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New video with IPhone 6 front cover Sapphire scratch resistance test
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MKBHD! Neat little demo of a front panel. Looks promising, I'm excited to never worry about scratches again. Haha. Little up-tick in resale ability coming our way!
I never used them anyway..my phones (that weren't plastic anyway) never got scratched.
Same here. Never scratched my iPhone screen, and I've had just about every model from 2007.
Jesus...he bent the thing almost 90 degrees under his foot...MKBHD is a staunch android guy, so for him to post this you know this was a big deal!
If you look up some latest Gorilla Glass knife and key scratch test videos, it doesn't scratch with those either.
Still waiting for someone to use a diamond on one of these supposed iPhone 6 panels.
I hear this a lot from people and when I inspect their smartphone glass, I see micro scratches.
I agree that the video doesn't prove that its sapphire, but scratching it with a diamond wouldn't prove that either. He would have to do a scratch test on both GG and Sapphire using sand.
My fiance, who is very picky about her iPhone screen, has actually called me out a few times about this. She checked the screens very closely - no scratches. She was looking for micro-scratches as well.
I'm just very careful about the company my iPhone has while in my pocket.
I don't give two ***** about the micro scratches, they don't affect what I see on the phone screen. And I have OCD.
New video with IPhone 6 front cover Sapphire scratch resistance test
Micro scratches are still scratches. They bother me, and I don't have ocd.
Micro scratches are still scratches. They bother me, and I don't have ocd.
New video with IPhone 6 front cover Sapphire scratch resistance test
So you were just kidding earlier about "never got scratched"? Ok. Lol
So you were just kidding earlier about "never got scratched"? Ok. Lol
A scratch is when you have a Nokia 3360 and you barely breath on the screen and you see a huge line going through it even with the screen on.
Micro scratched are not in The glass but the oleophobic coating. If you can't feel it with your nail, it's not a scratch.
If indeed the next iPhone has a sapphire screen, I guarantee, there will be an influx of people complaining that their screen got scratched. Which is only the oleophobic coating.
If indeed the next iPhone has a sapphire screen, I guarantee, there will be an influx of people complaining that their screen got scratched. Which is only the oleophobic coating.
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Using a diamond would be rather pointless? A diamond will scratch everything, except other diamonds.
Diamond is a 10 in the Mohs hardness scale. Sapphire is 9. Gorilla glass 3 about 6-7. A mineral with a higher number will scratch minerals with a lower number. Diamond will scratch both sapphire and glass.
That is really interesting. Obviously thats not 100% synthetic sapphire however it appears to be as clear and scratch resistant. I would like to see a little better scratch test though. I saw another test online where someone dragged a concrete block over a piece of sapphire, it looked scratched really bad but it was just pieces of the concrete block, and easily wiped off.
