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  • Today we'll be durability testing the W Noxv...

  • ....or is it the Axon M?

  • With so many phones these days I'm starting to get confused.

  • This is the most recent dual screen Android phone released from ZTE, which unfortunately

  • is an exclusive to the AT&T network.

  • So not many people will get the chance to check this out.

  • Today we'll be reviewing the Axon M dual screen smartphone together...my way.

  • Let's get started.

  • [Intro]

  • The Axon M folds open like a book, revealing two 5.2 inch displays.

  • It can mirror, extend, or just rock that dual display showing split screen apps on either

  • side.

  • Right now I have the camera and the calendar open at the same time.

  • I'll fold it shut to turn off the back screen and go back to normal mode.

  • You can also try an extended display.

  • [Video playing on phone] “Inside the box Apple was nice enough to include some headphones.”

  • Whatever movie you are watching jumps across the divide and shows one half of the flick

  • on either side of the screen.

  • This is great for people who think center pixels are overrated.

  • Those center bezels take out a decent sized chunk of the movie real estate.

  • Flipping the phone sideways though will allow you to get the full screen effect while being

  • able to read and participate in the comments at the same time.

  • That part is pretty cool.

  • Let's start the scratch test resistance of both screens.

  • I have a set of Mohs picks that tell me what the screen is made from.

  • Plastic scratches at a level 3, tempered glass at a 6, and diamonds would be a level 10.

  • You might be thinking that this is the first dual screen Android phone, but actually back

  • in 2011, Kyocera released it's Echo with dual 3.5 inch displays.

  • It's cool to see a more modern version now in the Axon lineup.

  • Both screens have scratched at a level 6, with a deeper groove at a level 7, which makes

  • sense for this Gorilla Glass 5 on both sides.

  • So I make my way up to the top of the phone and we find a dual tone flash that's made

  • from plastic, and one camera lens that's embedded underneath the Gorilla Glass 5.

  • It's a 20 megapixel camera and it's the only one that exists on this phone.

  • But with a screen on both sides, it's easy to switch back and forth.

  • The earpiece is flush with the front glass and also made from plastic.

  • Up here at the top of the phone we have some metal and a headphone jack.

  • This Android phone made room for 2 huge screens and a jack.

  • Some companies can't even fit a jack in a phone with one screen.

  • There's always room for jack.

  • The sides of the phone are full of our favorite sound.

  • A solid metal frame, along with a metal camera button, fingerprint scanner, metal volume

  • rocker, and a metal SIM and expandable memory SD card tray.

  • It really does make you wonder what cool things Apple could do with their money if they ever

  • decided to innovate.

  • Checking to see if the scratched fingerprint scanner still works.

  • I registered my finger and tried it out a few times.

  • It went well and still functioned, but normally I scratch things a little bit more.

  • The second time around the fingerprint scanner only functioned about half the time, but it

  • would seriously be hard to cause this level of damage on accident.

  • At the bottom of the phone we have dual speaker slots...another thing the iPhones doesn't

  • have...and a USB-C port all surrounded by that metal frame.

  • Now, most of the Axon M is metal, but the surround of the secondary screen is plastic.

  • I'll dig more into this in a second, but first, check out the canvas size on the back of the

  • W Noxv.

  • So there was a survey done of 16,000 people that found 72% of those people check their

  • smartphones at least once an hour.

  • It's impressive how addicting smartphones can be.

  • A separate survey found 75% of people admitted texting and driving.

  • Interesting to see how closely those numbers match up.

  • And that's why I drew this hourglass.

  • Maybe we don't always need to check our phones every hour.

  • I mean, you already know none of DM's you just slid into are going to get a response,

  • so you might as well just wait.

  • Oh, and the battery door panel is metal, and the rest of the back surface is plastic.

  • This little extrusion here fits comfortably into its counterpart on the other side of

  • the phone, keeping both sides extremely solid.

  • There's no wiggling around when the phone is shut.

  • But as you know, we'll be testing this more in a second.

  • It's time for the burn test.

  • This phone has dual 5.2 inch IPS LCDs and it lasted about 8 seconds before the pixels

  • turned black.

  • They did recover completely after the heat was removed, which is always kind of fun to

  • watch.

  • Just remember, don't do this to your own phone.

  • Some screens don't recover.

  • And now the bend test.

  • The bend test shows a lot about what kind of abuse the phones can handle during it's

  • lifespan.

  • In an ideal world, phones would never get damages, but accidents happen.

  • Luckily both halves of this phone are totally solid.

  • No flexing or shifting between the layers.

  • So even sitting on this phone in your back pocket, the hinge will remain intact with

  • the way those grooves are situated in the back panel of the phone supported by that

  • super long full length hinge.

  • Everything is solid, at least while the phone is closed.

  • Now if I were to open the phone up and intentionally snap it at the weakest point, then yes, it

  • would be catastrophic.

  • But in the normal used closed position, this phone is a winner when it comes to build quality.

  • I think we'll gain more from a functioning tear down video then we would by taking a

  • cheap shot at that open hinge.

  • Hit that subscribe button if you haven't already, and we'll review this tech from the inside.

  • Would you ever buy a dual screen phone?

  • What would you want to change to make it more useful?

  • Thanks a ton for watching, and I'll see you around.

Today we'll be durability testing the W Noxv...

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