[0:00] When someone says something is built
[0:01] like a tank, they're talking about this
[0:03] smartphone specifically. This Tank 5 is
[0:06] about the same price as an iPhone 17,
[0:08] but has five times the battery life,
[0:11] four times the thickness, and a literal
[0:13] built-in 2K resolution projector beam
[0:15] that shines out of the top, projecting
[0:18] big screen movies onto any surface. But
[0:20] we'll get to that more in a second.
[0:23] Today, we're going to find out if the
[0:24] Tank 5 is actually ready or not for the
[0:27] apocalypse. Right out of the box, we see
[0:29] a black guitar pick for some reason, a
[0:31] white USBC cable, and a 120 watt
[0:34] charging brick. The phone itself is an
[0:36] absolute unit with huge fan grills on
[0:39] either side to help keep the projector
[0:40] cool, even with the massive inlets. The
[0:43] Tank 5 still has an IP69 water resistant
[0:46] rating. And it'll be very interesting to
[0:48] see how they accomplish that from the
[0:49] inside here in a few seconds. But first,
[0:52] the scratch test. The Tank 5 has two
[0:54] screen protectors. A blue tinted screen
[0:57] protector comes off first. And here's a
[0:59] size comparison between the Tank 5 and
[1:01] an iPhone 17 Pro. Basically twins. The
[1:04] Tank 5 has a few perks that the iPhone
[1:06] can only dream of, like a built-in 120
[1:09] lm camping light that can also strobe
[1:11] for emergencies, incoming flash warning.
[1:14] There's also a night vision camera and
[1:16] of course a projector up top, which
[1:17] we'll get to in a second. I'll peel off
[1:19] the permanent clear plastic screen
[1:21] protector next. What's cool about this
[1:23] screen protector is that it's inlaid
[1:24] down between the frame rails of the
[1:26] phone. So, no part of the glass can ever
[1:28] touch the ground during a drop, which
[1:30] should help out quite a bit during the
[1:32] end of times. But just for curiosity's
[1:34] sake, let's see what the screen is made
[1:36] from underneath all that plastic. If
[1:38] there was more plastic under here, the
[1:40] screen would start scratching at a level
[1:41] two or three. But if it's glass, like
[1:44] what we're seeing now, it would start
[1:46] scratching at a level six with deeper
[1:48] grooves at a level seven. We haven't
[1:50] seen a Sapphire screen in a really long
[1:52] time, but Sapphire would start
[1:54] scratching at a level eight or nine. We
[1:56] have a front-facing 32 megapixel hole
[1:58] punch selfie camera protected by glass
[2:00] and a long thin plastic earpiece grill
[2:03] which won't ever be falling out on its
[2:04] own. Obviously, what makes the Tank 5
[2:07] such a tank is that it's got a built-in
[2:09] exoskeleton made from armored metal
[2:11] plates and rubber on all the sides.
[2:14] Permanent protection. We have the
[2:16] fingerprint scanning power button and
[2:18] large intake fan grill over here on the
[2:20] right with lots of black rubber and
[2:22] shiny silver metal.
[2:25] Up at the top though is where things
[2:26] start getting incredibly interesting. We
[2:28] have an IR blaster so you can change the
[2:31] channels on the TV I am legend style.
[2:33] Then we have a 4 meter laser
[2:35] rangefinder. Not so great for sniper
[2:37] shots but still good for measuring stuff
[2:39] without having to bring a tape measure.
[2:41] And of course, we have the 2K resolution
[2:43] 220 lm DLP projector. The only thing
[2:47] that would make this even more perfect
[2:48] for the apocalypse is if we had a hand
[2:51] removable SIM and SD card tray to store
[2:53] movies on when the grid goes down. And
[2:56] look at that, perfection. Now, I did
[2:58] have my doubts about the quality of this
[3:00] projector and its brightness at night.
[3:02] Here on my brightly lit desk, you can't
[3:04] see all that much. But as soon as you go
[3:06] outside at night, the Tank 5 can throw
[3:08] up a big screen image as large as a
[3:10] garage door no problem. It's actually
[3:13] kind of insane. Plus, with the laser
[3:15] autofocus and automatic keystone
[3:17] correction, that's where it squares up
[3:18] the image on the wall all by itself. The
[3:21] operation is pretty foolproof. Not going
[3:23] to lie, I am rather impressed. Even
[3:25] walking down the street, I can be
[3:27] watching Jerryrigg tearowns on a 50-in
[3:29] flat screen hovering right above the
[3:30] sidewalk, as one often does. No iPhone
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[4:22] projector is running, there is a
[4:23] substantial amount of air flowing
[4:25] through the internal ducts. Very similar
[4:27] to some of the gaming phones we've seen,
[4:28] except for this one is much louder with
[4:30] much more air flow.
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[4:46] brings down the grid though, you'll
[4:47] probably want to make sure you have your
[4:49] movie saved to the SD card. The left
[4:51] side of the phone has our volume button,
[4:52] fan output vent, and programmable
[4:55] buttons for the camping and strobe light
[4:57] on the back. The bottom of the phone has
[4:58] our lanyard hook, so you can attach the
[5:00] brick to a string and wall up some
[5:02] zombies with it. And inside the
[5:03] watertight flap, we have a USBC port and
[5:06] a headphone jack. Pretty essential for
[5:08] stealth supply runs. What's cool about
[5:10] the cameras here on the back of the
[5:12] phone is that they can take pictures in
[5:14] absolute darkness. One is a 50 megapixel
[5:16] normal main camera. Then a 50 megapixel
[5:18] telephoto.
[5:20] Then we have the 50 megapixel night
[5:22] vision camera. The row of infrared LEDs
[5:25] are here to illuminate the night vision
[5:26] sensor so it can take pictures without a
[5:28] visible flash.
[5:31] Yeah, the pictures look a little
[5:32] nightmarish, but it does indeed work.
[5:35] The back of the phone is metal and the
[5:37] material over the camping light is
[5:39] plastic with of course copious amounts
[5:41] of black rubber surrounding every corner
[5:43] for better drop protection. Making our
[5:45] way to the screen, the Tank 5 spared no
[5:47] expense with a 6.7 in 1440p
[5:51] 120 Hz 3000nit AMOLED display that
[5:54] lasted for about 25 seconds before going
[5:57] green and not recovering. It probably
[5:59] would have lasted a bit longer, but we
[6:00] did remove that plastic exterior layer.
[6:03] And finally, the bin test, which yeah,
[6:07] you already know. The biggest downside
[6:09] of buying the Tank 5 is that you'll also
[6:11] need to buy a better belt so that your
[6:12] pants stay up when it's in your pocket.
[6:14] But with a 5day battery life, maybe
[6:16] that's a trade-off you're willing to
[6:18] make. Either way, now it's time to
[6:19] analyze the Tank 5 from the inside and
[6:22] see how they managed to cool that 220 lm
[6:25] projector. Grabbing my smartphone tool
[6:27] kit. I'll need a couple of these bits.
[6:29] There's a series of T5 screws holding
[6:31] down the armored metal panels to the
[6:33] sides of the phone. With the panel off,
[6:34] we can see the hexagonal protective
[6:36] grade opening for the internal cooling
[6:38] fan. And using that same T5 bit, I'll
[6:40] remove the other armored panel from the
[6:42] other side. Then I can start pulling out
[6:44] the 12 additional screws holding down
[6:46] the back panel. With those unscrewed,
[6:48] the entire back panel can be pulled
[6:50] away, revealing a massive red gasket
[6:52] that when clamped by the screws, keeps
[6:54] the tank IP68 and IP69 watertight. Just
[6:58] like we saw inside of that beatbot pool
[7:00] cleaning robot, this phone is definitely
[7:02] made to survive aquatic plenches.
[7:06] And you might be like, "But hey Jerry,
[7:08] what about those two massive openings
[7:10] for the internal cooling fan?" And I'm
[7:12] glad you asked. With the phone turned
[7:14] off, we can remove quite a few more
[7:15] screws. Philip said, "This time around,
[7:17] the lower loudspeaker can pull away. The
[7:19] Tank 5 can reach 97 dB, but there does
[7:22] not appear to be any balls inside. I'll
[7:24] lift up the camera lens plate. This
[7:26] exposes the motherboard and the camera
[7:28] sensors. I'll unplug the camping LED
[7:30] lightboard just like a little Lego along
[7:32] with the two battery plugs and the
[7:34] motherboard extension ribbons.
[7:39] The motherboard herself has four more
[7:41] black screws holding her in place and I
[7:43] imagine the projector is somewhere
[7:45] mounted behind it. However, the 50
[7:47] megapixel main camera does not have OIS.
[7:50] Neither does the night vision camera nor
[7:52] the 50 megapixel telephoto. It is cool
[7:54] though that each of the processing chips
[7:56] on the board have their own little
[7:57] corresponding thermal pad, allowing the
[7:59] mid-frame to turn into a heat sink. The
[8:02] mid-frame heatsink is nothing though
[8:03] compared to the copper heat sink for the
[8:05] projector, which we can now see peeking
[8:07] out from behind the mid-frame. With that
[8:09] metal mid-frame unscrewed, it lifts up
[8:11] with the 17,600
[8:14] mAh battery. That's more capacity than
[8:17] three Galaxy S26 Ultras put together.
[8:19] This battery can power the projector for
[8:21] 5 hours straight or the phone alone for
[8:24] about 5 days. It's a rather impressive
[8:26] unit. Behind the battery and mid-frame
[8:28] is the most copper we've ever seen
[8:30] inside of a smartphone. 62 g worth of
[8:32] copper to be exact. Enough to make 1,033
[8:36] pennies. May they rest in peace. The
[8:38] projector module comes out with that
[8:40] copper plate still bolted in place. But
[8:43] now we can see the cooling fins attached
[8:45] to the copper plate and heat pipe that
[8:47] sit down inside of the air duct. This
[8:49] allows the air passing through the foam
[8:51] to cool down the fins, which cools down
[8:53] the whole unit. All of which is made
[8:55] watertight by another large red rubber
[8:57] gasket. Thumbs up for cool engineering.
[8:59] The Turbo fan looks very similar to what
[9:01] we see inside of the Red Magic gaming
[9:03] phones, just quite a bit bigger this
[9:05] time around. My favorite part of this
[9:07] whole tearown, though, is what we find
[9:09] inside of the projector itself. See, the
[9:11] projector unit is a 220 lm 2K DLP
[9:15] projector, meaning it has separate light
[9:17] sources for the red, green, and blue
[9:18] lasers. So, when the lasers themselves
[9:21] shine in through the outer housing, the
[9:22] internal electronics combine the light
[9:25] using mirrors and lenses to create the
[9:28] image that shoots out the front of the
[9:30] projector module. You can see the light
[9:32] sources on the boards that shine in
[9:34] through those outer edges. I'm pretty
[9:36] impressed. The Tank 5 appears to be a
[9:38] very valuable, well-rounded sidekick for
[9:40] all kinds of apocalyptic scenarios. Nice
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