“Torture” Moto RAZR 2019: Ultra-thin folding smartphone

Just days after the official launch of the Moto RAZR 2019, JerryRigEverthing, a YouTube technology channel that specializes in smashing and dissecting smartphones, has a Moto RAZR endurance test to see if it’s a folding screen smartphone “born” after late delivery, “is the Moto RAZR 2019 more durable when using the flexible OLED screen?

Due to the different folding design with horizontal hinges and vertical folding screens, the overall RAZR 2019 looks more like a phone than a tablet like the Galaxy Fold. In full open mode, the RAZR 2019 is nearly the same size as the Galaxy Note10 +.

RAZR 2019 (left) and Galay Note10 + (right)

The first is the screen durability test, as we all know, the 2019 RAZR is equipped with two screens, including a flexible plastic screen on the front and a small secondary screen to monitor notifications. at the back.

Experiment with 8 different levels of hard objects on the main screen of RAZR 2019

Due to being flexible plastic, the folding screen of RAZR 2019 is easily scratched for hard objects at levels 2 and 3 onwards.

Even users can easily leave fingerprint marks by scratching the screen

The external screen is protected by glass like normal smartphones

Therefore it is scratched on objects with a hardness of 6

According to JerryRigEverything, Motorola says the Moto RAZR 2019 doesn’t have a screen gap when folded, but with JerryRigEverything’s RAZR, he can still see a small gap between the two halves of the screen, which could inadvertently be possible. leading to dirt getting in easily and causing damage over time. Even in the place where the hinge is located, the screen of the device is still exposed to a large clear view.

When we folded the Moto RAZR 2019, we still saw a small gap

Large gap between screen and hinge

JerryRigEverything tested the dirt potential of the 2019 RAZR by dropping in a handful of sand, then dusting off the dirt. Unfortunately, with the large openings as above, dust has reached inside the hinge place, causing a portion of the screen to be deformed, as well as making a “creaking” sound when folded into the screen. Figure.

We can see that dust has entered the large gap between the screen and the hinge

Dirt gets into the internal structure causing screen deformation

Next is the test to heat the screen with a lighter. Despite being a plastic screen, however, this screen of the machine does not easily have problems when direct fire. The pixels begin to change after about 25 seconds, and quickly recover afterwards.

Finally comes the machine bend test. This is probably the most “hardcore” test of JerryRigEverything, especially for a fragile folding smartphone like RAZR 2019. With just the light force of two hands, JerryRigEverything can easily bend the phone. RAZR, causing the screen of the device to start appearing with a series of dead pixels. Bending it many more times, even the screen of the device was peeled off.

The first crack, the screen appears 2 rows of dead pixels in the middle right

Continue to crack the second, more rows of dead pixels appear, but the screen is still touch

Third bend, the whole screen has “slipped” out of the chassis

Touching the bottom of the screen is enough to make it worse

In the center of the hinge is the “super huge” bubble wrinkle

Fold the device back into this state and the screen of the device will be “dead” completely

Readers can see details of the endurance test of the RAZR 2019 by JerryRigEverything in the video below.