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Screen Protectors Without AR Coating Cancel Out iPhone 17's Anti-Reflective Display
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I like to daydream sometimes that the iphone events will finally announce a nano textured display option, it's only a matte(r) of time.
I hate the regular glass material of phones and normal screen protectors, matte is the way to go (and yes, I know it's not as sharp, the benefits outweigh this IMO).
This is why you need to use an anti reflective screen protector.
Not difficult to work out
Not difficult to work out
They’re my #1 company now for any accessories I need for my Apple stuff. I can’t recommend them enough! And I don’t get paid to say that lol
Thats interesting.
I must admit ive been a lifelong screen protector user but I also have the air and have tried a couple of usual makes of protector and find they are lifting at the edges as they are just minutely too large for the screen.
perhaps a problem with them being made too early in the products lifecycle and they didnt didnt know the exact dimensions or real world application and maybe they are smaller now?
But anyway this year I really wanted to go protector less as the phone is naked too but theres always that niggling doubt that something is better than nothing and yet the Ceramic Shield promises seem too good to be true.
Im pretty sure I should bite the bullet and just take it off but micro scratches would annoy me.
Your experience with no micro scratches is encouraging.
Mmm… The only time I‘ve broken my phone screen (on a concrete pavement) was the only time I had no 9h tempered glass screen protector (EoL device, so didn’t care much anymore). Never, before or since had a cracked screen, but had a few cracked screen protectors from dropping my phone (both case and screen protector on). So, empirically, the screen protectors are doing their job at least in my case. But you do you. Maybe reality is slightly different in your country…
same for windshields in cars - they just add to the glare from the sun and the headlights from other cars
Are people still using screen "protectors"? Genuine question - why? Why put a thin slice of misaligned, inferior quality glass over Apple's high-quality, engineered glass? It cracks more easily than the actual screen and doesn't "absorb" any choskc so a hard enough shock will still shatter the glass underneath. I've neve had issues with my iPhone screen scratching to the point where I notice it.
er - you kinda proved the point that screen protectors are a liability. The sticky piece of glass is nt a "shield", it's just low quality glass that breaks more easily than the actual screen.
Some just want better reflective screens so put on a screen protector. Also an extra protection in case you do drop it. My 16 pro max had a scratch and if I had a screen protector this would’ve been a non factor when selling. Luckily I had apple care to save my resale value
Haven’t heard that name in a long time here in Europe. Surprised to hear them exist.
Perhaps not broken, sure, but scratched no doubt yes. If she scratches her sapphire screen on her AW easily in the first month without a screen protector, there is no way her iphones would be scratch free especially living in a purse half the time, knocking against other items. The glass protector is weak but it does add a layer of impact resistance in mild to medium events, that repeated over time, may compromise the structure and integrity of an unprotected screen and lead to a crack or gouge eventually. Cost adds up for these screen protectors but i still think its cheaper than AppleCare+ for a screen damage incidents.
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Or they are sacrificial and deflect some energy. I always use a screen protector as I don't have a phone only pocket in any of my jeans/shorts etc. I've never cracked a screen touch wood. I have cracked many screen protectors (some to be fair are where keys have pressed into the side edge of the protector) and scratched many, but phone screen has been fine. I like that screen protectors aren't as strong as a phone screen so that they can act as crumple zones so to speak.
Me too. I have nano texture on all my other devices now and can’t go back. However I’m having to use matte screen protector on my iPhone, just to get somewhere close.
I worry Apple might never release a nano texture version of the iPhone, mainly because nano texture is much less resistant to scratching from every day objects, and it bc idk just create a headache for them.
Had I not just read otherwise, I'd have bet my iPhone 17 PM didn't have AR coating! Mediocre for sure...
Exactly how I read it too. "These people researched and found this, also here's their product that fixes it <link>"
all the time. I have apple care but also don't have an apple store near me so getting a replacement sometimes can be an issue. I have a case and screen protector. To each their own.
Yes obviously if you put another sheet of glass on top it needs its own AR coating in order for AR to work. No one didn’t know that.
But I think the bigger question is, if you use a typical screen protector on a 17 and then take it off, is the original AR coating intact? That would have been useful information.
But I think the bigger question is, if you use a typical screen protector on a 17 and then take it off, is the original AR coating intact? That would have been useful information.