iPhone 11 Pro pro max camera lens glass

[palooka23]

Anyone concerned about how far the camera lenses and bezel protrudes from the back of the phone?
I have been burned on 2 xs max and 1xs camera glass cracks.
Totally babied all my phones and yet still suffered from hairline cracks. There are various posts on the interwebs about random lens cracks.

I have seen camera glass protectors....but not sure how much those affect picture quality.

 

[ruslan120]

Supposedly the glass is sapphire which is harder to scratch.

I’m wary of this as well and use a leather case on my 11 Pro.

Will update if I decide to go without a case and damage a lens.

 

[mavis]

Supposedly the glass is sapphire which is harder to scratch.

I’m wary of this as well and use a leather case on my 11 Pro.

Will update if I decide to go without a case and damage a lens.

According to Apple, both the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro also have sapphire lens covers:

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So I'm not too worried about it. I caved and bought an Apple leather case anyway - almost a month case/screen protector free and the phone still looks good, but I'm tired of having to be careful when I toss it on a table, etc.

 

[M33-1]

Not sapphire. See jerryrig YouTube scratch test for iPhone 11.

 

[alpi123]

Just sapphire-like coating, which helps and it doesn't get scratched as easy as the display for example.
Also, it sticks out MUCH less than the Xs. I compared them both and the 11 Pro barely has any bump. People are making a way bigger deal of it.

TL;DR- Your lens won't get scratched.

 

[JR17358]

The Verge Update picked up on the JerryRigEverything test, saying:

Update October 5th, 1PM ET: Apple has confirmed to The Verge that the company uses sapphire in its iPhone camera lens. It appears the correct testing conditions weren't adhered to in JerryRigEverything's tests. "Apple confirms the iPhone 7 camera lens is sapphire, and under proper testing conditions achieves the hardness and purity results expected from sapphire," says an Apple spokesperson.

 

[BarrettF77]

I don't buy any fluff Apple sends. Testing was improper? One of my 11 Pro units had a scratch lens out of the box. So obviously during assembly it was held improperly as well....

Apple is so full of crap, and their PR releases aways indicate the truth when you read between the lines. "A small number of affected units" translated into plain English is we are recalling but not disclosing the number of units affected.

Improper testing translated to we were more forgiving in our testing and his test doesn't count. Go get a normal watch and run a pick over it on sapphire and it won't scratch. JerryRig's videos are painful to watch but the picks he has are similar to what we've seen non other sites and that's exactly what they are designed to do.

 

[m0sher]

If you use a case, the case levels and protects the camera. For case users, it’s a non issue.

I dropped it on its back out of my hands before from 3-4 feet high and came out unscathed.

Best advice for non case users is to get Apple Care+