Don't depend on Gorilla Glass!

[Trisk333]

I've always had screen protectors on every phone I bought except this one cause the fisrt couple I will bought weren't even cut right. Many people have touted this screen as being good enough to not use one. False! my screen is pretty scratched from being in my pocket. I guess keys. Don't do it people! gorilla glass is a lie

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[SpookDroid]

Gorilla glass is not exactly a lie, but it's not a savior either. It will resist cracking way more than 'normal' glass of yore, and scratches to some extent (ironically, it's easier to scratch than to shatter/break). But the newest iteration, where before you might have needed tempered glass to achieve a certain level of protection, now a simple thin-film protector would do the trick, if just to keep away those scuff marks from your screen.

 

[Rukbat]

The hardness of Gorilla Glass is about 6.7 (on a scale where talc is 1 and diamond is 10). Anything in your pocket harder than about 6.8 will scratch the glass easily. That can include things like key rings, or even carbide particles on the glass rubbing against the inside of your pocket. (They're microscopic, and floating around in the air just about everywhere on the planet, but leave scratches that are very visible.)

 

[Trisk333]

My scratches are not light. Feel them with my fingernail. still, when I watched a video of a dude purposely trying to scratch with keys, I thought I might be ok. not so much

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