Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 passes bend test with flying colors, gets promptly torn apart

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold6 got official on July 10 and went on sale last week alongside the Galaxy Z Flip6. Now it’s time to see how durable the new Fold6 is, and you probably already know what that means. It will be scratched, burnt, and bent (or not) in the trademark testing scheme devised by Zack from YouTube channel JerryRigEverything. And then, after all that, it will be taken apart, bit by bit.

Let’s see how it does, shall we? The Fold6’s internal screen is still covered in plastic, so it scratches way easier than the external one. The frame is unsurprisingly made out of aluminum with the exception of the antenna cutouts. The inner screen lasts about 25 seconds under the heat of a lighter before the plastic melts and the pixels turn black.

Adding sand to the hinge makes it do a lot of grindy noises which aren’t very trust-inducing for the future. Finally, the bend test sees the Fold6 flexing when bent (while unfolded), but it doesn’t break, nor crack.

The plot twist is that Zack doesn’t stop there – he also takes the phone apart, which results in some smoke coming out of a ribbon cable for the screen. Weirdly enough, the phone keeps working with its inner display removed, but Zack keeps on prodding until the entire thing is disassembled.

If you want to learn more about the Galaxy Z Fold6 while it’s functioning, make sure you read our in-depth review.