Google Pixel 4a Endurance Test: Burned, Bent and Scratched

The Pixel 4a has been one of the Google phones that was most requested. It was rumored and leaked for months, but production problems due to the covid-19 crisis, delayed its official presentation, until Google released it last August. Now, the terminal has faced the toughest endurance test.

There is no good record on the latest Google smartphones, which have passed through the hands of the famous YouTube channel JerryRigEverything. Recall that the Pixel 4XL was completely split in the folding test. Now, the Pixel 4a, which is much cheaper than its older brother , goes through the same torture with the occasional surprise.

Premium isn’t always tough

Premium materials are very beautiful to look at and to the touch, but nobody said they were more resistant. We do not know where will be the luminaries that came up with making mobile phones with a glass back, shattering is not a problem that a terminal like the Pixel 4a will never have. The terminal is more modest technically, but it has been revealed as a much more resistant terminal.

Pixel 4a: takes (almost) everything

YouTuber Zack begins by scratching the device with his classic punch. The screen begins to have damage at the expected levels , such as six and with more incidence at level seven. The plastic sides, unlike metal, are not only scratched but can peel like an orange, something that few will have to do. The front and rear cameras, as well as the speaker grill resist the punch of the punch.

The Pixel 4a has a fingerprint sensor on the rear, which surprisingly works correctly and accurately, even after being scratched several times and with depth. When a flame is applied directly to the screen for several seconds, the device is not damaged and continues to function properly. In the bending test, the Pixel 4a deforms, but in no case does it break as happened with the Pixel 4XL. When the greatest pressure is put on it, the plastic gives way, but it snaps back into place and the terminal continues to run smoothly. Under the YouTuber’s own conclusions, the Pixel 4a is one of the most resistant compact mobiles that it has faced.