Name: This Phone has a LASER PROJECTOR built in?!
Uploaded: 2020-03-06T20:03:32.000Z
Duration: 6 min 25 s
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So a company called Blackview released a brand new phone - for sale right now - that has

Today we're going to be durability testing the Blackview Max 1 to see if it can handle

every day life and see what this projector is all about.

Spoiler alert - the projector is a bit better than you think it is.

So obviously, projectors need to be operated in kind of a dark environment.

But with one click, the Max 1 is activated shooting the projector out the back.

And right now we're about 2 meters away and this is the equivalent of a 45 inch TV, which

is incredible, especially since it's coming out the top of a cell phone.

It's a laser projector with the resolution of 720p, but it's interesting because you

It's in your pocket and you can use it at a moment's notice where ever you want.

Every now and then you might catch a line in the video you're watching flickering down

the projection, but that's only because of the camera I'm using to film this phone.

In real life it doesn't appear when you're watching the projection.

It has something to do with the camera shutter speed or something like that.

Here's another example with a little drone history video that I made.

This was me filming with the DJI Mavic Pro 2 out in the middle of Idaho with the wrecked

Kind of an interesting video...I'll link that if you want to take a look at it.

It's crazy to me that they fit a laser projector in the top of this phone, and it's displaying

Some phone companies are like, oh, we don't have room for a headphone hack, and then Blackview's

So whether you want to watch movies or play video games, what's cool about this is that

it can actually display whatever's on your cellphone behind you or on the ceiling of

And it's super funny that Apple produced the iPod for, you know, $300, and then there's

this phone for almost the same price that has a full fledged projector in it.

It just goes to show you that your dollar goes a much longer way with Android than it

Blackview does say that while you're using the projector, it can project for 5 hours

before the battery goes down, which is pretty impressive.

So we've talked a bit about the features, but you know we're really here to find out

It's hard to get over how cool this phone is.

Quite possibly one of the coolest, or at least the most unique phones of 2019.

On the Blackview website, the Max 1 is being sold for $400 with the caveat that it only

That might change in the future, of course.

This might come as a surprise to nobody, but the Blackview Max 1 starts scratching at a

level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7.

The earpiece is made from metal with just one thin row of circles just to let the sound

There are 2 cameras on the front, both protected by the front glass, a 16 megapixel front camera

The right side of the phone is pretty standard - metal construction with a textured metal

power button and a plain metal volume rocker.

Still all made from metal up here which is good.

But then when I go to analyze the rectangular opening for the laser projector, it's made

Yeah, it is recessed below the frame so it should be protected from scratches most of

But since plastic does scratch easier than glass, special cleaning precautions should

The left side of the Max 1 is pretty plain, minus the removable SIM and SD card tray - huge

It's very easy to transfer SD cards full of movies.

The bottom of the phone has a loudspeaker grill, USB-C port, and no headphone jack.

But since they stuffed an entire full projector into the top of the phone, I think we can

The back panel is made from glass with the Blackview logo printed on the underside, which

The camera lens housing is made from metal, and the circular lens protecting the 16 megapixel

After some heavy abuse it can still read my finger, but then when I go to unlock the phone,

The phone does get a little warm when the screen is turned on and it's projecting at

Not as warm as when I hold my lighter up to it of course, but the little device is doing

a whole lot of work when it's projecting.

Luckily the internal 4680 milliamp hour battery is there to handle the extra workload.

It can supposedly project for 5 hours at a time.

Even after 40 seconds under the flame from my lighter, nothing was really happening to

the 6 inch 1080p AMOLED display...just a yellowish tinge to the pixels, but they eventually recovered

To turn the projector on, it's just one click, and then whatever's on your screen starts

Blackview claims their projector can make a 200 inch screen, but I think it would be

In a totally dark room, I think about 40 or 50 inches is plenty good enough.

Good enough, of course, with the stipulation that the phone is structural and can handle

When bent from the back, there is no flex with the phone.

It's a pretty thick little guy with over 10 millimeters, which is 3 millimeters thicker

than the iPhone 10s, but it definitely doesn't budge.

It's hard to argue with a super thick brick phone construction.

I was honestly getting kind of bored with the smart phones of 2018, but here in 2019

with all of it's motorized cameras, internal projectors, and time-of-flight cameras, and

super high internal optical zoom cameras, it's turning out to be a fantastic year for

The Blackview Max 1 passes my durability test.