Last week, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 passed JerryRigEverything’s torture test with flying colors. The popular YouTuber has now posted a teardown video of the Galaxy Z Fold 6. You would be happy to know that the foldable phone passed the durability test. However, it also reminded us of the Galaxy Note 7 fire saga.
Galaxy Z Fold 6 durability is on point
Popular tech YouTuber Zack Nelson (JerryRigEverything) posted a teardown video of the Galaxy Z Fold 6. The phone worked fine despite several kinds of torture (heat, scratches using sharp metal objects, and dust). The foldable phone’s frame is made using enhanced Armor Aluminum, which is slightly stronger than the previous version. It fared quite well while facing Zack’s box cutter blade.
You can watch the whole thing in the video below.
The inner foldable screen has improved over the years but is still not pure glass. The Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) uses an ultra-thin layer of glass mixed with multiple layers of plastic. So, it is understandable that it gets scratched easily with sharp metal objects or even fingernails when pressed hard enough. In the torture test, the internal screen stopped working after facing 25 seconds of flame from the cigarette lighter.
Next, Zack poured lots of sand on the internal screen and on the phone’s hinge. While Samsung said the phone is IP48-rated for resistance against solids and water, it still can’t resist dirt, dust, and sand. The phone’s hinge started making grinding noises. Hopefully, Samsung can one day bring the IP68 rating to its foldable phones for full dust resistance.
When the phone was bent backward, it showed amazing strength. It didn’t break or crack, which is confidence-inducing for long-term usage.
While taking the phone apart, Zack tried removing the internal screen using a box cutter, and that is when you can see a bit of smoke, reminding us of Galaxy Note 7-related fire incidents. Don’t worry, though, as the smoke coming out of the Galaxy Z Fold 6 wasn’t related to the battery at all. It was just a case of the display’s ribbon cable being damaged due to the use of a box cutter blade.
The phone kept working even after removing the inner screen. You can then see the S Pen digitizers for the inner screen and the wireless charging coil. After turning the phone backward, Zack removed the front and back glass panels to reveal the batteries with pull tabs (making it easier to replace the batteries). With those removed, you can see the phone’s motherboard to which the three camera sensors are attached.
The Galaxy Z Fold 6’s 50MP primary rear camera and the 10MP telephoto camera are stabilized using optical image stabilization (OIS), while the 12MP ultrawide camera and the 10MP outer selfie camera aren’t.
After Zack removes all the remaining components of the phone, you can finally see the Galaxy Z Fold 6’s hinge, which has dust stuck in its levers. Zack believes that the hinge of the Galaxy Z Fold 5 was more resistant to dust than the Galaxy Z Fold 6’s, but there is no scientific proof if that is indeed the case.
