CMF Phone 1: Affordable, Durable, But Not Easily Repairable

CMF Phone 1's Durability and Repairability Tested by "Smartphone Destroyer" [VIDEO] Popular tech YouTuber Zack Nelson, known for his channel JerryRigEverything, put the new CMF Phone 1 through its paces in his latest durability and teardown video. Nelson wanted to see how the company managed to create such an affordable phone without sacrificing build quality. While impressed by its durability, he found the phone lacking in repairability despite its removable back cover. Tough Screen, Durable Design The CMF Phone 1 boasts surprisingly robust screen protection. Although the exact type of glass remains undisclosed by CMF, it withstood scratches from picks up to level 5 on the Mohs Hardness Scale, with scratches only appearing at level 6. This suggests that the screen protection rivals the durability of Corning's Gorilla Glass. A removable plastic back cover protects the phone's sides, while the power and volume buttons are reassuringly metallic, as confirmed by Nelso…