JerryRigEverything set out to figure out what went wrong in his durability tests, which is why the Google Pixel 7 Pro almost
failed.To do this, he took on the task of disassembling the smartphone, where he suffered a fiasco right from the start – Due to damage to the metal frame, the display failed. And this is not all that “destroyed” the author entering his research. Soon after opening, the metal plate covering the system board (obviously an extremely low quality metal) received irreparable damage, and a little later – new telephoto module with periscope optics (exclusively for educational purposes.
As for the main question, the Pixel 7 Progave some slack due to the fact that the metal plate was made shorter compared to the Pixel 6 Pro, due to which the smartphone lost its rigidity in the area of the soft antenna strip. See the video below for the entire disassembly and reassembly process.
