Is The Pixel 3 A Scratch Magnet? By Unbox Therapy

So, a lot of people have been hitting me up on social media on Twitter and so on, telling me about the scratching issue. This potential scratching fiasco. That's going on with the new pixel devices. Pixel three excels, specifically the black version. A lot of people wanted me to test this out. They were like loo, it's another.

It's another gate. You got all these iPhone gates, where's the pixel gates. You got to have equal gate opportunities, so here we have it of course, I have to test this out. Furthermore, you guys asked for it, so you get it now. The pixel three in front of me has actually been used by will poor will, and so I forced him to sacrifice this model right here for this scratch test he's concerned, he's worried, he's upset, but I think it might be.

Okay, things might be okay, we'll find out and now the reason he's sacrificing this unit that he's been testing out is because I've been using the white version. Funny story: this is the regular pixel 3 I was on the three excel. If you recall from the switch video I switched again in private to the mini version, so I have a little more to say eventually about why I did that from the moment. I first interacted with this device I was immediately struck by the unusual texture on the back of it. It's got this kind of matte finish, which is unusual for a glass back device, but the trouble with your regular glossy glasses in generally you're going to have fingerprints all over it and so on.

This is a step better. Apparently it doesn't come without its costs. Whatever process is being used here by Google to create this finish. Some users are reporting that regular everyday items like keys and change are marking this surface up and creating a pretty terrible look for your brand-new device. So I want to test that out.

I have a couple of different items here to test with this device. Of course, I have the key. The key is key. Some people put their smartphones in their pockets with their keys, although, if you're somebody who does that we can no longer be friends, I'm Amar I'm aggravated all right. Put the keys pick a phone pocket just phone all right from here on out.

We have a lighter some people put a lighter in their pocket. This is plastic a little of metal on it. Let's see what that can do. Some change as well to run this very quick little experiment here now. I do have to say the reason I'm, a little less nervous than I might otherwise be is because I have checked out a video from Erika Griffin very well done, video in which she did her own various tests.

Kind of like this. So anyway, let's go ahead and run our own experiment, see what our results look like and essentially find out. If this is something that you should be concerned with, or maybe it's overblown who knows, let's do the test. Okay, so first up, let's use the lighter and let's use the plastic part of the lighter first see if this can create some scratching on here I'm. Seeing some micro scratches on it, I don't know, maybe Jack can pick that up.

You see that that's from the plastic, that's actually quite amazing, I, don't think people are gonna, be too happy about that, but the thing about it is: if I run my thumb up and down this I can kind of eliminate most of those marks. Those are not serious. They're definitely marks, rather than scratches in the case of the lighter. What, if the metal side of the lighter happened to hit the back of the device, then what are we dealing with? Oh, that's a lot. That's a lot worse! Jack.

What do you say? You're not happy with that. Will's! Definitely not happy with that. What will his ROG say? What will Oscar say when he sees that again? I can kind of get rid of them just by rubbing it off that and that's where things start to get weird you're like what. How can I rub that off when that happens? Look at that. What so weird who knows- maybe Google's gonna, come out and claim that this is some type of feature.

What, if you upgrade to like a coin, a coin could be even worse. It looks like that's, not a good look at all a key. It's the same thing. Look at this! Nobody wants this wow. Those still rub off.

It's so bizarre. So basically the reason that I think this is happening is that the back is somewhat porous, and it's picking up tiny little metal fragments from these objects and creating these marks as a consequence. The reason that it's picking up these marks is because it's probably harder than the item, that's rubbing up against it. Let's go ahead and put a few deeper ones in there. I know it's painful to watch.

So that is that's a very marked up. Smart. Actually, it's kind of starting to look artistic. Can we have our own Banksy moment, so you can see just on one swipe? It gets rid of most of the scratches or marks. I have to remind myself to keep saying marks, but you can see sort of underneath still a little of that itching that came off of the key.

We could take it to some water. You could rinse it off, you could scrub it down. So I do have some water here presents a toothbrush, in fact, inspired of course, by Erica Griffin's video. Let's try a little soap out might as well. We have some soap here seems to be true it is pretty much sets it back to the way it used to look.

It's really an odd position to be in with your smartphone, though, regardless, like you, don't intend on scrubbing down your smartphone. Would you care? Would you prefer for this to be glossy and potentially more of a fingerprint magnet as opposed to this smooth, finish, I, don't know, I! Guess that's up to you! I'll pull out the white one and see what happens so. Here's a white one! Oh! It does kind of pick it up, but in a different way, can you see that it's too subtle, but it rubs right off anyway, I think this one will probably show marks a little less than the black version and really just compete to you at this point. How big of a deal is that to you most of the marks that you're, probably gonna, see on here you're going to be able to rub off, but at the end of the day it is glass. You are not scratch proof here, but it looks like at this point.

Scratch gate is more of a scuff gate that pixel is back to life. Anger issues, anger management, there's something.

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