It's strange...because I know I had a very light, difficult to see hairline scratch on my old one I'm returning...and I know others have discovered hairline scratches simply from babying their phones, wondering how they got there (as I did...though looking at mine closer now, it's probably a small piece of lint under the glass). But how scratch resistant is the phone really?
Well....I started very gentle with the phone I'm sending back, and was going to stop all testing at the first sign of any marks. I've tried several different keys, a fork, and the tip of a sharp knife. I applied FAR more pressure than any object ever would...so much in fact that I did most the testing on the glass surface above the LCD to be sure not to damage the LCD itself.
Upon very close inspection afterwards... I cannot scratch this screen after multiple attempts. I'm not sure what it would take to scratch it, but from my observations....the force needed to scratch it would probably break the glass first, which is why I'm not going to continue.
EDIT: Busted out a GINSU knife. After lots of pressure, I was able to make extremely faint marks only visible up close if the light hit's it a certain angle. I was surprised that it took this much pressure to show marks considering there is the oleophobic coating....thought it would be much easier. Bottom line is I guess if you don't mind possibly having very faint scratches you can't see unless you look from a few inches away directly under a light with the light hitting your screen just right -- ditch the screen protector for the better phone experience. What looks better... scratches you can't see, or a screen protector that takes away from the appearance, especially since all screen protectors pick up fingerprints better than oleophobic coatings.
Well....I started very gentle with the phone I'm sending back, and was going to stop all testing at the first sign of any marks. I've tried several different keys, a fork, and the tip of a sharp knife. I applied FAR more pressure than any object ever would...so much in fact that I did most the testing on the glass surface above the LCD to be sure not to damage the LCD itself.
Upon very close inspection afterwards... I cannot scratch this screen after multiple attempts. I'm not sure what it would take to scratch it, but from my observations....the force needed to scratch it would probably break the glass first, which is why I'm not going to continue.
EDIT: Busted out a GINSU knife. After lots of pressure, I was able to make extremely faint marks only visible up close if the light hit's it a certain angle. I was surprised that it took this much pressure to show marks considering there is the oleophobic coating....thought it would be much easier. Bottom line is I guess if you don't mind possibly having very faint scratches you can't see unless you look from a few inches away directly under a light with the light hitting your screen just right -- ditch the screen protector for the better phone experience. What looks better... scratches you can't see, or a screen protector that takes away from the appearance, especially since all screen protectors pick up fingerprints better than oleophobic coatings.
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