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Anecdotal of course, but i've owned almost every iphone that's launched(skipped the 7 and the 3gs) and i haven't ever scratched my screen, no protectors. Exact

Anecdotal of course, but i've owned almost every iphone that's launched(skipped the 7 and the 3gs) and i haven't ever scratched my screen, no protectors. Exact same treatment: always a case with a lip, since the 4 My X has a couple HUGE scratches and a ton of tiny ones. I've examined friends phones and it's the same deal. My roommate still has my old 6S, not a single scratch on it and it's almost a launch day device. So nearly 3 years of service now. It's definitely a variation from the glass they've used in the past. Even my iphone 1 didn't have any scratches...

kobayashi 8y ago
I'm in the exact same boat. Better treatment than I've given to an iPhone 6s and iPhone 5, and despite neither of those phones ever having had any visible scratches, my iPhone X is COVERED in microscratches. And to be clear, always used a case with a lip, always placed in pocket without any other items.
drifkin 8y ago
I believe the iPhone 1 didn't have an oleophobic coating, which I think is what normally gets scratched. IIRC it was just plain glass, which is a lot harder to scratch.
cptskippy 8y ago
Are they deep or possibly just coating on the glass?
- thinkythought 8y ago
  Definitely in the glass, and several are very deep. Because of where i live and when the phone launched, it literally hasn't even been around sand yet because the weathers been awful
eridius 8y ago
Anecdotal of course, but I've owned every phone that's launched (well, one phone per generation of course), never with any screen protectors, and I've gotten nothing more than a few minor scratches in the past. The screen on my X, which I use heavily and every single day since launch, is virtually pristine. Inspecting it right now I can find 2 micro-scratches (both on the edge), and that's it. If anything, this screen has held up better than previous ones.
jzl 8y ago
Is it possible that the X is also seeing fewer cracked screens? I imagine there's a correlation between hardness of the glass and tendency to crack.
- snuxoll 8y ago
  There's always been a balancing act with Gorilla Glass, there's been at least one version (I think it was Gorilla Glass 2 or 3) of the product that had noticeably less scratch resistance than it's predecessor while providing better durability against cracking - wouldn't surprise me if we see a repeat with Gorilla Glass 5.
Gigablah 8y ago
Adding another data point here -- my iPhone X screen is full of small scratches. It's really noticeable.

kobayashi 8y ago

I'm in the exact same boat. Better treatment than I've given to an iPhone 6s and iPhone 5, and despite neither of those phones ever having had any visible scratches, my iPhone X is COVERED in microscratches. And to be clear, always used a case with a lip, always placed in pocket without any other items.

drifkin 8y ago

I believe the iPhone 1 didn't have an oleophobic coating, which I think is what normally gets scratched. IIRC it was just plain glass, which is a lot harder to scratch.

cptskippy 8y ago

Are they deep or possibly just coating on the glass?

thinkythought 8y ago
Definitely in the glass, and several are very deep. Because of where i live and when the phone launched, it literally hasn't even been around sand yet because the weathers been awful

eridius 8y ago

Anecdotal of course, but I've owned every phone that's launched (well, one phone per generation of course), never with any screen protectors, and I've gotten nothing more than a few minor scratches in the past. The screen on my X, which I use heavily and every single day since launch, is virtually pristine. Inspecting it right now I can find 2 micro-scratches (both on the edge), and that's it. If anything, this screen has held up better than previous ones.

jzl 8y ago

Is it possible that the X is also seeing fewer cracked screens? I imagine there's a correlation between hardness of the glass and tendency to crack.

snuxoll 8y ago
There's always been a balancing act with Gorilla Glass, there's been at least one version (I think it was Gorilla Glass 2 or 3) of the product that had noticeably less scratch resistance than it's predecessor while providing better durability against cracking - wouldn't surprise me if we see a repeat with Gorilla Glass 5.

Gigablah 8y ago

Adding another data point here -- my iPhone X screen is full of small scratches. It's really noticeable.