Most of Google’s plastic phones worked fine, even though I lost some of the back panel and sides with a razor. The screen, like other screens, ceramic shields, and Victus, has a Mohs hardness of level 6 scratches and is made of a weaker material than metal, yet the phone does not bend.

And Google’s test has a moral victory, as the phone survived a test that one of its major rivals, OnePlus Nord, didn’t.