Zack from JerryRigEverything is back, and he’s here to reveal just how fragile the exterior paint of the Google Pixel 2 can be. Another phone, another JerryRigEverything torture test, amiright ? Most flagship smartphones have undergone Zack’s merciless scratching, burning, and bending, and only few have survived to tell the tale. Well, what about Google’s recently-announced Pixel 2? It’s touted as the best phone for mobile photography , but just how durable is its metal body? Not very durable, it turns out. As you can see above, the front glass panel is a standard story: the Gorilla Glass 5 starts to show light marks at level 6 on Mohs scale of hardness and gives in at level 7, just like most other smartphones. He points out that unlike last year’s models, which featured a cloth-covered speaker grill on top, the front-firing speakers on this year’s Pixel 2 are protected by metal. So far so good. The problem starts to arise when he flips the phone around. While t...