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Google Pixel 5 has gone by JerryRigEverything’s sturdiness take a look at and it reveals “copious amounts of plastic.” Google advertises the telephone to have a “water-resistant metal body” and a “100 percent recycled aluminium enclosure”, however nowhere does it point out the plastic coating or bio resin on prime of the metallic. The teardown confirmed that primarily the whole curvature of the telephone is plastic on prime of metallic. The space of the again panel the place the wi-fi charging coil is positioned doesn’t have any metallic between itself and the plastic again.
Zack Nelson, on his YouTube channel JerryRigEverything, put the Pixel 5 by his slew of sturdiness exams. The telephone’s display screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 6 and began displaying scratches at stage 6 on Mohs scale of hardness, which was anticipated. The extra attention-grabbing growth unfolds on the again, the place Nelson discovered “copious amounts of plastic.” The YouTuber additionally famous that Google’s web site mentions metallic three totally different occasions, however not as soon as does it point out plastic or bio resin.
Digging on the aspect ultimately revealed metallic beneath the layers of plastic. The quantity buttons are plastic however the energy button is metallic. On the again, vital quantity of scratching and peeling revealed the copper wi-fi charging coil. Pixel 5 helps wi-fi charging however this expertise has a limitation; it doesn’t work by metallic. So, to bypass this limitation, Google eliminated all metallic from that exact space on the again in order that the charging coil and the wi-fi charging floor it is available in contact with has solely the bio resin in between.
Nelson additionally found that the battery is positioned proper below the charging coil and can be not protected by any metallic. Poking into the again panel triggered the battery to get pierced and begin smoking, that in flip ruined the telephone.
The bio resin is notably far more sturdy than common plastic and didn’t dissolve when saved in acetone. Applying vital quantity of warmth made it a bit delicate and simple to tug aside, revealing the metallic on the highest and backside sections of the telephone. However, even with the central portion of the telephone not being strengthened by metallic, the Pixel 5 didn’t bend simply, providing some reassurance for homeowners.
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