Lol... I was in the apple store yesterday and the guy that was helping me ran his keys over his.. Like he was scratching a lottery ticket... Not one scratch... All to prove to me that I don't need screen protectors... I still bought one
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If you don't mind the feeling of a plastic screen protector, go for it. I have seen a scratch on a front of an iPhone 4 personally. I'd also worry about the oleophobic coating wearing off.
Why worry about the oleophobic coating? If you cover it up with a screen protector, what difference does that make for you?
I don't want to use one because the retina display is just so beautiful, but a scratch would drive me crazy. I'm going to put an SGP screen protector on tonight.
Gonna be honest with you. I have a white 4S and the screen protectors are immensely difficult to fit perfectly on them. you can't tell where you're even applying it. This resulted in me messing up both back ones and 1/2 front ones I bought.
Though I'm tempted to take off the front one, I don't think I'll need it. Just be careful and don't put it in a bag full of keys or something lol.
The key to putting them on is Sticky Tape (cell tape or whatever it's called in countries outside of Oz). Don't use your fingernails to lift it. Sticky Tape on the edges to lift it if you misalign it and also ST if you need to get a speck of dust off the screen.
The other thing I recommend is getting somebody with small fingers to do it in a very well lit area that's free of dust and wind.
only takes 1 scratch for you to wish you had put one on.![]()
I gotcha, smoking monkey. In the US we call it Scotch tape (it's the most prominent brand...it's made by Scotch).![]()