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AlecR said:
Tempered glass would protect the screen from shattering/cracking when dropped because it would crack instead of the screen :rolleyes:
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Why would it do that? :confused: I think you're overestimating how much force it can/will absorb. But if there's any tests to show that I've got it wrong then I'm more than happy to learn!

If the phone lands on the side and cracks from the impact, the small amount of force the glass on the front will absorb won't do much at all. It may give a small amount of protection from a face-down impact, but even then I wouldn't want to trust it to protect the screen from cracking/smashing.

A screen protector of any standard sort really shouldn't be thought of as anything more than scratch protection.
 
Drop my phones a lot more than I should which is why I always stick a case on them as soon as I get a new one but never bother with any screen protectors. I have never cracked a screen yet in 6 years of fancy smartphones as the case normally creates a lip between a surface and glass not to mention absorbs some of the shock if it lands on the side. Would have to land at something sharp at an unfortunate angle to crack it or from a great height.

Never ever scratched a screen either and never bothered with any protector, gorilla glass is pretty tough nowadays and as long as you employ a little common sense into your life and don't stick your phone in a pocket with anything metal like keys and coins etc, you're good to be fair.
 
DAnDan said:
Why would it do that? :confused:
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it wouldn't.. at least the threshold of screen protector absorbing enough energy to break yet leave the underlying screen intact would be miniscule.
perhaps he has shares in a screen protector company or believes tempered means " near indestructible and / or magic" ;)
 
That video proves little really. drop a metal phone on it's corner and it can still crack the screen as the forces pulse through the phone.

Like a I said, it'll lower the possibility of the screen cracking but it isn't an almighty shield.
 
That is a very one dimensional test to be honest so I wouldn't read too much into it. Yes against a blow from an object with small surface area it may help in that situation but very few screens actually crack that way. In fact I'd say removing the gorilla glass screen out of the phone helps with shock absorption in that video.

It's all about how well a phone can absorb the shock and as we all know metal phones tend to crack their screen more often than plastic counterparts due to how they absorbs impacts. Protector like that will not do anything if the phone falls on its side, back or even at an angle on the front. They can help absorb some of the shock if the phone falls flat on its screen or gets blow from a pointy object but I wouldn't put a lot of faith into it for overall use, most cases will do a far better job at that by absorbing the force of the impact before it even gets to the phone shell.

Apart from sweeping generalised views what's far worse though is rolling your eyes at a fellow member who was actually trying to be helpful.
 
I am hearing reports that a huge wakelock fix has gone into the latest lollipop versions, whatever that is. If true, its absolutely daft that they've only just worked out what it is. So far life on KitKat is great, loving the silly consistent battery life I am getting and the flicking through the UI is smooth. Yet I still feel the urge to try out lollipop at some point in future, no idea why!
 
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Is it me or are Android releases getting worse? Even Nexus devices seem to be suffering? I remember OEMs saying Lollipop would be released within 30 or 60 of Google's release.....Asus have just announced another 3-4 month delay. Large numbers of Note 4 users haven't had Lollipop all that long though I assume some of that is down to the networks. Android M promises better RAM management and battery life, sounds familiar....
 
In my opinion things could be better on the end that really matters consistent battery life.

Since Project Volta they've been banging on about it and imo failed to deliver, which was to fix battery drain issues. It never did and we're upto Lollipop now with it's odd memory/wakelock issues that plague some users and not others. The fact that we have battery issues being mentioned as feature on Android M just shows they have failed in that area. Make the new JobScheduler API mandatory on all apps for starters google.

I've been around since Jelly Bean and whilst I love Android, Google are a mess when it comes to consistency in any area and getting the OS truly polished for performance.
 
Wakelock and other battery issues are a massive shambles it has to be said. Battery life in smartphones in general is still poor but that's a separate issue. Fixing wakelocks etc by rooting and disabling apps and things like that just should not need to be done.
 
Lollipop has hammered my battery life. Can't believe how fast it goes down now. Seems to me at least around 40-50% shorter :(. Text previews and notifications seem to get lost more now. Not really sure what it adds that makes it an upgrade tbh, at least for my use.
 
Hostile_18 said:
Lollipop has hammered my battery life. Can't believe how fast it goes down now. Seems to me at least around 40-50% shorter :(. Text previews and notifications seem to get lost more now. Not really sure what it adds that makes it an upgrade tbh, at least for my use.
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Have you factory reset since upgrading?
 
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