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MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 17 and Astropad Fresh Coat Anti-Reflective Screen Protector

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For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win one of Apple's iPhone 17 models and a Fresh Coat anti-reflective screen protector from Astropad to use with it.

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Fresh Coat is a screen protector with an optical-grade anti-reflective coating to minimize glare and provide a better iPhone viewing experience. The technology reduces reflections by 75 percent, while improving contrast and keeping colors vibrant. Unlike other anti-reflective screen protectors on the market, Fresh Coat adds no haze or distortion to the iPhone's display.

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Priced at $30, Fresh Coat is made from a scratch-proof tempered glass that provides protection for the iPhone's display in addition to cutting down on glare and reflections. It's slim and doesn't add bulk to the iPhone even though there are five layers of protective technology at work. From the top down, there's an anti-reflective coating, an oleophobic and hydrophobic coating, a layer of tempered glass, a dust barrier, and an impact-resistant "airbag" bonding.

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If you have an iPhone 17, it already has an anti-reflective coating from Apple. What you probably don't know is that you can't use just any screen protector with the iPhone 17. If you put a regular screen protector without an anti-reflective coating on, it nullifies the anti-reflective properties of that added coating.

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Since Fresh Coat has its own anti-reflective coating, it improves on Apple's included anti-reflective layer, cutting glare even further. With Fresh Coat, the iPhone's screen is easy to see in any lighting conditions, there's less eye strain, and if you use Dark Mode, it looks even darker.

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If you don't have an iPhone 17, Fresh Coat can provide an iPhone 17-style display upgrade, mirroring Apple's own reflection-reducing display coating. Fresh Coat is available for all iPhone 17 models, the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, and the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max.

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Astropad designed an installation process that's impossible to mess up, so you get perfect alignment on your iPhone without the hassle that comes with most screen protectors.

We have an iPhone 17 and a Fresh Coat screen protector for one lucky MacRumors reader. To enter to win, use the widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winner(s) and send the prize(s). You can earn additional entries by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on Twitter, following us on Instagram, following us on Threads, or visiting the MacRumors Facebook page.

Due to the complexities of international laws regarding giveaways, only U.S. residents who are 18 years or older, UK residents who are 18 years or older, and Canadian residents who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory are eligible to enter. All federal, state, provincial, and/or local taxes, fees, and surcharges are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. To offer feedback or get more information on the giveaway restrictions, please refer to our Site Feedback section, as that is where discussion of the rules will be redirected.

The contest will run from today (April 10) at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time through 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on April 17. The winner will be chosen randomly on or shortly after April 17 and will be contacted by email. The winner will have 48 hours to respond and provide a shipping address before a new winner is chosen.

Article Link: MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 17 and Astropad Fresh Coat Anti-Reflective Screen Protector
 
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Anyone have experience with improved/worsened glare with different screen protectors? I usually use amFilm glass screen protectors (have one now on my 15 Pro) but having recently gotten a new 17 Pro I wonder if I should specifically look for or avoid certain screen protectors.
 
Let’s hope apple gets this feature soon. Now they are behind Samsung with anti reflective coating and the new privacy feature.
 
TheDailyApple said:
Same, lol. And X too. I do all the social entries that just require visiting the homepages, but not the ones that require accounts.
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The X/Twitter one is the worst - having an account (which I do, and it follows MacRumors) isn't enough. You have to give Gleam full access to your account, which is not gonna happen.

Regardless, good luck to all!
 
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I’ve installed ESR and Torras screen protectors on my 17PM and both have problems on the lower part of the screen… they don’t stick well in that area and look hazy, but it’s better than nothing I guess 🙄
 
Prior owner of this “protector” and I can tell you two things categorically: I appreciated the enhanced clarity and miss it now that I no longer have it on my iPhone AND it absolutely sucked as protection. I’ll include a pic. Context: two drops (one from about 3 feet onto a soft wooden floor, one from about 2 feet onto a cork floor). Further context: this iPhone screen has survived for years without a ding, falling from higher onto harder.
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LordArchie said:
Nice screen protector, unfortunately broke mine and it appears they have no warranty/replacement program like FloLab
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Looking at the package I just received, it says 6 months limited warranty with a link to its website.

What is the warranty for Fresh Coat? | Astropad Help Center

A full breakdown of Astropad's Fresh Coat warranty.
support.astropad.com support.astropad.com

After reading the website, looks like the warranty is good for manufacturing defects only. 😅
 
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leifp said:
Prior owner of this “protector” and I can tell you two things categorically: I appreciated the enhanced clarity and miss it now that I no longer have it on my iPhone AND it absolutely sucked as protection. I’ll include a pic. Context: two drops (one from about 3 feet onto a soft wooden floor, one from about 2 feet onto a cork floor). Further context: this iPhone screen has survived for years without a ding, falling from higher onto harder.View attachment 2621484
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Yeah, I think of screen protectors as protecting against scratches to the display, and providing some impact protection for the display, but not that the protector itself is immune to these things. But a ding like that from being dropped about two feet onto a cork floor? Seems unusually fragile, but maybe some cork is harder than others.
 
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I currently don't have a screen protector on my 17PM, which I got about a month ago, and so far no scratches. But I'm interested in an anti-glare protector since the glare on my 17PM is so pronounced, I'm not sure Apple should be describing it as anti-glare.
 
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TheDailyApple said:
Anyone have experience with improved/worsened glare with different screen protectors? I usually use amFilm glass screen protectors (have one now on my 15 Pro) but having recently gotten a new 17 Pro I wonder if I should specifically look for or avoid certain screen protectors.
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Worsened. Any protector film always cracks on the edges within weeks or months and then the sharp pieces always damage the outer parts of the bare screen. On some iPhone's the touch screen becomes less responsive or inaccurate.
I use thick cases with higher raised edges for a couple of years now. These protect much better when I drop my phone.

The glare on OLED iPhones is minimal and the Gorilla glass on the iPhone itself is very resistant against scratching. Glas Protector film? No thank you.
 
Powerbooky said:
Worsened. Any protector film always cracks on the edges within weeks or months and then the sharp pieces always damage the outer parts of the bare screen. On some iPhone's the touch screen becomes less responsive or inaccurate.
I use thick cases with higher raised edges for a couple of years now. These protect much better when I drop my phone.

The glare on OLED iPhones is minimal and the Gorilla glass on the iPhone itself is very resistant against scratching. Glas Protector film? No thank you.
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Matte screen protectors, like Flolab's OneTime Max Matte, have much less glare than regular anti-glare protectors, and much less than a bare iPhone 17 series display too. I had the Flolab OneTime Max Matte on my 16PM and it made a big difference. Mine never cracked on its edges, but then again the only two or three times I dropped my 16PM onto a hard surface, it landed on the edges of the rubber case I had on it. This matte Flolab protector is also one of the toughest in the steel ball drop tests done by YouTuber "HighTechCheck", probably because it's laminated with at least three layers. I had no issues with screen responsiveness or accuracy. There might have been a tiny bit of brightness reduction, so I'm interested in trying out Astropad's Fresh Coat protector.

The glare on my 17PM's bare display is pronounced, especially when I use it outdoors, but it's significantly better than my 16PM was without a protector.
 
TheDailyApple said:
Same, lol. And X too. I do all the social entries that just require visiting the homepages, but not the ones that require accounts.
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Years ago (pre-Meta) Facebook enacted a rule that said giveaways could no longer require you to like, follow, or tag an account or post on FB in order to enter, and it seemed to apply to Instagram as well. But I guess it doesn't apply to Threads, or Gleam wouldn't let it happen?
 
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