Only if you are not careful and try hard enough.
I.o.w. if your glass screen is scratched you have only yourself to blame.
Glass screen protector benefit?
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Only if you are not careful and try hard enough.
I.o.w. if your glass screen is scratched you have only yourself to blame.
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Fair enough, but screen protectors aren't snake oil. They work if you don't handle your phone sensitively
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I was careful with mine and didn't try to scratch it, but mine still scratched. Just saying
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For those that insist that their screens don't have scratches, can you take your phone into the sunlight and check for hairline scratches? Most of the time you can't tell when you're indoors but taking it out into direct sunlight and checking it on with a clean screen is the definitive test. Scratches can happen when you have a single grain of sand in your pocket... kinda foolish to tell people to "be more careful" in that instance.
As for the OP's question, tempered glass screen protectors have the primary benefit of feeling close to what a naked screen would feel like, while maintaining perfect clarity throughout its lifetime. They're marginally more finicky to apply than most plastic/PET screen protectors, which are cheaper and more disposable. On a phone like the m8 where the glass is flat from edge to edge, advising people to get a glass screen protector is an easy recommendation to make since you can't tell anything is on top of the screen. With devices that have beveled edges like anything Samsung or the LG G2, it's a bit more difficult to recommend since the screen protector will be visible. Whether it's $3 per screen protector or $30, I personally think preserving the screen in a mint condition is well worth the cost and effort.
As for the OP's question, tempered glass screen protectors have the primary benefit of feeling close to what a naked screen would feel like, while maintaining perfect clarity throughout its lifetime. They're marginally more finicky to apply than most plastic/PET screen protectors, which are cheaper and more disposable. On a phone like the m8 where the glass is flat from edge to edge, advising people to get a glass screen protector is an easy recommendation to make since you can't tell anything is on top of the screen. With devices that have beveled edges like anything Samsung or the LG G2, it's a bit more difficult to recommend since the screen protector will be visible. Whether it's $3 per screen protector or $30, I personally think preserving the screen in a mint condition is well worth the cost and effort.
I also don't look at the $10-$40 as money lost on resell because maybe without one I'd never get a scratch and could have saved that money but no one can know for sure if you'd never get a scratch. No matter how safe you are life can still happen, drop the phone by accident, take a fall or trip, who knows. Also if that screen protector is on your phone the entire life of the phone I look at it as that $10-$40 is spread over the time it's on your phone. If the OP is really concerned about a scratch I'd say just get one if it'll give you piece of mind. Maybe it'll save the screen from a scratch or maybe you'd never get a scratch, but if you're gonna be worrying about it just pop one on.
As far as the claims these glass screen protectors can do more than just protecting from scratches and make the screen more shatter proof I have no idea. Maybe some 3rd party out there has done actual testing.
The closest real world test I've ever had was last Christmas at my friends family party he was nice enough to invite me too I let his 5 year old daughter play with my phone. All of a sudden I hear my friends wife call out their daughters name and yell no and as I look over their daughter has my phone screen up on the pool table and a pool ball in her hand coming down from full swing and BAM smash the screen with the pool ball with force I wouldn't think a 5 year old girl could swing with lol. I go over and the screen is just shattered. I was like well is it just the screen protector or the screen too. I slowly peel the glass screen protector off and to my relief the phones screen is fine, still flawless.*
Now did the glass screen protector help prevent the GS4's screen from cracking , I don't know. Maybe or maybe not as I'd imagine the phones screen is stronger than the protector. I do like to think it at least saved it from getting a scratch. Most of you may have not been so foolish to hand over your phone to a little girl to play with lol but for me I think that protector was probably a good investment on that phone. That was a Spigen glass protector on that phone btw. I do like the feel of the ZAGG glass protector I use now vs the Spigen. The ZAGG is incredibly smooth. My guess 2-3 times smoother than the M8's glass.
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As far as the claims these glass screen protectors can do more than just protecting from scratches and make the screen more shatter proof I have no idea. Maybe some 3rd party out there has done actual testing.
The closest real world test I've ever had was last Christmas at my friends family party he was nice enough to invite me too I let his 5 year old daughter play with my phone. All of a sudden I hear my friends wife call out their daughters name and yell no and as I look over their daughter has my phone screen up on the pool table and a pool ball in her hand coming down from full swing and BAM smash the screen with the pool ball with force I wouldn't think a 5 year old girl could swing with lol. I go over and the screen is just shattered. I was like well is it just the screen protector or the screen too. I slowly peel the glass screen protector off and to my relief the phones screen is fine, still flawless.*
Now did the glass screen protector help prevent the GS4's screen from cracking , I don't know. Maybe or maybe not as I'd imagine the phones screen is stronger than the protector. I do like to think it at least saved it from getting a scratch. Most of you may have not been so foolish to hand over your phone to a little girl to play with lol but for me I think that protector was probably a good investment on that phone. That was a Spigen glass protector on that phone btw. I do like the feel of the ZAGG glass protector I use now vs the Spigen. The ZAGG is incredibly smooth. My guess 2-3 times smoother than the M8's glass.
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I agree with Anubis. I have a MIME glass screen protector on mine and it feels much smoother than the M8's screen. I had one on my S4, and I really liked the way your finger just glides on it. The oleo-phobic coating makes a big difference when wiping off smudges and prints, though the only downside is that since it is a coating, it may end up getting scratched off. I've seen that most glass screen protectors are real easy to apply, and the majority have a bubble free installation. If you wanna apply it right, take your time. It took me about 10 minutes to prepare and install mine.
I read with the oleophobic coating you have to make sure not use screen cleaners with alcohol or ammonia as they can wear the coating off. I've been using iKlear cleaner/polish. It's one of the few cleaners that says safe for oleophobic coated displays. Probably any cleaner with no alcohol or ammonia is fine.
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I've never used any cleaners on it, for that same reason that it may come off. I do believe they may have surfaced from some sort of foreign objects in the microfiber cloth that I may have used on it. The scratches were only noticeable in direct sunlight, in certain angles, and were really thin, but they still took away from the glass looking smooth and flawless. I now only have been using the microfiber cloth provided with the screen protector. But I will look into the iKlear cleaner/ polish you mentioned. Thanks!
Yes I can. And have. After cleaning the screen meticulously with special reading glasses cleaner.
And guess what: virginal after 2 years of heavy (but careful) use...
Tip for those who want to sell their superficially good looking but not really scratchless old phone: do the selling indoors and/or at night time!
If you have sand in your pocket and stick your phone in that's not exactly 'careful' handling. But even if you do have a few grains of sand in your pocket: they will fall down to the deepest corner where your screen is not. Hence they won't/can't scratch your screen. Only the top (or bottom) of your flip cover or bumper case will be able to touch those grains of sand. And wasn't that exactly the point of that flip cover or bumper case?
The edges of any screen protector are gunk collection areas.
Happy cleaning!
So far I haven't had any problems with iKlear. My friends that recommend it have been using it a few years on their IPhone's (I know shame on them lol) which have had oleo phobic coating on the screens for years and theirs seem unaffected far as I can tell. I also by a big pack of good microfiber cloths once or twice a year. I don't keep a cloth in use long then grab a new one. After a while I hand wash the older ones to keep them clean and from building up junk in them. Now this will sound really dumb probably but I always keep a microfiber in my pants pocket in a small bag, like a small sandwich bag lol. Just to help keep any junk that gets in my pocket threw the day off it. Here's the ones I usually buy like once a year. If you hand wash them once in a while I'm sure you could make them last year's if ya wanted.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU3646955
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Kevin OQuinn
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Since we're in the M8 section my comment will be valid. The Dot View allows you to answer calls without flipping the case open. Any case will absorb some shock from drops. That's the nature of physics. The shock needs somewhere to go. Shock is energy. The first thing to impact will take the majority of the energy. Then it gets transferred to other parts of the object that was dropped. I'm not saying a hard shell flip case will absorb as much as other materials, but saying hard shell flip covers provide zero protection is wrong.
Your general tone of "screen protectors don't help" is also wrong. They will clearly do their job. The fact that you personally feel the need to not use them is just you. Other people who take care of their devices just as well as you might use them for peace of mind, or you know, just in case. Probably the same reason you use a case. If you're THAT careful you'll never drop it. So take the case off.
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I use that screen protector. The tapered edges make it disappear on the device.
The tapered edges are genius. Makes it fit with a case. I can't say enough about it. Best purchase of protection I have made. Along with the Tech21 case. Which I also think is tops
. It's the Note 3. Don't hate.
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I wish they had come out with these a long time ago. All the money I have wasted on crappy screen protectors in the past.
It's the Note 3. Don't hate.
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The tapered edges are genius. Makes it fit with a case. I can't say enough about it. Best purchase of protection I have made. Along with the Tech21 case. Which I also think is tops.
It's the Note 3. Don't hate.
. Very svelte indeed. I am a fan.
Nothing is ever absolute. But I'll nuance the verbiage for your precise understanding:
Hard-shell flip covers protect least against bumps, drops, and falls. Not surprising, really, as they were never designed for that purpose.
Shock-absorbing soft-shell silicone bumper cases protect most against bumps, drops, and falls. Not surprising, really, as they were especially designed for that purpose...
It's a matter of using the appropriate tool for the job in hand. You don't use a screwdriver to hammer in a nail either.
Cute. But built on an assumption. A baseless bubble. Sadly real life intervenes here. Reality has demonstrated that even I fumble and drop my phone. Occassionaly. On average once a month to be precise.
I can't afford the risk of breaking my phone once a month. So I protect it against that risk. With a shock-absorbing soft-shell silicone bumper case.
Most people have lost sight of the fact that their super cool and handy smartphone is only super cool and handy because it is in fact a sensitive piece of high-tech equipment. And must therefore be handled as such: a sensitive piece of high-tech equipment.
You wouldn't appreciate your doctor pitching his digital blood pressure gauge to his colleague 30 feet down the hallway either, would you?
Kevin OQuinn
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(see bold) As is your entire argument against screen protectors. You assume that people just don't take care of their devices well enough. Since you've admitted that you don't take care of yours well enough as well, any argument against taking precautions against damage in any way is now invalid.
While you drop your phone once a month, I drop mine once a year. Maybe. I still use a case. Even if I never dropped a phone or device my entire life I would still use a case. Accidents are called accidents for a reason.
Let me remind you of the very first sentence that I started my previous post with:
Nothing is ever absolute.
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