Samsung Hole-Punch Display First Look! How Durable? #Helpful Post

mr. Ilan has entered chat oh shoot

okay that is a first hey guys come

experience the future with me today I'm

gonna be showing you the hole punch

display and this is the first one ever

from Samsung the precursor to the galaxy

s 10 this is eventually what's going to

replace the knotch

and all the weird mechanisms are coming

up with I think two to replace it so I'm

gonna be taking a look at that but more

than just the hole punch display there's

a couple things about this phone that

I'm very curious about also the

durability does a hole punch display

mean a less durable display that's what

I want to see so yes I will be

subjecting it to a durability test but

take a look inside and this is only

available in Chinese markets South Korea

I think Japan so it's not something

you're gonna get here in America and I'm

honestly a little surprised that Samsung

released this before the Galaxy S 10

which is supposed to getting the same

technology so this set me back 850

dollars today I go and look online and

it's around 450 to 500 dollars so I

overpaid it doesn't matter I'm just

curious this is literally what the s10

is going to be like aside from some of

the other specs maybe a little less

bezel towards the bottom the galaxy a8 s

this is a budget and model it retails

for about $450 and here it is

oof okay and here on the back I love the

gradient I think that Apple should

definitely do something with this

gradients I've been seeing so many great

designs from many manufacturers namely

oneplus that have been experimenting

with the gradients looks fantastic

Huawei too so there's that flash it's

not true tone it's one set color and is

that a secondary flash so interesting

and actually I'm an idiot so that is not

a flash it's literally just a gold ring

for aesthetics around the camera for

some reason I was so convinced that was

a ring flash there is a flash right here

which is used it's quite weak I don't

like it at all but we did test it out

and that is what activates at all points

of zoom so that is just an aesthetic

design choice it is not a ring flash

Apple will still be unique to that in a

modern smartphone I haven't seen

feature in practically any other

smartphones and I was dying to see how

that would affect the photos but

hopefully Apple has that on lockdown and

their design is the real deal

and it works well we'll try that out

here we've got the fingerprint sensor so

on the s10 of course its entire trick is

going to be that the fingerprint sensor

is embedded in the display not on the

back all together though a very slick

looking phone very reminiscent of the

Galaxy S 9 with the speaker grilles just

maybe a slightly updated design this has

the Snapdragon a 700 series processor in

it so middle tier phone let's turn it on

and try out that display so from what

I've seen online there's actually custom

animations that kind of go around the

camera they make it a fun little

experience that it's the future but at

the same time we're gonna have some fun

with it

and I hope I can reproduce some of that

for you guys there really is no benefit

to this display up around the camera I

think it's it's just a showpiece but

it's so great to take that attention

away from the center and even though

it's asymmetrical I kind of do like like

I like the idea of not having something

directly there it's not as slick as I

thought it would look because up here

there's still pretty thick bezel I would

say definitely looks way more slick than

the iPhone but first off let me let me

set this bad boy up well here it is all

set up and just going through the setup

menu I gotta say I've gotten used to

this already like it's not something you

really look at so once once you get over

the shock that there is a camera in the

middle of your display it's off to the

side and you know you go about your

business as usual so realistically it

does make a really big difference I

think and I think that's especially

going to be apparent when you're

browsing the internet it's going through

a long feed so you just get a little bit

more info up top there and video so

video could look a little bit nicer -

all right but look at that there is the

video difference so even though you know

you have less interference here with the

notch

they still don't overlay the video over

that camera so it's still a little bit

less than the 10s max would be this will

be pretty similar to the galaxy s 10

size you'll still get a little bit more

real estate on the iPhone knotch

and all you know it covers some of your

contests you definitely wanted to play

it safe to where it doesn't cover up the

camera so interesting but

the view for the video that's what it

looks like there's that so I gotta say I

like it a lot I just want to see the

custom notifications that kind of go

around that thing alright so for the

most part I do like it after playing

around with it I wasn't able to get any

custom animations but as you can see the

status bar is built around it and

notifications just go through it there's

no software integration that I'm seeing

that takes advantage or really like

brings any attention to that and I guess

that's what Samsung is trying to do is

trying to take away as much attention

from that as possible by not embracing

it which honestly I think that's what

Apple and any company that adds a notch

needs to do just make some cool

animations and go around it have fun

with the knotch have fun with the camera

just I think it'd be a really neat

little feature you know you can't get

rid of it might as well make the best of

it gives you a nice idea of what the

Galaxy S 10 will be like and I gotta say

it's nothing special like it's here and

you don't have anything in the way there

but the only advantage is like your

status bar is fuller now you can see

more info on it otherwise I don't know

I'm not that impressed

really I guess I've spoiled by displays

nowadays but we'll see we'll see what

the Galaxy S ten brings to the table

maybe it'll have some sort of custom

software regarding that I just expected

them to embrace it a little bit more

with this being an all new Infiniti o

display and all right so we're in the

garage I've zoomed in eight times on

both and honestly yeah on the left it's

a little bit clearer but both are pretty

terrible here so using the flash let's

let's go ahead and take a picture here

see what those look like let's zoom out

to five times the AAS camera quality

doesn't seem that great it looks like

the iPhone definitely has the upper hand

here on the flash power and outputs hmm

and something I noticed if you actually

take a look around the camera there's

like a a white ghost ring around it it

seems that the quality of the display

right around that camera is diminished

that's something I've heard of already

on several models of smartphones is

because of that pinhole they're not

being made correctly and you can kind of

see some sort of banding on the display

around it

not a good look definitely especially

when this is supposed to be a halo phone

well not this one but I hope the galaxy

doesn't have

that issue here all right galaxy you

have met your match mr. Ilan has entered

chat this is for the after okay so I

gotta say I'm extremely disappointed

with this phone so far it's just a

gimmick they literally did nothing with

the software to make this any more

special it's so pointless and with the

chin down here you know are you really

saving that much screen estate by moving

that over it really is a gimmick and

$450 there's no way this phone is worth

that much money to me I think I would

pay max like 300 350 for this phone no

way so like I said earlier I wanted to

see if we do drop our phone towards the

top of the phone here will it break does

it have a higher propensity for breaking

I actually wanted to get a measuring

tape here for 2 feet but here we go

alright and three two one and nothing

let's see how many times it can take

that fault let's actually put it on the

corner this time three two one nothing

surprisingly okay and a third one one

two three

nothing let's try a side impact down

three two one nothing I'm a little

shocked Wow maybe uh actually one more

and then we'll go to three feet one two

three nothing yet okay well that's not

really doing much couple dents but let's

take it to the waist height same deal

three two one and nothing that's some

durable stuff and I'm not sure if this

is Gorilla Glass 4 or 5 but it's a

cheaper end Samsung so they wouldn't put

in anything big on it 2-1 Wow still

nothing ok one more three a little bit

higher up three two one man I don't know

what this thing is made out of what the

frame is actually bending still nothing

so I would say there's no difference

that I'm seeing yet and directly and

durability and I've dropped a lot of

phones build wise I guess it's still

pretty solid 3 2 1 wow you just does not

want to die okay well um let's uh let's

do a phase down one see if that changes

anything three two one

Wow Wow

still nothing I'm a little amazed well

anyways next level

oh shoot oh okay that would be the

screen protector and whoa that is a

first I've never seen something like

that that's just a extreme heat cause

the liquid crystals to contract or what

went on here that's interesting first

time I've ever seen something like that

cool and it is unharmed so Wow I gotta

say the durability has exceeded my

expectations

pretty cool phone and a sign of what's

to come with the Galaxy S 10 for sure

but I think I'm gonna stick with my

knotch my notch and no bottom chin I I

do prefer that a little bit more well

see the Galaxy S 10 with its OLED

display if that manages to impress us

but yeah pretty cool pretty cool to see

someone else trying something new so I

commend Samsung for that hope you guys

enjoy the video stay tuned for the next

one peace