The LG G5 is touted as a premium smartphone with a metal unibody, but a thorough teardown reveals that it's made with a whole lot of plastic.
YouTube user JerryRigEverything put an LG G5 to the test, finding out that the handset only has a metallic finish for an outer layer. That discovery kind of riled up the consumers who got their hands on the smartphone in question, as it somewhat contradicts the company's statement back in February.
"[LG] today unveiled its highly anticipated LG G5 smartphone, a brand new design with not only a sleek, metal uni-body featuring a Slide-out Battery and a Modular Type design that gives a greater smartphone experience," LG said in a press release.
Going over the video, the YouTuber first took the device apart, removing the screen and other components. He then continued to scratch the back of the smartphone with a sharp blade, scraping off the metallic paint and plenty of plastic until he reached an aluminum layer. That explains why the LG G5 is pretty light and why it doesn't have that same premium feeling that other fully metal smartphones have.
At any rate, the metal chassis does contribute a lot to the handset's overall durability, but it's not exactly a "metal unibody" as LG claims. So what happened here? Well, details about it are currently sparse at best, and LG has yet to clear things up.
Long story short, the LG G5 isn't really the same as the device that the smartphone maker advertises it to be, but that doesn't mean that it's by any means a bad handset. However, at the end of the day, it can't be called a metal smartphone or put in the same category as those that really are.
Don't forget to hit up the 4:42-long video below to see the full teardown.
