Earlier this month, the OnePlus Open was subjected to the now traditional “durability test” by Zack of the YouTube channel JerryRigEverything, and perhaps surprisingly it survived when bent/bent the wrong way.
If you were wondering what structural magic made this happen, today Zack is back with a teardown of the device in question. There is ultra-thin glass between the pixels and the plastic protector on top of the foldable screen.
The back of the display panel is made of carbon fiber, while the hinge screws are made of titanium. There are a lot of screws inside the phone, probably around 80 in fact. The batteries are very difficult to remove because there are no pull tabs. There’s more carbon fiber in the hinge too.
Oddly, OnePlus’ marketing for the Open vaguely mentions “amazing materials” like “titanium alloy, carbon fiber and more” used in the Open, without going into further detail. Is this ingenious marketing, trying to exploit Apple’s example, or deceptive marketing, or perhaps both? A little carbon fiber here and there and titanium screws for a specific part of the device definitely don’t do much for weight reduction, but they do wonders for this type of marketing.
If you want to learn more about the OnePlus Open while it’s whole and working, don’t miss our in-depth review.
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