iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Screen Protector or No Screen Protector?

[Shrimply Pibbles]

Wondering whether or not I should get a screen protector put on my iPhone 13 Pro. I will be purchasing AppleCare for it but I’ve always been on and off about putting another piece of glass over the screen.

What are all your opinions on it? I’d like to hear your thoughts.

It depends. Older phone glass is weaker and more susceptible to scratching and cracking.

The newest phones use very hard sapphire glass and ceramic coatings. These are quite durable.

Tempered glass screen protectors can help prolong oleophobic coating on the phone, and can certainly be a disposable barrier for scratches

A no-name $1 screen protector is really no different than a $40 one from a name brand. There in lies the scam. They’ll all scratch as low as 6 or 7.

If you want real protection, then you’ll need to spend serious cash for a sapphire glass protector that is, legitimately, as hard as the phone’s screen.

Even cheap protectors can offer perceived peace of mind. Sometimes that’s enough.

 

[Shrimply Pibbles]

I’ve looked at your statement a few times and can’t for the life of me see a logical justification for it. Would you elaborate please?

The scam is this:

A no-name $1 tempered glass screen protector labeled as 9H on the hardness scale is no different than most brand name protectors running $30 and $40.

These protectors all scratch around 6 and 7. The big brands figure that if a you’re gonna drop $1k on a phone, then why not charge you $40 for something that costs them $.05 to make.

These protectors are fine as a disposable scratch barrier and to help maintain the oleophobic coating on the device.

But if you want real protection, the shell out of $50-80+ for sapphire and ceramic coated protectors is the way to go.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

The scam is this:

A no-name $1 tempered glass screen protector labeled as 9H on the hardness scale is no different than most brand name protectors running $30 and $40.

These protectors all scratch around 6 and 7. The big brands figure that if a you’re gonna drop $1k on a phone, then why not charge you $40 for something that costs them $.05 to make.

These protectors are fine as a disposable scratch barrier and to help maintain the oleophobic coating on the device.

But if you want real protection, the shell out of $50-80+ for sapphire and ceramic coated protectors is the way to go.

I thought you were suggesting screen protectors in general were a scam. I think most people realise the £40/50 screen protectors are cost inflated, or at least I’d hope they do.

Edit: I thought you were responding to me but you quoted me quoting another poster. They never clarified what they meant by a scam, so I am safe to assume what I did.

 

[rjedoaks]

The 13 Pro was the first phone I put a screen protector on without any dust particles. I always buy the cheap ones where they come several for like seven bucks. Never buy just one. The ones I bought came with the template and a full size dust grabber. Most include tiny wipes and duster. This came with full size sticker that covered the complete screen. Works well

 

[bunnyechoes]

I can't buy Apple Care, so that definitely impacts my decision. I always put a screen protector on my phone, the 13 Pro being no exception. I got one from Rhinoshield and it's pretty much invisible; you can't really notice it because it goes from edge to edge. As for the protection – let's hope it'll work fine.

 

[AbSoluTc]

Any chance the phone hit something at that corner, even with relatively light pressure? That case looks like it is not soft like the Apple silicone cases, for example, and I imagine that any impact would be transferred straight to the phone and glass.

Nah, they are scratches. Just weird.

 

[orev]

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The newest phones use very hard sapphire glass and ceramic coatings. These are quite durable.
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Phones absolutely do NOT have sapphire screens. Apple tried that a long time ago and it didn't work, and the vendor who was going to supply them wound up going out of business. It would be great if it had work, but it didn't.

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My husband is on the second screen protector for his 1Phone 12 Pro. Unfortunately he dropped it from the top of our barn onto the concrete floor cracking the back - it was in what I thought was an adequate case, now it has an even tougher one. AppleCare+ replaced the back but the screen made it through the drop.
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I don't think anyone considers a drop from 30 feet onto a concrete floor as something an "adequate" case should provide protection for.




Screen protectors are a no-brainer decision. For like $2 you can save yourself from potentially having to pay Apple $100s to get it replaced, and after maybe 5 minutes they become completely invisible to your experience with the phone.

 

[mebehere]

Never. You can see it and it looks weird. Never.