarshaveclub.com/jerryrig to get started.

  • Thanks to Dollar Shave Club for sponsoring this video.

  • Would you ever want to own one of these credit card phones?

  • Let me know down in the comments.

  • And let me know if there are any other weird phones you want to see tested.

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  • And come hang out with me on Instagram and Twitter.

  • Thanks a ton for watching.

  • I'll see you around.

Normally I make videos about super expensive, overpriced flagship cellphones.

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