Tank 5 Apocalypse Phone: Full Breakdown & Transcript

[00:00] When someone says something is built

[00:01] like a tank, they're talking about this

[00:03] smartphone specifically. This Tank 5 is

[00:06] about the same price as an iPhone 17,

[00:08] but has five times the battery life,

[00:11] four times the thickness, and a literal

[00:13] built-in 2K resolution projector beam

[00:15] that shines out of the top, projecting

[00:18] big screen movies onto any surface. But

[00:20] we'll get to that more in a second.

[00:23] Today, we're going to find out if the

[00:24] Tank 5 is actually ready or not for the

[00:27] apocalypse. Right out of the box, we see

[00:29] a black guitar pick for some reason, a

[00:31] white USBC cable, and a 120 watt

[00:34] charging brick. The phone itself is an

[00:36] absolute unit with huge fan grills on

[00:39] either side to help keep the projector

[00:40] cool, even with the massive inlets. The

[00:43] Tank 5 still has an IP69 water resistant

[00:46] rating. And it'll be very interesting to

[00:48] see how they accomplish that from the

[00:49] inside here in a few seconds. But first,

[00:52] the scratch test. The Tank 5 has two

[00:54] screen protectors. A blue tinted screen

[00:57] protector comes off first. And here's a

[00:59] size comparison between the Tank 5 and

[01:01] an iPhone 17 Pro. Basically twins. The

[01:04] Tank 5 has a few perks that the iPhone

[01:06] can only dream of, like a built-in 120

[01:09] lm camping light that can also strobe

[01:11] for emergencies, incoming flash warning.

[01:14] There's also a night vision camera and

[01:16] of course a projector up top, which

[01:17] we'll get to in a second. I'll peel off

[01:19] the permanent clear plastic screen

[01:21] protector next. What's cool about this

[01:23] screen protector is that it's inlaid

[01:24] down between the frame rails of the

[01:26] phone. So, no part of the glass can ever

[01:28] touch the ground during a drop, which

[01:30] should help out quite a bit during the

[01:32] end of times. But just for curiosity's

[01:34] sake, let's see what the screen is made

[01:36] from underneath all that plastic. If

[01:38] there was more plastic under here, the

[01:40] screen would start scratching at a level

[01:41] two or three. But if it's glass, like

[01:44] what we're seeing now, it would start

[01:46] scratching at a level six with deeper

[01:48] grooves at a level seven. We haven't

[01:50] seen a Sapphire screen in a really long

[01:52] time, but Sapphire would start

[01:54] scratching at a level eight or nine. We

[01:56] have a front-facing 32 megapixel hole

[01:58] punch selfie camera protected by glass

[02:00] and a long thin plastic earpiece grill

[02:03] which won't ever be falling out on its

[02:04] own. Obviously, what makes the Tank 5

[02:07] such a tank is that it's got a built-in

[02:09] exoskeleton made from armored metal

[02:11] plates and rubber on all the sides.

[02:14] Permanent protection. We have the

[02:16] fingerprint scanning power button and

[02:18] large intake fan grill over here on the

[02:20] right with lots of black rubber and

[02:22] shiny silver metal.

[02:25] Up at the top though is where things

[02:26] start getting incredibly interesting. We

[02:28] have an IR blaster so you can change the

[02:31] channels on the TV I am legend style.

[02:33] Then we have a 4 meter laser

[02:35] rangefinder. Not so great for sniper

[02:37] shots but still good for measuring stuff

[02:39] without having to bring a tape measure.

[02:41] And of course, we have the 2K resolution

[02:43] 220 lm DLP projector. The only thing

[02:47] that would make this even more perfect

[02:48] for the apocalypse is if we had a hand

[02:51] removable SIM and SD card tray to store

[02:53] movies on when the grid goes down. And

[02:56] look at that, perfection. Now, I did

[02:58] have my doubts about the quality of this

[03:00] projector and its brightness at night.

[03:02] Here on my brightly lit desk, you can't

[03:04] see all that much. But as soon as you go

[03:06] outside at night, the Tank 5 can throw

[03:08] up a big screen image as large as a

[03:10] garage door no problem. It's actually

[03:13] kind of insane. Plus, with the laser

[03:15] autofocus and automatic keystone

[03:17] correction, that's where it squares up

[03:18] the image on the wall all by itself. The

[03:21] operation is pretty foolproof. Not going

[03:23] to lie, I am rather impressed. Even

[03:25] walking down the street, I can be

[03:27] watching Jerryrigg tearowns on a 50-in

[03:29] flat screen hovering right above the

[03:30] sidewalk, as one often does. No iPhone

[03:33] can do that. If streaming or watching

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[04:19] to 10 devices at a time. While the

[04:22] projector is running, there is a

[04:23] substantial amount of air flowing

[04:25] through the internal ducts. Very similar

[04:27] to some of the gaming phones we've seen,

[04:28] except for this one is much louder with

[04:30] much more air flow.

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[04:44] the description. Once the apocalypse

[04:46] brings down the grid though, you'll

[04:47] probably want to make sure you have your

[04:49] movie saved to the SD card. The left

[04:51] side of the phone has our volume button,

[04:52] fan output vent, and programmable

[04:55] buttons for the camping and strobe light

[04:57] on the back. The bottom of the phone has

[04:58] our lanyard hook, so you can attach the

[05:00] brick to a string and wall up some

[05:02] zombies with it. And inside the

[05:03] watertight flap, we have a USBC port and

[05:06] a headphone jack. Pretty essential for

[05:08] stealth supply runs. What's cool about

[05:10] the cameras here on the back of the

[05:12] phone is that they can take pictures in

[05:14] absolute darkness. One is a 50 megapixel

[05:16] normal main camera. Then a 50 megapixel

[05:18] telephoto.

[05:20] Then we have the 50 megapixel night

[05:22] vision camera. The row of infrared LEDs

[05:25] are here to illuminate the night vision

[05:26] sensor so it can take pictures without a

[05:28] visible flash.

[05:31] Yeah, the pictures look a little

[05:32] nightmarish, but it does indeed work.

[05:35] The back of the phone is metal and the

[05:37] material over the camping light is

[05:39] plastic with of course copious amounts

[05:41] of black rubber surrounding every corner

[05:43] for better drop protection. Making our

[05:45] way to the screen, the Tank 5 spared no

[05:47] expense with a 6.7 in 1440p

[05:51] 120 Hz 3000nit AMOLED display that

[05:54] lasted for about 25 seconds before going

[05:57] green and not recovering. It probably

[05:59] would have lasted a bit longer, but we

[06:00] did remove that plastic exterior layer.

[06:03] And finally, the bin test, which yeah,

[06:07] you already know. The biggest downside

[06:09] of buying the Tank 5 is that you'll also

[06:11] need to buy a better belt so that your

[06:12] pants stay up when it's in your pocket.

[06:14] But with a 5day battery life, maybe

[06:16] that's a trade-off you're willing to

[06:18] make. Either way, now it's time to

[06:19] analyze the Tank 5 from the inside and

[06:22] see how they managed to cool that 220 lm

[06:25] projector. Grabbing my smartphone tool

[06:27] kit. I'll need a couple of these bits.

[06:29] There's a series of T5 screws holding

[06:31] down the armored metal panels to the

[06:33] sides of the phone. With the panel off,

[06:34] we can see the hexagonal protective

[06:36] grade opening for the internal cooling

[06:38] fan. And using that same T5 bit, I'll

[06:40] remove the other armored panel from the

[06:42] other side. Then I can start pulling out

[06:44] the 12 additional screws holding down

[06:46] the back panel. With those unscrewed,

[06:48] the entire back panel can be pulled

[06:50] away, revealing a massive red gasket

[06:52] that when clamped by the screws, keeps

[06:54] the tank IP68 and IP69 watertight. Just

[06:58] like we saw inside of that beatbot pool

[07:00] cleaning robot, this phone is definitely

[07:02] made to survive aquatic plenches.

[07:06] And you might be like, "But hey Jerry,

[07:08] what about those two massive openings

[07:10] for the internal cooling fan?" And I'm

[07:12] glad you asked. With the phone turned

[07:14] off, we can remove quite a few more

[07:15] screws. Philip said, "This time around,

[07:17] the lower loudspeaker can pull away. The

[07:19] Tank 5 can reach 97 dB, but there does

[07:22] not appear to be any balls inside. I'll

[07:24] lift up the camera lens plate. This

[07:26] exposes the motherboard and the camera

[07:28] sensors. I'll unplug the camping LED

[07:30] lightboard just like a little Lego along

[07:32] with the two battery plugs and the

[07:34] motherboard extension ribbons.

[07:39] The motherboard herself has four more

[07:41] black screws holding her in place and I

[07:43] imagine the projector is somewhere

[07:45] mounted behind it. However, the 50

[07:47] megapixel main camera does not have OIS.

[07:50] Neither does the night vision camera nor

[07:52] the 50 megapixel telephoto. It is cool

[07:54] though that each of the processing chips

[07:56] on the board have their own little

[07:57] corresponding thermal pad, allowing the

[07:59] mid-frame to turn into a heat sink. The

[08:02] mid-frame heatsink is nothing though

[08:03] compared to the copper heat sink for the

[08:05] projector, which we can now see peeking

[08:07] out from behind the mid-frame. With that

[08:09] metal mid-frame unscrewed, it lifts up

[08:11] with the 17,600

[08:14] mAh battery. That's more capacity than

[08:17] three Galaxy S26 Ultras put together.

[08:19] This battery can power the projector for

[08:21] 5 hours straight or the phone alone for

[08:24] about 5 days. It's a rather impressive

[08:26] unit. Behind the battery and mid-frame

[08:28] is the most copper we've ever seen

[08:30] inside of a smartphone. 62 g worth of

[08:32] copper to be exact. Enough to make 1,033

[08:36] pennies. May they rest in peace. The

[08:38] projector module comes out with that

[08:40] copper plate still bolted in place. But

[08:43] now we can see the cooling fins attached

[08:45] to the copper plate and heat pipe that

[08:47] sit down inside of the air duct. This

[08:49] allows the air passing through the foam

[08:51] to cool down the fins, which cools down

[08:53] the whole unit. All of which is made

[08:55] watertight by another large red rubber

[08:57] gasket. Thumbs up for cool engineering.

[08:59] The Turbo fan looks very similar to what

[09:01] we see inside of the Red Magic gaming

[09:03] phones, just quite a bit bigger this

[09:05] time around. My favorite part of this

[09:07] whole tearown, though, is what we find

[09:09] inside of the projector itself. See, the

[09:11] projector unit is a 220 lm 2K DLP

[09:15] projector, meaning it has separate light

[09:17] sources for the red, green, and blue

[09:18] lasers. So, when the lasers themselves

[09:21] shine in through the outer housing, the

[09:22] internal electronics combine the light

[09:25] using mirrors and lenses to create the

[09:28] image that shoots out the front of the

[09:30] projector module. You can see the light

[09:32] sources on the boards that shine in

[09:34] through those outer edges. I'm pretty

[09:36] impressed. The Tank 5 appears to be a

[09:38] very valuable, well-rounded sidekick for

[09:40] all kinds of apocalyptic scenarios. Nice

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