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Screen Protectors Will Work With iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Despite New 3D Touch Feature
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Ever had an eye lash in your eye? A hair can mess some stuff up. It ruins meals, clogs drains and get's in your mouth.
Hence those cautions by Phil:
Apple's design guidelines for iPhone cases say any screen overlay must be electrically conductive, must not exceed 0.3mm in thickness, and must not introduce air gaps between the touchscreen.
I bought one from spigen as well. I like this compony's products since I have been using them from iphone 5. I bought many cases and screen protectors... I hope this will work
I missed this, how is 3d touch on the iPhone different than force touch on the apple watch?
I scratched the screen on my Apple Watch Sport day 1. So yes. I believe they still may be needed. I like having a tempered glass screen protector. Added security. Rather have to deal with a. Protector than a rainbow scratch.
I apply screen protectors to don't bother with the case, I hate cases, and mostly the screen protector ( glass ) is enough for me
"My father still won't right-click, how's he going to use 3D Touch?"
it will be fine, use it. i ordered it too, and spigen will refund you if it doesn't work anyway.
.3mm is apples guidelines, a suggestion
Not really sarcasm. A little though. I mean at least he affirmed it now so people can prep for next Friday.
I agree, especially in the context of touch screens it sounds like something different than it is. Also I find the term "3D" kind of antiquated in the sense that it has been (ab)used in all sorts of misleading or wrong ways for decades now in consumer electronics.
Yep. I think they thought it sounds "cooler" to end users as a marketing term, but it just doesn't fit in. Especially because it's called force touch on the watch and MacBook trackpads. It's confusing to end users and it looks like the marketing team just wanted to stick the term "3D" in there somewhere, regardless of whether it makes sense to do or not. Either way, Apple needs to settle this once and for all. Either rename the feature on the Watch and MacBook or drop the 3D nonsense in future marketing for the iPhone. You can't maintain two different names for one feature. And to all the people saying they aren't the same thing because of some back end technological differences, to the end user they are and always will be the same thing. You're forcefully touching the screen to bring up more options, it's not 3D Touch, it's force touch, and I'll always call it that.
How often do you think you'll be telling people to 3d touch your screen?
If I'm explaining to a friend or relative how to do something on their iPhone, I will tell them to force touch their screen to bring up a certain function. Think about it from a tech support point of view. The term "3D touch" just doesn't fit in, and it sounds ridiculous to use as a verb.
Well you'll have to come up with another excuse then because there is zero grain with the glass protectors. If you like the glass on your phone screen, guess what - you'll like these, lol.
not sure what the need or use of a screen protectors are. had one on the iP4 but it made the experience less fluid and exciting. i tried all of the brands of them as well. i like the phone without one, if something happens let applecare take care of it.
Personal pref. But if you want a scratch free phone, then yes.
*dons flameproof suit*
Not sure how a glass protector is less fluid or less "exciting". lol
I hope the iPhone 7 is incompatible with Otterbox cases so we will never have to see those monstrosities ever again.
Ok then, if I do decide to try one, which is the best to go with that has the greatest clarity?
There's two answers to this and you're not going to like either:
1) Yes - In the same way you should always wash and wax your car daily. The coating on the iphone/ipad screens will wear out at some point which will make cleaning the screen harder, and using "screen cleaning" solutions will wear it off faster. So the screen protector prevents the original screen surface area from wearing. The cost to this is that the screen protector may actually not protect the screen from anything and you're only keeping the resale value higher provided you don't scratch the rest of the phone. My old Nokia phone has one, and I found it a pain in the ass to remove after, so you may damage the phone more by trying to remove it.
2) No - If you don't have a screen protector (my iPad(3) doesn't have one) the screen won't get damaged at all unless you use a blunt (eg plastic) stylus on it. My iPad is completely scratch free, but the finger prints that get over it do get rather annoying, and that would happen with or without the screen protector.
My suggestion would that you should only get screen protectors for devices that are meant to be used by more than one person. Like employees (who might not treat their employer equipment as good as their own equipment), children ("trouble" children won't care because Mommy or Daddy will just buy them a new one), and disabled people (who might otherwise be unable to care for the device properly.) If it's your own personal device, you can decide if the hassle of dealing with the screen protector is worth it. For a "phone" it might be better to get a "sock" or bumper, as dropping the phone is more likely to shatter the screen, protector or not, depending how it falls. If a phone falls flat on it's face, the force of hitting the object will go straight through the screen protector anyways.
Hah, I remember a friend on the school bus with his fancy iPhone 3G showing off his "mood detector" app that supposedly sensed the pressure of your touch on the screen. 7 years later...