Fitted a new screen protector and WOW!

PiKe · 3 Jun 2011 at 16:50

Well they ruin the usability of the phone if they're all scratched up within minutes like the really cheap ones.

BringTheRain · 3 Jun 2011 at 16:55

PiKe said:
Well they ruin the usability of the phone if they're all scratched up within minutes like the really cheap ones.

Ok I get that, but I take my phone to work, there's no way I would not use one. If someone works in an office environment, and pops it in their draw and takes it out maybe once a day. Then yeah no need for a screen protector. But if your using a 60ft WFP and the phone goes, I have to answer it

Even if I replaced it once a month, its £1.20 a year

OzyOly · 4 Jun 2011 at 21:01

I have a few scratched on my naked iPhone 4, but nowhere near as my old 3g. The glass has done a good job.

PardonTheWait · 4 Jun 2011 at 22:29

PiKe said:
Well they ruin the usability of the phone if they're all scratched up within minutes like the really cheap ones.

I only ever use cheap screen protectors - they're thin and you have no reason to try and make them last longer than you should.

iPhone glass can and does scratch, I don't care what anyone says. The screen protectors I'm using at the moment are thin, fit well, and make no difference at all to the feel of the screen, but they do soak up damage that would otherwise leave small but annoying scratches in my screen.

You get ten for a quid on eBay, mine usually go a couple of months before I get round to replacing them. They do cover in very small scratches pretty quick but you only see them when the screen is off and you're looking for them, it usually takes a good long while to pick up a good one that you can see when you're using the phone, and that's when you whip it off and bang a new one on it, which costs you another 10p

Dewotter · 4 Jun 2011 at 22:54

I have no scratches on the glass on my iPhone 3G. My mate used all variance of covers protection and ad more scratches than if he never bothered.

BringTheRain · 4 Jun 2011 at 23:46

Had a look at the Gf's ip4 today and its covered in scratches :eek:

No way i am taking my Screen protector off now

PardonTheWait · 4 Jun 2011 at 23:48

RKO said:
I have no scratches on the glass on my iPhone 3G. My mate used all variance of covers protection and ad more scratches than if he never bothered.

Congratulations on either:

a) Having an iPhone with a screen made out of different material to all the other iPhones

b) Having pockets lined with the finest velour

or

c) Being able to never, ever drop your phone or have it come in to contact with anything harder than chocolate

Unfortunately I fall into none of those categories, so screen protectors it is

Dewotter · 4 Jun 2011 at 23:52

lol. I don't get how people scratch the screen up as much as they do. It goes in a pocket with earphones. I have dropped it a few times but it always seems to land on it's back. But then the 3G didn't have a glass back so it's a little tougher.

My iPod touch has a hairline going down it but it the glass on it isn't protected by the little bit of chrome as found on older iPhones. Again no scratches, the back is the only part that scuffs up for me.

One thing I've seen people do is the put the phone down glass first. I assume so people nearby don't see the content of a text on the lock screen but really? Putting it down glass first? Some people will never learn.

MagicBoy · 4 Jun 2011 at 23:56

Memo to self - whack some sticky back plastic on my car windscreen. Don't believe I didn't think if this earlier...

BringTheRain · 4 Jun 2011 at 23:59

MagicBoy said:
Memo to self - whack some sticky back plastic on my car windscreen. Don't believe I didn't think if this earlier...

LOL - Autoglass would be out out of business

PardonTheWait · 5 Jun 2011 at 00:03

MagicBoy said:
Memo to self - whack some sticky back plastic on my car windscreen. Don't believe I didn't think if this earlier...

Thing is though, your car windscreen isn't something that you inspect closely on a regular basis, and it also doesn't spend 12 hours a day with car keys and loose change banging against it.

If the only screen protectors you could lay hands on were two for a tenner like they are in the Apple store, then no I wouldn't use them, but at ten for a quid, it's well worth the ballache of using them and changing them every couple of months.

Dewotter · 5 Jun 2011 at 00:15

PardonTheWait said:
Thing is though, your car windscreen isn't something that you inspect closely on a regular basis, and it also doesn't spend 12 hours a day with car keys and loose change banging against it.

Your trousers only have one pocket?

iPhone and earphones in one pocket, keys and wallet in the other. The inside of my pocket and my fingers are the only thing the front glass on my iPhone come in contact with.

And no, no one can borrow it.

PardonTheWait · 5 Jun 2011 at 08:07

RKO said:
Your trousers only have one pocket?

iPhone and earphones in one pocket, keys and wallet in the other. The inside of my pocket and my fingers are the only thing the front glass on my iPhone come in contact with.

And no, no one can borrow it.

No, it does get its own pocket, but things happen, I look after my phones pretty good, but they'll always pick up little scratches, and makes me sad

Deku · 5 Jun 2011 at 09:10

I've had an iPhone 3GS for almost 3 years now, the back has tiny little scratches pretty much everywhere, the front screen doesn't have any whatsoever - I don't have a screen protector nor a case for it.

What does that tell you?

Snax · 5 Jun 2011 at 15:46

My iPhone 4 got a tiny scratch when I was cleaning it with a microfibre cloth! I couldn't even find the piece of grit that cased it afterwards. First and last phone without a screen protector. Nice screen protectors improve the feel for me. Glass seems a little sticky on my clammy nerd hands. Plastic doesn't though.