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Apple Stores Now Offering Belkin Screen Protector Application

From now on, the iPhone will come with a screen protector that is so thin and so light, you will not feel it.

Of course, it is not user replaceable. If you try to replace the screen protector, you will receive a error code:53.5.

Apple claim that it is to protect the coding on the screen is not damaged and incorrectly applied screen prtoector will cause damage, becuase we designed iPhone in such way, any pressure applied on the screen will bend the phone.

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aloshka said:
Really? Or you just not picky? Or can't see micro scratches?
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Right, how can a blind man like me see! Help me 'greenseer', I have been doomed by carefulness, make me like you oh great careless one..

Take it as a joke or leave man, never thought 'screen protectors' might raise a questionable argument over my sight.
 
RadioGaGa1984 said:
Sounds like you were called out and wrong, now claim joke. Anyway good luck in life.
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If the insinuation to masturbation wasn't an obvious joke ... I don't know else is. My luck in life remains the same as always. Thank you, though.
 
MacRumors said:
Belkin's Invisiglass screen protector is made from an ultra-thin, flexible glass that absorbs shock and is shatterproof while preserving the natural feel of the iPhone. The Anti-Glare screen protector reduces glare to improve visibility in bright light while also protecting the iPhone display from damage.
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A thousand dollar smartphone should have this stuff built into the screen not rely on an ugly screen protector to do the job. Shame on you Apple.
 
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DUCKofD3ATH said:
Having given up on applying screen protectors in the past because they so often leave bubbles, that Belkin tool seems like it'll be useful. Bet they sell a lot more screen protectors.
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Yeah, I only used a screen protector once (3rd Gen iPod touch) and got lucky the first time applying it. Maybe with my next iPhone, I'll give this service a try.
 
Life is too short for screen protectors, especially when they aren't necessary. It's like leaving a plastic cover on the lounge suite with a luxury feel fabric. Or only wearing an expensive mink stole once a year for some occasion that 'merits' it.
 
I used to think they were useless. My 6s+ 'hopped' off my console to the floor glass down under my break pedal. I frantically tried to get it out while driving and there's a long, deep scratch I presume from grit on my weather tech plastic mats. I'm pretty sure it wasn't diamonds in my floor. So much for sapphire glass hardness.

I did have a glass protector on my 6+ but hated the way it wasn't perfectly applied. So I'm glad for this solution, presuming the protector itself is high quality.
 
lsh said:
I used to think they were useless. My 6s+ 'hopped' off my console to the floor glass down under my break pedal. I frantically tried to get it out while driving and there's a long, deep scratch I presume from grit on my weather tech plastic mats. I'm pretty sure it wasn't diamonds in my floor. So much for sapphire glass hardness.
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As far as I know, only the camera lens cover glass on the iPhone is sapphire -- the display screen is Gorilla Glass 2 or 3 (or such). It's hard, much harder then plastic. I think I've seen 6.3 - 6.7 mohs floated around before. But quartz, which is common debris grit and certainly in the gritty dirt on your car floor mats is 7+ mohs. Hence, why display screens still do get abrasions and scratches. And why I still use a screen protector, myself.

If you don't know -- Sapphire while super hard and scratch resistant at 9+ mohs is very brittle and shatters easily. Last I read, it's really expensive, too. Which is why iPhone/iPad/iPod screens use gorilla glass. It's more shatter resistant then sapphire and much less expensive.

(anyone please feel free to correct me where I'm using out of date info and / or just completely wrong)
 
If a screen protector is applied properly from the beginning, you will never notice it and yes, it does well to protect the screen. I have dropped my phone a few times and scratches that appear on the screen only end up impacting the screen protector when I have peeled them off. When that happens, I apply a new one (or I should say, I go to to a local mobile cell guy to put it on properly). Because I have always had a screen protector on from the start, the screen looks like new, years later.
 
Of course, once a protector is applied, the device is no longer as thin as it was prior to this modification.
 
TouchMint.com said:
As much as that statement is overused it's true. Instead of patching the problem he would have fixed it. There should be no need for a screen protector or case for that matter.
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He's Steve Jobs, not Jesus.
He can't heal the screen, there is no solution for micro scratches. Either the glass is hard enough to be 9+ on Mohs Scale and starts breaking easily or it's getting scratched sometimes.

The protector can't change that, but you can remove the damaged protector and your screen is still free of scratches.
 
pika2000 said:
I'm on the side of no screen protector. Had iPhones since the 3GS, and had Android phones since the Nexus one, never put a screen protector, and they all have pristine screens. I mean that's the point of gorilla glass, to prevent scratches.

Now I can understand those that use their phones for work and need more ruggedness, especially if the phone is exposed to sands and dust. But normal use? Save the money.
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You just made me take mine off. Lol
 
I had a friend once who left the clear polythene on her sofa as she wanted it to stay in pristine condition. It looked great for years as nobody wanted to sit on the damn thing. Life is for living they say, buy your phone, get on and use it as it was intended. I don't understand the idea of hiding things in covers and cases to keep them in great condition, cases especially stop you from seeing the aesthetic that drew you to the product in the first place.
 
pika2000 said:
I'm on the side of no screen protector. Had iPhones since the 3GS, and had Android phones since the Nexus one, never put a screen protector, and they all have pristine screens. I mean that's the point of gorilla glass, to prevent scratches.

Now I can understand those that use their phones for work and need more ruggedness, especially if the phone is exposed to sands and dust. But normal use? Save the money.
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I'm 99% sure that you don't keep your Phone in a handbag. The Wife's iPhone looks like it's been sandblasted.
 
wilhelmer said:
That's an odd move in my opinion. Gives the (false) impression that iPhones necessarily need screen protection ...
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I imagine Apple thought that if people were going to go ahead and put unnecessary screen protectors on their iPhones, it might as well be done right.

Personally, I see more gashed up screen protectors ruining people's view of their iPhone than the odd little scratch ever would.
 
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