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Other So does "Ceramic Shield" mean no more screen protector required?
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No, it's marketing for "this screen has a higher chance to survive a drop compared to the previous iPhone".
4x better drop protection apparently.
Glass is glass and glass still breaks and scratches.
4x better drop protection apparently.
Glass is glass and glass still breaks and scratches.
Screen protectors have never been required. I haven't used one in years, zero issues.
I've never once used a screen protector and I'm not about to start now.
You'll notice Apple didn't say anything about scratch resistance.
Typically it's an inverse relationship between scratch resistance and drop resistance, so I am not surprised they didn't mention it.
The harder and more resistant to scratching a piece of glass is the more brittle it is, and vice versa. Time will tell for this newfangled glass. It's probably very similar to Gorilla Glass Victus.
This isn’t glass, though, it’s a composite.
But note that they talked only about fall protection, not scratch resistance.
It’s hard to make a material that is both scratch resistant and impact (fall) resistant. To resist scratches, you want a material that is as hard as possible. Diamond would be ideal. But materials which are hard also tend to be brittle. Diamonds shatter.
Ceramic shield might protect your phone from a drop, but if you’re worried about scratches, you will need a screen protector.
Having said that, I’ve never had a scratch problem with any of my iPhones, going all the way back to iPhone 1. I didn’t drop my phone and break a screen once. Ironically, that the day before the annual release day for the new phones. So, that was the first (and only) time I ended up waiting in line overnight at the Apple Store.
Why have they not gone to the Sapphire screen they put on the watches yet?
then you would have your “scratch resistance“
then you would have your “scratch resistance“
Most of the time it’s the oleophobic coating that gets scratched in my experience
I would pay “extra” for a phone with Sapphire instead of dealing with screen protectors and surface scratches.
i don't think with the hype apple put into the "ceramic shield" it is bogus... i'm sure it is a sizable improvement. there is a difference between a sizable improvement and *you can't break or scratch your screen.* I'm sure we will have people with scratched or broken screens posting on macrumors day 1 here... i just think this means if you do go naked or thought about it the odds in your favor are better. i NEVER use a screen protector and have no scratches on my 11 Pro, had none on my XS, and only got a few hairline ones on my X for what it is worth. I do use a case for the rest of the phone.
Lol, exactly. Same here. Never had an issue without one.
apple tried to do that... invested billions in a company to make sapphire iPhone screens but the tech never worked and they couldn't make screens in any volume reliably so they ended having to part ways with the company who then went out of business. they doubled down with owens corning who has made nice jumps with the glass every year.
At the very least I would think your oleophobic protection would wear off then you're looking at a really fingerprinty screen, no?
Not even once. Maybe I've just never owned a phone for long enough for that to happen? I've performed yearly upgrades since the 4S with the lone exception of skipping the iPhone 5.
You would, I wouldn't.
I'll stick to my $10 glass screen protectors that can easily be removed and replaced.
I would much rather not have to deal with a glass screen protector that gets “phantom chips” every so often or is slightly raised off the screen making the screen “not flush”.
maybe minor issues but still two annoyances with glass screen protectors that I face.
Ive never had said phantom chips. Perhaps I live in a ghost free zone.
Exactly, the thing probably still scratches depending on the type of abrasive material might get in contact with it
A screen protector is a must, I’m personally a big fan of the film screen protectors from Tech Armor, not a fan of glass screen protectors as they can break and they raise the lip of the screen of the iPhone
