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From: Sak Wathanasin on 19 Mar 2010 04:44
On 18 Mar, 11:59, use...(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote:

> Because they make screens work badly without really adding much
> protection.

Works for me and it's saved me a couple of times when I stuffed the
iPhone into the wrong pocket (the one with my keys in it) getting off
the train in a hurry.
From: Peter Ceresole on 19 Mar 2010 05:05
Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:

> > Because they make screens work badly without really adding much
> > protection.
>
> Works for me and it's saved me a couple of times when I stuffed the
> iPhone into the wrong pocket (the one with my keys in it) getting off
> the train in a hurry.

Apparently the screen won't scratch even if you try really hard, with
really scratchy things. Is that true? If it's made of glass, it could
be; you'd need to take a file or a diamond to it to find something much
harder.
--
Peter
From: Woody on 19 Mar 2010 05:40
Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:

> On 18 Mar, 11:59, use...(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote:
>
> > Because they make screens work badly without really adding much
> > protection.
>
> Works for me and it's saved me a couple of times when I stuffed the
> iPhone into the wrong pocket (the one with my keys in it) getting off
> the train in a hurry.

How do you know though? I have put my iPhone in my pocket with my keys
many times and it hasn't caused a problem (unlike the first gen iPod
nano). I have also dropped it face down a couple of times (including
onto gravel, where it damaged the side metal bit).

--
Woody

www.alienrat.com
From: Ric on 19 Mar 2010 05:50
On 19 Mar, 09:05, pe...(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:
> Sak Wathanasin <s...(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Because they make screens work badly without really adding much
> > > protection.
>
> > Works for me and it's saved me a couple of times when I stuffed the
> > iPhone into the wrong pocket (the one with my keys in it) getting off
> > the train in a hurry.
>
> Apparently the screen won't scratch even if you try really hard, with
> really scratchy things. Is that true? If it's made of glass, it could
> be; you'd need to take a file or a diamond to it to find something much
> harder.
> --
> Peter

My 3GS picked up some (very minor) scratches on the screen in the
first month or so. The glass is hard, but it *can be* scratched
without too much effort.
I've had a screen protector installed since then, changed regularly.
The decent ones (which are usually the cheapest Dealextreme.com ones)
don't feel any differnent to a naked screen, or behave any
differently.

Perhaps they were finding the oleophobic coating got peeled off with
the protectors? I'd imagine it's just a Stevie J decree though.
From: Sak Wathanasin on 19 Mar 2010 06:01
On 19 Mar, 09:40, use...(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote:
> Sak Wathanasin <s...(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:

> How do you know though?

Fair point, but I'm not about to put it to the test. Thing is once
scratched, you can't unscratch it, so I err on the side of caution.
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