For a lot of folks, the durability of their smartphone is pretty high of their hierarchy of needs and when it comes to testing such things, the JerryRigEverything channel on YouTube has you covered. Previously, Zack who runs the channel put the BlackBerry Priv through its paces and now he's back with BlackBerry's lower cost DTEK device, the DTEK50, to put it to the test.
Overall, the DTEK50 does pretty well, but I won't spoil it for you entirely. Go ahead and hit play to check out the video yourself! Makes me wonder how the DTEK60 would handle things but maybe that will come at a later time. While it's no comparison to the testing done here, I dropped mine recently and it fell to the tile floor with a hefty thud and came away unscathed. Passed my accidental durability test.
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