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How much Would you pay to have a Diamond Screen iPhone

  • $1000

    Votes: 7 7.5%
  • $500

    Votes: 2 2.2%
  • $300

    Votes: 8 8.6%
  • $100

    Votes: 6 6.5%
  • Don't Want or Need It

    Votes: 70 75.3%

  • Total voters
    93
I’m in before the lock. Joking aside , if folks are willing to pay $50 for one screen protector then it wouldn’t suprise me if they’d spend $300 for a sapphire diamond one haha 😂I voted 1000$🤪
 

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Fair, but that also scratches and breaks
I have broken 1 in 2 years and it was due to a 5ft drop on a concrete carpark.

The phone was still immaculate which is all that matters. The $15 pack includes 2 screen protectors so I haven’t incurred any further expenses.
 
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There seems to me a misconception that scratch resistance is comparable to break resistance. A mobile device needs to have a screen with a certain amount of flexibility due to heat and other environmental temps that cause expansion and contraction. If you have a material that's too rigid then that material with either break or cause other structural issues around the screen. The closest thing to a diamond like screen protector is sapphire made by Shellrus. Extremely scratch resistant but very brittle.

Manufacturing+price+general usability make diamond fused anything a bad idea.
 
Their quality has gone downhill lately. I just had to return one set due to not sticking at the edges. Others have the same issue too in the reviews.
As someone who has tried all the top brand (e.g. Spigen, Flolab) the new Dbrand versions are actually really good.
 
Imagine for one moment that the iPhone screen could be made from lab grown diamond, this would mean it would be scratch resistant to all other materials except a diamond itself. Basically unshatterable.
Scratch-resistant and unshatterable are two different things, and are two opposing goals in material science. A thin diamond sheet would shatter very easily. IPhone screens have become less scratch-resistant (softer) in recent years in order to be more shatter-resistant. Maybe that’s because larger screen sizes are inherently more shatter-prone, whereas scratch resistance is independent of screen size. So if you want both higher scratch resistance and higher shatter resistance, demand smaller screens.
 
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Imagine getting your phone stolen not for its electronics but for its screen being made of diamonds 🤣
That’s funny, but diamonds are actually quite cheap to make nowadays. It’s natural diamonds that are artificially kept expensive for no good reason.
 
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That’s funny, but diamonds are actually quite cheap to make nowadays. It’s natural diamonds that are artificially kept expensive for no good reason.
That is what I was thinking, maybe the screen could be cheap enough that it would only cost apple an extra $40 or something.
 
That is what I was thinking, maybe the screen could be cheap enough that it would only cost apple an extra $40 or something.
I don’t think that they don’t use diamonds because of cost. They don’t use diamonds because they are unfit for the purpose, likely being quite shatter-prone at the requisite dimensions.
 
Imagine for one moment that the iPhone screen could be made from lab grown diamond, this would mean it would be scratch resistant to all other materials except a diamond itself. Basically unshatterable. Would you be willing to pay a extra $300.
Wait. This is not a proper understanding of diamond.

Scratch-resistant to anything : True.
Unshatterable : Untrue. Diamond is a fragile material. It would shatter on drop.

So my answer : I wouldn't pay anything for that.
 
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Some are just dreaming again. Contrary to what a poster said, even synthetic diamonds are not “easy” to make. I don’t think the technology even exists to make a diamond iPhone screen. It’s not going to cost a few extra bucks! LOL!!!
 
The screens on both 15PM and my 16PM are awesome!
Wish I could say the same about my 15P. Very scratched. I wish there was a screen protector with a more soft and thick bottom side to properly seal some deeper scratches instead of leaving tiny air pockets visible at off angles.
 
why is the question, I've lost one phone due to dropping - the one I threw in a water hazard when it rang at an inappropriate time - a scam call no less. my opinion is that by the time by phone screen is damaged the phone itself is either vintage or scrap
 
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