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From: Gwynne Harper on 20 Mar 2010 19:51
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> It does kinda raise the question as to whether the drop that scratched
> the plastic film would also have scratched the glass screen. It might
> have, but they're both significantly different hardnesses.

Ah, there's the rub. Observational bias may well have (mis)informed my
future behaviour. Who knows?


Gwynne
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From: zoara on 21 Mar 2010 19:19
Gwynne Harper <g.harper(a)gmx.line> wrote:
> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
> > It does kinda raise the question as to whether the drop that
> > scratched
> > the plastic film would also have scratched the glass screen. It
> > might
> > have, but they're both significantly different hardnesses.
>
> Ah, there's the rub. Observational bias may well have (mis)informed
> my
> future behaviour. Who knows?

Most importantly though, who cares? You're happier with screen
protectors, I'm happier without. I don't think Apple's so-called "ban"
will be anything to do with whether the products give a benefit or not,
and will instead be about how much profit they make from them, when
taking into account staff time and customer returns. In my experience -
with a Treo and a Palm V (I think) they're an absolute pig to apply
properly.

-z-


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From: Jon B on 22 Mar 2010 13:29
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Gwynne Harper <g.harper(a)gmx.line> wrote:
> > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Because they make screens work badly without really adding much
> > > protection. Apple are obviously concerned people will see iPhones
> > > with
> > > the screen protectors on and think that the screen performance and
> > > feel
> > > is normal.
> >
> > I am so sure that a screen film saved my phone I left a product review
> > on the Apple store (26 Feb); something I never normally do.
> >
> > <http://store.apple.com/uk/reviews/TS504LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0NA&mco=MTcwND
> > gyMjA>
>
> It does kinda raise the question as to whether the drop that scratched
> the plastic film would also have scratched the glass screen. It might
> have, but they're both significantly different hardnesses.
>
> I think screen protectors are, on the whole, a hangover from the days
> when smartphones had plastic screens, which could and did get scratched
> up from a bit of dust or grit on the stylus. A protector was basically
> sacrificial; apply it, get it scratched up, and replace it with a lot
> more ease than a scratched screen.
>
> FWIW my iPhone has been dropped several times and, aside from the fact
> that I usually (not always) keep it in a pocket on its own rather than
> one with keys and coins, it isn't exactly coddled. It gets dumped onto
> tables or has things (including keys) put on it all the time. The
> corners are a bit rough and there's a shallow gouge on the back where I
> dropped it in the fireplace. The screen is fine though - there's a tiny
> (2mm) scratch which you can only see with the screen off and it tilted
> against the sun, and even then it's hard to spot. Not only do I not
> notice it with the screen on, I can't actually see it if I try to look
> for it.
>
I got a film with the gel case for my iPhone, which I've had on for the
first few months, but I've now taken the film off. The screen responds
better, and the first weeks 'protect new shiny' has worn off and
rational "it's glass & doesn't scratch easy" has taken over, something I
demo'd to a friend last weekend by running the car keys over the car
windscreen (a significantly more expensive piece of glass to replace).

The only damage I'm really worried is the same that destroyed the recent
'indestructible' phone, a direct hard hit onto the glass (and the only
way I've physically damaged one phone in the past). On the plus side now
that a friends done that to hers, I know now how to fit glass to iPhones
anyway.
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Jon B
Above email address IS valid.
<http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
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