It’s wild that a whole YouTube niche exists around buying expensive gadgets and destroying them, but JerryRigEverything didn’t hold back with the iPhone Duo. He subjected the display to knives, chainmail armor, and even removed the nanotexture layer, claiming it kind of looks better without it.
The first bad news: the inner display scratches at just level 2 hardness on a 10-point scale, and a fingernail can leave visible grooves. The good news is that the nano-texture display hides imperfections beautifully when the screen is on, much like eggshell paint hides wall flaws. Keys, coins, and chainmail leave marks, but they vanish with the display lit. Still, the IP68 rating has limits—pour enough beach dust into the hinge and the device won’t close.
Apple warns against removing the nanotexture layer yourself, but Jerry did anyway. Without it, the display is more reflective yet shows richer colors, though the crease and scratches become far more visible. Bending the hinge the wrong way also cracks the screen, so beach use and chainmail are best avoided.
Source: 9to5Mac · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing