I'll be real, I don't peel my screen protector off when I sell it. The glass ones are so good now the phone is almost better with them on.
I was thinking, if glass screen protectors removed the oleophobic coating of a phone screen the surely the pre applied screen protector on the phone when the item is packaged would have removed the oleophobic coating?
"shatter-proof" screens are less "scratch - proof" than in the past, so I would suggest to install a screen protector anyway.Kid, in all seriousness, you worry to much about trivial nonsense. Just enjoy your phone, it's a device, a tool, a commodity, just use it and enjoy it. Try to stop worrying about whether it's "pristine" or not and how to keep it pristine and life can be more rewarding. Trust me!
Whoa I wasn't even aware such a product existed. 😱I've used Whoosh as well, but pretty much any screen cleaning product - even alcohol-free cleaners like Whoosh - will accelerate deterioration/removal of the oleophobic coating. I just use a clean, dry, microfiber cloth to clean my screen, and every couple of weeks I smear a few drops of Fusso oleophobic-restoring solution to the screen before I go to bed, let it dry overnight and wipe it in the morning. That's the only product I've found that actually works somewhat. In fact, I posted a mini-review of 5-6 of them, several years ago - I'll see if I can find it.
here it is:https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/replacing-oleophobic-coating-7-products-reviewed.1972951/
and why do you swap screen protectors so often ? 🤨As a person who swaps out his zagg screen protector four times a year on average, I can safely tell you in two years when I trade in my phone and I peel off the protector for the last time, the glass on the display is pristine mint condition and still has a slippery feel.
coating could still be there, but I wouldn't bet on your XS' health after a wash cycle ... 😖For what’s its worth I had my XS go through a wash cycle on hot with detergent and after the oleophobic coating was still there. Fingerprints wiped off easily and water beaded on the display. So if it can survive that I think a screen protector won’t do much damage lol.
I would imagine detergent would hurt an oleophobic coating more that a screen protector. And the XS worked perfectly fine till I upgraded to the 11 pro"shatter-proof" screens are less "scratch - proof" than in the past, so I would suggest to install a screen protector anyway.
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Whoa I wasn't even aware such a product existed. 😱
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and why do you swap screen protectors so often ? 🤨
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coating could still be there, but I wouldn't bet on your XS' health after a wash cycle ... 😖
I took my spigen glas tr off my phone and felt the sticky side of the protector and the adhesive isn’t super tacky so I imagine there’s not a lot of adhesive on the back but just enough.I asked apple if their belkin screen protectors in the apple store can remove the oleophobic coating but told me to contact belkin.
I done a live chat with belkin who confirmed that their tempered glass screen protectors do not remove or effect the oleophobic coating so I’m hoping the same goes for spigen protectors.
well... the new owner will discover that in a while.It worked perfectly fine till I upgraded to the 11 pro
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I took my spigen glas tr off my phone and felt the sticky side of the protector and the adhesive isn’t super tacky so I imagine there’s not a lot of adhesive on the back but just enough.
Turned it in to upgrade. I even checked the water indicator by the SIM card tray. Still white. But who knows? lolwell... the new owner will discover that in a while.
That kind of damage usually shows itself after a while.
This is why I will never buy second hand phones. No matter how good they look on the surface, you never know what it has been through before.Turned it in to upgrade. I even checked the water indicator by the SIM card tray. Still white. But who knows? lol
yeah the sheer amount of people that use their phones in the bathroom is enough to make me not want to buy a phone second hand. And I would never sell the XS to someone without letting them know.This is why I will never buy second hand phones. No matter how good they look on the surface, you never know what it has been through before.
and why do you swap screen protectors so often ? 🤨
Not in my experience, nor in that of many posters in this thread.From someone who has always used screen protector from new I can tell you once you remove the tempered glass protector the oleophobic coating also goes with it.
No disrespect but of general curiosity how can you tell?From someone who has always used screen protector from new I can tell you once you remove the tempered glass protector the oleophobic coating also goes with it.
None taken.No disrespect but of general curiosity how can you tell?
I feel the same but the idea of it getting scratched bothers me more lol 😂I have tried, and tried, but just dont like screen protectors... they hamper the real screen experience, make things looks dirtier, smudged IMO
From someone who has always used screen protector from new I can tell you once you remove the tempered glass protector the oleophobic coating also goes with it.
I can confirm this too from my personal usage over the past 10 years.No disrespect but of general curiosity how can you tell?
Anyways once you put on the screen protector how does it matter if the oleophobic coating is on or not?
Exactly. Well explained.It doesn’t matter. The Oleophobic coating is naturally organic, which means it
wears off over the course of time with usage or the screen protector will Add some type of preservation with the coating, but when you remove the screen protector, it also will remove the coating.
Keep in mind, the Oleophobic coating can actually be reapplied to the display with ‘kits‘ you can purchase online, but I would recommend you have that professionally installed.