Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Teardown! - Where is the Glass?!

so Samsung ended up responding to the verge regarding my Galaxy Z flip durability test video and it's interesting what they said they said the Galaxy Z flip features an infinity flex display with Samsung ultra-thin glass this first-of-a-kind utg technology is different from other galaxy flagship devices while the display does Bend it should be handled with care also the galaxy Z flip has a protective layer on top of the ultra-thin glass similar to the Galaxy fold that last sentenced they're telling us there is protection on top explains exactly what we saw during the durability test that protective layer was the layer that was getting damaged and the glass is well maybe underneath all that somewhere I never backed down from a good challenge it's time to find some glass let's get started [Music] [Applause] [Music] with the bumpers off I noticed something that must have happened between filming of my last video and filming this video while the phone was sitting on my desk strange crack started appearing along that center line of the hinge and they appear to be below the surface of this protective layer my phone has obviously been through quite a bit of stress but this is still pretty strange now some protections are removable you know like a helmet or sunglasses or a screen protector but peeling off this particular protection reveals that it's not meant to be removed or replaced this galaxy Z flip screen protector thing protects the screen in the exact same way your skin protects your internal organs remove it and you'll probably die which is what we see happening here going full mkbhd on this z flip destroys the phone now Samsung has offered a one-time screen replacement for broken screens for $119 after that'll be 499 but it's nice of them to offer that first replacement so cheap I'm not really sure how much we can call it a protective layer though when it's actually essential to the phone's survival it's not really protecting the screen it is the screen so if the screen ever does get scratched at a level 2 with deeper grooves at level 3 the damage is still very perfect let's go find that glass though looks like I accidentally ripped off the ribbon cable connecting this screen to the internals I'll check out the guts here in a second the body of the Z flip is still super impressive though we'll be taking apart that hinge to see the bristles Samsung advertised during their launch event now according to Samsung we should start seeing the glass there right underneath this integral epidermis and ladies and gentlemen I think this is it little shards of cracked glass are covering the OLED layer right underneath that plastic protection shiny little slivers of glass are scraping away with my tweezers almost like little slivers of fiberglass and it glistens just like broken glass does not to mention my fingers are now full of it fair payback I guess well played there is glass in here it's just not the physics bending revolution we all kind of thought it would be now Samsung did say that the top protective layer was similar to what they had on their first Galaxy fold so we'll take a look real quick it looks like both screens have the same hard copper layer glued behind the display probably for rigidity for the parts that aren't supposed to flex pulling off just the top transparent layer of the fold reveals that indeed both phones have a similar top plastic protection but underneath that layer the screens are constructed differently we can see that the fold has clean flexing plastic while the flip has the thin crack layers of glass I imagine the glass layer does help keep the display a tad more rigid than if it didn't exist at all but it's still not what your fingers are touching when you use the phone and it's important to remember that the outer layer of the new flip is still as soft as the original Galaxy fold let's see if we can tear this thing open and find those dust resistant bristles inside the hinge I'll removed your black tape protecting the inner screen side of the hinge this reveals a ton of screws but not a whole lot else at the moment we'll flip the phone around and come in from the other side the top piece of glass comes off easy enough this got crushed during the bin test which the Galaxy Z flipped performed very well in actually I'll disconnect the front screen ribbon like a little Lego remember this is the tiny little display the viewfinder thing that we can see when the phone is closed kind of fun I'll bust out my heat gun for the bottom section of glass since it's still glued into place the heat helps soften the adhesive and I can pull the glass away from the foam body with my suction cup and pry tool setting that off to the side we get our first look at the wireless charging pad in the bottom half of the phone there is one screw holding down the black plastic bracket over top of the ribbon cable once that's unplugged I can set the wireless charger off to the side and I can start on the plastics the bottom black plastics have five screws then that loudspeaker can come away from the foam body you can see the white water damage indicator next to the gold contact pads which let the speaker communicate with the motherboard the top plastics have their own six screws and then an additional two screws at the bottom of the large rectangular plate and I'll be honest this thing actually looks super awesome inside thumbs up for that a transparent skin on this phone would look incredible let me know in the comments if I should bring the clear skin back again with D brand I'll use my plastic pry tool to unplug the top battery you know since we would hate to damage the phone or anything I'll unclip the extension ribbons like little Legos and then the side volume ribbon over here on the left the top motherboard has one screw holding it into the phone and interestingly enough there are several small magnets along the top that I assume help keep the phone shut when it's in the closed position I'll take out the removable SIM card tray unplugged the front-facing camera and then the Zee flip motherboard can pull away from the frame of the phone this thing also looks pretty phenomenal it's got a sheen covering the entire board like a rainbow gotta love that I'll flip the board around and unplug the two main rear cameras we have the 12 megapixel ultra wide camera on the left with no optical image stabilization and the main 12 megapixel camera on the right with optical image stabilization the front-facing camera seems to be glued into place or could possibly be that I bent the phone too much during the bin test and now it's not gonna come out easy either way it does come out in pieces we can see the colourful sensor on the back here which catches the light and transmits the image to your phone and then we have the lens portion which brings the light into the sensor pretty cool we have the rectangular earpiece speaker the circular vibration motor and the little circular contact pads for the volume rocker along with another little white water damage indicator next to the SIM card tray opening samsung has included two batteries inside the Zi flip the phone feels very well-balanced when the whole thing is assembled this top battery comes out relatively easy and is a 930 milliamp hour capacity down here at the bottom of the phone I can pop off the along extension ribbon cables along with one screen ribbon that's attached to the charging port board this is the same one that I ripped on accident when we were looking for glass on the screen I'll just set it over here the bottom of the phone also has a series of magnets along the edge of the frame to keep things closed the charging port board can pop out of the frame still attached to the extension ribbon of course this little guy has the bottom microphone built-in and the USBC charging port it looks like these long black extension wires run through and are built into the hinge mechanism so it should be interesting to take a look at when I pull all that off but first the battery this one is glued much more securely into the frame and once again Samsung went a bit overkill on the glue but it does eventually come out this one is a much larger 2,370 milliamp hour for a total of thirty three hundred when we add both batteries together now that everything is successfully removed from the phone let's see what this new hinge design has to offer us remember Samsung redesigned this thing with bristles inside to help keep out the dust since dust is a folding phones worst nightmare I'll start with the four black screws here in the center once those are out I can remove both the top and bottom Center trays this shows four large spring looking things but not a whole lot else we got to go deeper Samsung says this hinge is inspired by a lotus blossom and the hideaway hinge allows the phone to be propped open at a tea angle kind of like a laptop I'll remove the eight screws holding the bottom half of the frame to the hinge then I can carefully separate the two halves by pulling the ribbon cables through the bottom by bringing in the frame we might as well go all the way at this point I'll take off the remaining eight screws holding the hinge at the top half of the frame and after removing the rubber stopper from the hinge opening I can pull the extension ribbons through the top half of the frame and our galaxy Z flip hinge is free it looks kind of cool actually the amount of engineering inside this thing is insane it is still attached to the metal samsung logo spine piece but I can separate that easy enough by breaking loose the center black brackets on both sides which then frees up the ribbon cable and exposes the final two screws to disassemble the Z flip hinge and here we are up till this point I haven't seen a single bristle inside this hinge which you know would help keep dust out and if you remember from Samsung's announcement it looked like the bristles were all over the place in here wait no this is hilarious I found them they aren't all along the inside of the hinge they're just over here scrunched over on the edge at the little end caps which I guess is still pretty effective they're marketing just you know made it seem like things would be a little different but that just seems to be the theme in general with the Z flip the actual geared mechanism is here marvel of the mobile era straight-up steampunk inside the phone the Galaxy Z flipped quite possibly is the coolest phone of this year and definitely the most durable folding phone I've ever tested all that being said Samsung is the number one smartphone manufacturer in the world and the hype for this phone was particularly extreme not very well worded I think Samsung needs to tighten up their marketing a bit it's pretty safe to say that the whole world thought this phone was going to have a glass display you know since they literally said on their website meet the first ever folding glass screen on a Galaxy yeah we said folding glass made of Samsung ultra-thin glass it sets you up for an epic view with a smooth flat screen combine that with the bending physics comment it's a little excessive for what we actually got you know and then the bristle thing I feel kind of like we got catfished on tinder this phone still a 10 out of 10 of course but it was claiming to be a 15 and because of that now I feel like it's a 6 if they would have come out and said something like we have created a brand new revolutionary ultra-thin glass substrate that can flex and fold on the new Galaxy SIII flip this optically clear glass core technology will take flexible screens to the next level I think you know phrasing it like that would more accurately portray what's going on while still hyping everyone up for something new the galaxy Z flip isn't actually bending any laws of physics and that's ok it's still a 10 out of 10 and I'd still swipe right let me know what you think down in the comments should Samsung have been more realistic about the whole folding glass thing coming out with me on Instagram and Twitter and thanks a ton for watching I'll see you around

Channel: JerryRigEverything

Views: 6,875,143

Rating: 4.8359489 out of 5

Keywords: Samsung Galaxy Z flip, Galaxy Z flip, z flip, folding phone, new smartphone, best smartphone, samsung fold, galaxy fold, galaxy z flip teardown, take apart z flip, z flip glass, glass screen z flip, UTG, Samsung UTG, galaxy z flip, samsung z flip, samsung galaxy fold, galaxy z flip review

Id: P52pqNMpXSU

Length: 11min 13sec (673 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 18 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/teeter11]

Did he break the motherboard in half at 5:50 ?

[u/Plusdestiny]

So there is a glass. Samsung was right I guess...?

[u/armando_rod]

Plastic protecting the glass that if you rip it off it damages the glass and you can't actually touch the glass in the screen.

Edit: I find it pointless in calling it glass or ultra thin glass if you never touch the actual glass part

[u/SlyWolfz]

This subreddit on suicide watch

[u/OursonBleu]

New GBA Sp looks awesome.

[u/Cronus6]

If you watch nothing else, watch from 9:33 on.

That hinge is amazing looking!

[u/pkroliko]

Happy to see Jerry keeps doing his thing no matter what the fanboys say.

[u/oldaccdoxxed]

IMO calling it ultra thin glass but having a mandatory plastic outer layer that’ll still be taking all the wear and tear isn’t any less misleading.

[u/DannyBiker]

That sound when he removes the screen from the body...so unexpectedly satisfying.