iPhone 6 scratches?

[andrewtm]

I've been reading around lately and have read a lot about the iPhone 6 being much more susceptible to scratches than the previous models. I used my iPhone 4 and 5 without a screen protector and had absolutely no scratches, but I hear this one scratches way easier.

Is your iPhone scratching easier than other models?

Also, are there any screen protectors you'd recommend?

 

[aPple nErd]

Seems more durable to me than the 4. Not as durable as the 5. The 5 feels like I could throw it at a concrete floor 23 times until it cracks... Oh wait. I did that. No joke.

 

[ljmjag]

Absolutely more susceptible. I've owned every iPhone - no screen protectors - just a case and almost never an issue. I've had my 6 for less than 2 days, in the leather case since it was taken out of the box and I have a small scratch on the screen already near the top of the phone but not on the "viewable" area. Thought I was out of mind. I've owned the 5s for about a year - not a scratch and before that the 5 for a year - again, not a scratch.

Based upon my admittedly unscientific experience it does seem that the 6 scratches more easily.

By the way, does anyone know how to remove a superficial screen scratch?

 

[Traverse]

Aluminum will scratch easier than hardened glass, but it won't shatter or crack like glass.

 

[wxman2003]

No difference between the 5, 5S or 6 Plus that I have owned. My 5S had a screen scratch 2 weeks into ownership. Just the way it is with the oleophobic coatings. It scratches easily, not the glass. Only minor scratches on the 6 Plus black bezel. Again, the coating scratches easily, not the actual glass. People are getting that confused.

 

[themyst]

Aluminum will scratch easier than hardened glass, but it won't shatter or crack like glass.

the OP is talking about the screen not the back.

iphone 4 screen is exceptionally durable; kid tested, daddy approved.

 

[lke]

I am sure that the glass is Corning Gorilla, there is no other company that could build millions of glasses like them.

 

[ljmjag]

I'm referring to the screen - not the body of the device.