The new Razr can be folded 200,000 times. Motorola shows us how

[Music] this is the new motorola razer it has a folding screen that turns this from a 6.2 inch smartphone into something half the size but as you might wonder how long will that screen last and what did motorola do to make sure it can handle being folded so many times well let's find out before we jump into the razer's durability i need to acknowledge that it was 2019's samsung galaxy fold review units that gave foldables a bit of a bad wrap a number of review units had defects that let dust or other particles get underneath the display and wreak havoc any concerns people had about folding displays were instantly amplified then in february of this year motorola released the razer with a foldable screen and cnet's video team decided to test the display's durability my colleague chris parker used a full bot and attempted to open and close the phone a hundred thousand times but that's not quite what happened after 27 000 folds the razer wasn't able to be tested further in the full bot oh yeah that's yeah that's not good so are foldable screens durable and if so how do we know well motorola invited me to visit one of their testing labs wearing a mask and social distancing of course to see for myself how they tested the screen on the new motorola razer [Music] now this is a small version of the machine used to fold and unfold the razer it holds four phones at the same time and fully opens and fully closes each phone unlike the galaxy z flip which is designed to be open to a variety of positions the razer is designed to be either open flat or completely closed and unlike the fold bot the machine in motorola's testing lab uses a wire to open the razor fully open and an arm to close it all the way shut motorola claims that the razer screen can be open and closed 200 000 times to give you an idea of how many times that is you can open and close the phone 100 times a day for five years and still not hit that number in fact over the past six months motorola reached out to people who owned the razor that came out in february to learn about how they used it and it turned out that razer owners open and close their phones on average 40 times a day and for super razer users aka the 99th percentile that average is a hundred times a day hence the new razer being able to handle 200 000 folds now to recreate hundreds of thousands of folds in less time than five years the machine fully opens and closes the phones once every four seconds there's actually something calming about hearing phones shutting closed every four seconds take a listen at that rate it takes motorola 10 days to fold each phone 200 000 times so what allows the razer to achieve this screen durability well it comes down to three things the phone's design the screen and the hinge in fact if you want to learn more about the hinge take a look at a video i made last year about its design and how it allows the razor to fold flat the new razer largely uses the same design as the february razor albeit with a bunch of tweaks the screen itself is made of five different layers and then sprayed with a hard coating when the layers are combined the screen has a thickness of 355 microns that's 3.5 millimeters to give you a sense of how thin that is the motorola edge plus uses a similar oled panel for its curved edges the razer's display stack is a third of the thickness of the one found on the edge plus and remember it's not just the display that's folding in half there are a number of connections including ones for the new 5g antennas that have to traverse the hinge to help keep things sliding smoothly and quietly motorola adjusted the sliding mechanism which allows the screen to move up and down as it opens and closes as well as added friction adhesives and tapes to enable everything to slide past one another more easily with all this design with all these improvements with all this research and testing motorola is confident about the new razer's durability in fact the company runs over 40 different lab tests to check both the design and the quality of the phone as it is developed and manufactured that said the true indicator for how durable the screen is on the razer or any foldable phone will be time but in lieu of that as well as the numerous other refinements and improvements motorola made to the razer i feel much more confident about using it just like a regular phone i'll be at one that costs fourteen hundred dollars for more about the motorola razer make sure you check out my review but you know what i wanna hear from you what do you think of how motorola tests the screen do you have questions about its design or testing process if so throw them in the comments last if you like this video give it a thumbs up

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Length: 5min 16sec (316 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 14 2020