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iPhone 6 glass seems to be picking up more scratches than the 5
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first 6 inch drop of my iphone 6 resulted in a deep scratch on the bottom left of the glass. 2 years with my iphone 5 no scratches
been using my 5S without a screen protector for 8 months, only can see scratches if I tilt the screen under a light bulb.
Used a 6 for 4 days. Took both phones and put them under the light like the sun and saw maybe 15-20 tiny scratches compared to my 5S.
Im already returning my 6 due to poor build quality and poor IOS 8 and no JB.
Used a 6 for 4 days. Took both phones and put them under the light like the sun and saw maybe 15-20 tiny scratches compared to my 5S.
Im already returning my 6 due to poor build quality and poor IOS 8 and no JB.
The glass protrudes above the edges on the 6 series. On the 5 and 4 series phones, there is an ever so slight protrusion above the glass itself around the edges of the phones.
Maybe this adds to scratching?
Maybe this adds to scratching?
It's true. Went to Apple store, almost ALL 6's are scratched, NONE of 5s/c are scratched. Some scratches on 6's are so deep that they magnify pixels, supervisible and superannoying.
I wonder ifused acrylic plastic on the 6's...
that's because nobody ever touches iPhone 5s anymore nowadays
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Make sure to specify that last thing when you return it.
2nd that: more scratches. I've the black iPhone 6 plus. I don't like tamper glass or screen protector never had one since the 3GS when I got my first iPhone. I've notice tiny scratches
I'm being more careful now. I place my 6 Plus In pouch made for sunglasses before placing it in my front pocket. Never felt a need to this with my other recent iPhones.
I'm being more careful now. I place my 6 Plus In pouch made for sunglasses before placing it in my front pocket. Never felt a need to this with my other recent iPhones.
Hair-gate is a "flaw" with the iPhones 6/6 Plus where a person's (way too long) hair gets stuck in the crack between the glass and the aluminum enclosure. This "problem" is mainly seen by people with long hair. The best ways to circumvent hair-gate are:
1) Get a crew cut (of which I am a great fan)
2) Get a case that covers the gap
3) Not get an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus
4) Get a Samchit phone
The short version: Samsung is paying people to spread the anti-Apple propaganda, and hair-gate is the latest attack on us "wallhuggers"
Whether it's the glass or the oleophobic coating (which I agree it's probably the oleophobic coating) the screen getting scratched pretty easily compared to the 5s sucks.
Everyone always says that. It might well be true but what does it mean? Is there any reason that's better or worse?
The iPhone 5S on display at my Apple store are still launch day 5S from 2013 with less scratches then the launch day 6s.
Ill make sure to say that about the JB. When I worked for Apple back in 2008-2009 a lot of employees including myself were jail breaking. They still are. When I bought my 6 last week from apple, the guy selling it to me had a jail broken 5S.
Apple did not use Gorilla glass with the 6 series phones...
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Well, eventually the oleophobic coating will wear off, it is microns thin. It's better in the fact that the glass isn't what is actually scratched, just the coating. Can you still see it at certain angles? Yes. If it doesn't etch into the glass then it is just a superficial mark really. Some would say a scratch is a scratch is a scratch, it just depends on your perspective I guess.
I got my first tempered glass screen protector for my 6 and it was applied before the phone ever left the store. Normally I get BodyGardz anti-glare screen protectors but the rep recommended the tempered glass and I'm happy with it.
The first iPhone used Corning Gorilla Glass, but it's not clear who manufactures the current iPhone glass.
Apple's 2014 supplier list has both Corning and Asahi (a Japanese glass manufacturer) on it.
remember back in the days when we didn't care if our phones were scratched or not? I miss those days... I feel like I have OCD now. Cases and screen protectors and insurance...
remember back in the days when we didn't care if our phones were scratched or not? I miss those days... I feel like I have OCD now. Cases and screen protectors and insurance...
Because back in those days there wasn't a giant slab of touchscreen glass on your phone.
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Is there a way to repair the oleophobic coating if it gets scratched? If not, I don't see how it's much comfort to cite that fact. An irreparable scratch looks awful.