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Thinking of ditching the screen protector!

Farsider said:
You paid topped dollar for your phone. Enjoy it now or someone else will when you sell it instead. Don't worry about what someone else will pay for it 1-2 years down the line. Why should they have the A1 condition phone you paid for?
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I can assure you that having a glass screen protector and thin case isn't taking away from the enjoyment of my 6S Plus is anyway. I'm enjoying my new iPhone every bit as much as those who put nothing on it. If I need to use my iPhone without anything on it just to enjoy it, I'm doing something wrong. ;)
 
sunking101 said:
Fingers and pockets pick up microscopic grit from the world around us and I promise that all you 'never had a scratch' peeps will see countless scratches in the coating on your screen if you look at it critically under a bright light. I always use a screen protector but I stay away from the cheap and nasty ones that feel horrid to slide over, look horrid and affect the eyes due to not being crystal clear.
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I took my screen protector off a while back because I wanted to replace it, but I screwed my second one up so I haven't been using one since. There are a lot of mini scratches on my screen along with a line of scratches across the middle where it sits in my pocket and rubs up against a small line of thread sewn on the inside of my pocket. All those people saying they don't have scratches should check, because I guarantee there will be some.
 
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I enjoy my phone more knowing that it isn't getting banged up and scratched. Bumper cases and cheap faux leather flips look terrible in my opinion, but if you buy a nice one it can improve the look of the phone. I have a classy real leather flip case on mine and a decent screen protector. It looks good, is easier to hold, I don't feel like I'm going to drop it, and the phone stays mint and new looking.:cool:
 
Hey no offense to those who like cases. My point was around putting a case on just to keep it pristine for resale value.

Edit: I've still never found a case that improves the look of a 'naked' phone though. I'd love someone to prove me wrong!
 
Farsider said:
Hey no offense to those who like cases. My point was around putting a case on just to keep it pristine for resale value.

Edit: I've still never found a case that improves the look of a 'naked' phone though. I'd love someone to prove me wrong!
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Nothing wrong with this. If I can keep my iPhones looking like new in a thin clear case and get a few extra bucks at the end of the the year because of it. That's a bonus in my book. That is just more money that I'll have to put towards my new iPhone. :)
 
sunking101 said:
Fingers and pockets pick up microscopic grit from the world around us and I promise that all you 'never had a scratch' peeps will see countless scratches in the coating on your screen if you look at it critically under a bright light.
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Agreed, it cracks me up when I go on eBay or Swappa and see an item listed as mint condition, yet I can see or they themselves describe micro scratches to the oleophobic coating. Maybe to them they think that it has to be a deep scratch to really be considered a scratch? :confused:

Either way, those who say "I don't use screen protectors and have never had a scratch!" are simply fooling themselves by not looking or are simply trying to convince others that their way of going naked is fine.

Trust me, unless you use screen protectors you WILL have micro scratches to your screen after a year which are quite visible under the light. I've done it where I trained myself to completely empty my pocket (like pulling the pocket out of the pants to make sure there's no debris at all) every single time before putting my note 4 in there and I STILL got microsratches to my tempered glass screen protector after a few months.

Just think of it like sex, cover it up or you're gonna get burned! ;)
 
Farsider said:
We don't wrap our cars up like this, why phones?
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Apples to oranges comparison.

You're constantly staring at a phones screen so a scratch on a phones screen is quite annoying to have to always look at, while a scratch to a cars exterior is easily ignored.

If your car had a cracked windshield, that crap would get just as annoying to look at over time as a scratch on a phone screen.

With a car you can easily replace a cracked windshield without costing 20% percent of the value of the car or voiding its warranty, yet with a phone you have to pay 20% or more of its value to replace the screen (and that's if you don't void its warranty by doing so)... yet you could just as easily covered it up ahead of time with a transparent glass screen protector to avoid this issue, so no reason not to really.
 
Hal~9000 said:
Apples to oranges comparison.

You're constantly staring at a phones screen so a scratch on a phones screen is quite annoying to have to always look at, while a scratch to a cars exterior is easily ignored.

If your car had a cracked windshield, that crap would get just as annoying to look at over time as a scratch on a phone screen.

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Comparing Apples & Oranges? Not really. A car is just a higher value item. Both are just possessions.

Many car fanatics would disagree with you that car scratches are easily ignored.
 
Farsider said:
Comparing Apples & Oranges? Not really. A car is just a higher value item. Both are just possessions.

Many car fanatics would disagree with you that car scratches are easily ignored.
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You didn't read my above post at all or just don't get it then, either way oh well... *shrug*
 
Farsider said:
We don't wrap our cars up like this, why phones?
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Some people actually do wrap at least the front end of their cars in the same 3M material sold by Best Skins Ever and Zagg. In fact, I think a number of dealers offer this option. Then you have floor mats and car bras and rust protection and scotch guard, etc.
 
Personally I hate them but if you want to sell it in the future I wouldn't risk not having one unless you're really careful with it. I think I'm very careful with mine but I still seem to pick up very small scratches on the screen if I don't have a protector on, the type that are only really visible in bright sun light. They don't bother me at all but obviously do effect resale value, as someone that likes to sell and upgrade each year I like to keep it in as good a condition as possible so screen protectors seem an obvious choice.
 
When I took the screen protector and case off my iPhone 6 before selling it, I got kind of a sad feeling that I didn't actually use and enjoy the phone to the fullest. The nice feeling of the aluminum and the swiping through the rounded edges without feeling the edge of the screen protector.

I said to myself, with my next phone (Galaxy S6) you're gonna use and enjoy it naked because you have only one short life haha. I can't explain how much it adds to the experience to use a phone naked, sliding it in and out of my pocket. Or just admiring it's beauty when it's lying on the table, just overall the feeling of the premium materials. So what if I'll get let's say 100 dollar less when I sell it with a couple of small micro scratches? It'll actually not be 100 dollar less but 100 minus around 50 dollar (costs for the case and screen protector). I'll happily sell it for less knowing that I got the full user experience out of the expensive phone I've worked so hard for. I finally understand the people who were saying that using a case and screen protector on a phone is the same thing as putting a plastic wrap on your sofa.
 
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I've also never used a screen protector since the first iPhone, never had so much as a scratch.

I DO use a thin case mainly to make the phone more grippy. I have a hard time holding on to the bare aluminum. The screen however is unprotected. I never put it down face down, I don't wear earrings or anything, and keep it in a pocket alone. I really don't even know how I would manage to get a scratch.

I've been able to sell each of my iPhones listing in "mint" condition and have never had a complaint.
 
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To everyone who says their phone doesn't get scratched, take a look at it under some harsh indoor light. At a certain angle, you'll see tons of scratches. They may all be minor, but there's no way you never scratch your phones.
 
MrJM said:
Hi everyone.

I'm thinking of ditching the screen protector on my phone. I've used them as long as I can remember but recently I've found myself wanting to use it without. Don't like the feel of them!

What are people's experiences without one?

Thanks!
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I use them and I swear by them.
I had one crack from a fall that my device took and I removed the screen protector. I put my phone back in my purse and I went without one for about a week until I could get back to Best Buy.
In that one week, I managed to get scratches on my screen.
My lesson learned was to never go without a tempered glass screen protector.
 
You can say that again! I couldn't remember last when I used a phone without a protector but for iphone I prefer Power Support USA,I tried spigen and ZAGG but cannot beat power Support. Tried tempered glass but not as good.
 
iphonedude2008 said:
To everyone who says their phone doesn't get scratched, take a look at it under some harsh indoor light. At a certain angle, you'll see tons of scratches. They may all be minor, but there's no way you never scratch your phones.
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The screen on my Galaxy S6 doesn't have scratches after one month of intensive usage without a screen protector. And by intensive I mean letting my girlfriend use it with her long nails, my 8 year old nephew plays games on it with his greasy and crumbly fingers from eating potato chips and peanuts. I put it in and out of my pocket a lot of times a day, also during cycling with a lot of friction. Sometimes the screen comes in contact with things like hair combs, remote controls and those kind of things. I have inspected my screen under all kinds of lighting and not a single hairline scratch or whatsoever.

A friend of mine used his Galaxy S4 for two years naked without a scratch on his screen. And believe me, there are enough people who are able to find even the smallest hairline scratches. But if it they aren't there, they aren't there. The Gorilla Glass 4 on my S6 feels great and already came through the durability test after one month, and I'm positive that further down the line there's a big chance that the screen will stay pristine. Here are a couple of pictures of my S6's screen, I know it's still not 100% proof that it's scratch free, but trust me it really is;)

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AintDutchNotMuch said:
The screen on my Galaxy S6 doesn't have scratches after one month of intensive usage without a screen protector. And by intensive I mean letting my girlfriend use it with her long nails, my 8 year old nephew plays games on it with his greasy and crumbly fingers from eating potato chips and peanuts. I put it in and out of my pocket a lot of times a day, also during cycling with a lot of friction. Sometimes the screen comes in contact with things like hair combs, remote controls and those kind of things. I have inspected my screen under all kinds of lighting and not a single hairline scratch or whatsoever.

A friend of mine used his Galaxy S4 for two years naked without a scratch on his screen. And believe me, there are enough people who are able to find even the smallest hairline scratches. But if it they aren't there, they aren't there. The Gorilla Glass 4 on my S6 feels great and already came through the durability test after one month, and I'm positive that further down the line there's a big chance that the screen will stay pristine. Here are a couple of pictures of my S6's screen, I know it's still not 100% proof that it's scratch free, but trust me it really is;)

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As the poster above said, I think you may be made of luck. No matter how careful I am, there's a hairline scratch on any phone I get within a week. Thanks for sharing that. I know what I must now do...
 
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