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WTF! My iPhone has a scratch on the screen

acfusion29

acfusion29

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Wow, I'm shocked... my screen is scratched. I baby this thing so much, it's never in my pocket with keys/coins/etc.

Wow...
 
It's amazing how easy it is to scratch it. If it even brushes up against something, like the zipper on your jacket--it can scuff/scratch it. Is it a very big scratch? If not, don't worry about it or get a screen protector.
 
barkomatic said:
It's amazing how easy it is to scratch it. If it even brushes up against something, like the zipper on your jacket--it can scuff/scratch it. Is it a very big scratch? If not, don't worry about it or get a screen protector.
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There is actually more than one...

The scratches are deep too because when I'm on a white screen, you see a line of different colours: blue, green, red.

This is retarded. One of the main reasons I got an iPhone was because the other phones' screens scratch so bad. When I had iPhone v1, it never got scratched.
 
This just in - Man confirms research from hundreds of years ago that glass is, in fact, able to be scratched! Next up: Is the Earth really round?!?!
 
My iPhone 3G is regularly up against keys and coins in my pocket and it isn't scratched. Sure the back scratches easily enough, but the screen is the same as it was when I bought it.

Did you have a really drunk and debauched evening recently? Or do you know somebody who's really jealous and owns some wire wool?
 
sibruk said:
My iPhone 3G is regularly up against keys and coins in my pocket and it isn't scratched. Sure the back scratches easily enough, but the screen is the same as it was when I bought it.

Did you have a really drunk and debauched evening recently? Or do you know somebody who's really jealous and owns some wire wool?
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Haha no and no. I don't drink, so.. :p
 
Coins and keys are normally too soft to scratch glass, but all it takes is one nearly microscopic piece of dust... that just happens to be volcanic in origin, lightly rubbed on your iPhone, and you could easily end up with a nasty scratch.

Dust particles are made of all kinds of stuff. You'll never know what blew in the window off of some passing truck or migratory bird.


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I dont feel sorry for those that refuse to use a screen protector or case. You cant be too careful.
 
I'm pretty sure my 3g's screen is acrillic and my 2g was glass. Both are scratched but my 2g never showed rainbow colors on the scratch. Both sound different when you tap your fingernail on the screen.
 
eplchamps0304 said:
I dont feel sorry for those that refuse to use a screen protector or case. You cant be too careful.
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Much like sex, yes, it is certainly possible to do with protection, but it is so much more enjoyable to do without any bulky protection.

I just haven't found a case I like, they all add too much bulk, and take away the sexy sleekness of the naked iPhone. I do have an Incase Slider case on it's way, and I'm anxious to see it, but I only plan to use it while bike riding, as I do now with my agent18. And I've someone gotten a hairline scratch in my screen as well. I roughed up my first gen pretty good, and got no scratches at all in the screen. But this one got one and I have no clue how.
 
eplchamps0304 said:
why didn't you use a screen protector? They are not too expensive you know.
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Eggsactly. Ironically, the way mine got an itty bitty scratch was when I was taking off a screen protector to remove one little piece of dust that had been bugging me under it. I got a little religious with the credit card I was using to scrape it off and, well, oops. Good thing is it lines up with the menu bar at the top right below the time, so I rarely even notice.
 
Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Muuundaaays....



It didn't put a scratch on itself... just remember that. Be more careful, better yet.. get a screen protector and case.
 
calvy said:
Much like sex, yes, it is certainly possible to do with protection, but it is so much more enjoyable to do without any bulky protection.

I just haven't found a case I like, they all add too much bulk, and take away the sexy sleekness of the naked iPhone. I do have an Incase Slider case on it's way, and I'm anxious to see it, but I only plan to use it while bike riding, as I do now with my agent18. And I've someone gotten a hairline scratch in my screen as well. I roughed up my first gen pretty good, and got no scratches at all in the screen. But this one got one and I have no clue how.
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But a screen protector adds no bulk, and some don't even use that.
 
bbotte said:
I'm pretty sure my 3g's screen is acrillic and my 2g was glass. Both are scratched but my 2g never showed rainbow colors on the scratch. Both sound different when you tap your fingernail on the screen.
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Does acryllic shatter? Because my friends 3g has spiderweb cracks in his screen
 
I'm not sure whether the iPhone 3G uses the much-touted "optical-quality glass" of the original iPhone. The 3G sounds like plastic when you tap it, but then so does the iPhone.

I don't know whether you can read anything into it, but one of the Press Releases for the original iPhone has been removed from the Apple website. That's probably just due to the fact that they were cleaning up the /iphone/ section, or because the release was referring to a now-old product.

Press Release from the original iPhone: (quoted below)
http://web.archive.org/web/20070822195310/www.apple.com/iphone/pr/20070618iphone.html

The removed page's URL:
www.apple.com/iphone/pr/20070618iphone.html

iPhone Delivers Up to Eight Hours of Talk Time
Now Features Durable Glass Top Surface

CUPERTINO, California—June 18, 2007—Apple® today announced that iPhone™ will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback.* In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hours—more than 10 days—of standby time. Apple also announced that the entire top surface of iPhone, including its stunning 3.5-inch display, has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.

“With 8 hours of talk time, and 24 hours of audio playback, iPhone’s battery life is longer than any other ‘Smartphone’ and even longer than most MP3 players,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve also upgraded iPhone’s entire top surface from plastic to optical-quality glass for superior scratch resistance and clarity. There has never been a phone like iPhone, and we can't wait to get this truly magical product into the hands of customers starting just 11 days from today.”
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