If you're worried that the Pixel 6 Pro might be fragile, YouTuber JerryRigEverything can officially put your mind at ease

The Pixel 6 Pro was relatively unscathed after being subjected to the worst torture a phone can experience, at least no worse than most other phones on the market (and better than foldable phones)

in a six-minute video, YouTuber subjected the Pixel 6 Pro to the usual scratching, bending, and burning that you'd expect; JerryRigEverything was able to scratch the glass display to level 6 on the Mohs hardness scale using a variety of increasingly aggressive tools The result is a glass display with a level 6 scratch on the Mohs scale of hardness Happily, the fingerprint reader under the screen continues to function even after that part of the screen has been aggressively scratched

Further scratch testing of the case proves that Google has switched from the plastic veneer used on the Pixel 5 to metal with the exception of a small plastic section at the top; as 9to5Google explained, the regular Pixel 6 does not have this and the Pro This is because it is compatible with mmWave 5G, which is only available on the model

It was the bending test that particularly concerned us The concern was that the protruding camera bump would effectively separate the phone in two, making it easier to crack

However, those fears were unfounded, and the Pixel 6 Pro held up strongly JerryRigEverything concluded, "The Pixel 6 Pro doesn't seem to be affected much structurally by that large inter-panel camera bump" There are no cracks, bends, or twists, and the build quality is solid"

There was one area where the Pixel 6 Pro failed, but if this were to encounter a situation where it was actually tested, it would probably have bigger problems than a damaged phone When he hit the Pixel 6 Pro's LPTO OLED display with a cigarette lighter, the phone endured permanent scarring after about 15 seconds

However, while the screen still works and some phones pass this test without any cosmetic damage, JerryRigEverything admitted that this test is "inconsequential" in the grand scheme of things

In short, it seems confident that you don't need to treat the Pixel 6 Pro with extreme caution when you buy it However, you might want to invest in a Pixel 6 case just in case