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I don't want unbreakable, I want... unscratchable.
by najqh 5y ago
I don't want unbreakable, I want... unscratchable.
- 323 5y agoHow do you manage to scratch your phone? These days it's almost impossible on flagship phones. Maybe you mean on the back, where sometimes they use cheaper glass?
- barrkel 5y agoHaving it slide across an otherwise flat surface with indeterminate grit on it usually does the trick. Aluminium oxide, for example - it comes off as white powder on motorcycle engines - and is pretty hard stuff, the same stuff as sapphire and ruby. That can end up on surfaces via motorcycle gloves if you ride motorbikes, if not from your own bike, then grit thrown up by tyres on a wet day. I mean, phones don't scratch easily, but they do acquire a tiny scratch or two every few months, and a bad scratch maybe once or twice a year.
- ggfgg 5y agoI still don’t get how people manage to fuck up their phones so badly. Last five iPhones I’ve had were sold on in mint condition. I go cycling, hiking, climbing, camping with the things in a cheap TPU case and no screen protector. They are my primary outdoor navigation device, my camera and are used for 4-6 hours a day solid. I also drop the things occasionally. Do people put their 1000 buck investment in a pocket full of old bolts, keys and sand paper?!? I just don’t understand how you even scratch one.
- phkahler 5y agoUnbreakable is an exaggeration. I want something that will not break when dropped from 4 to 5 feet onto irregualar concrete. Phone are pretty good, but mine is glass front and back and I dont wrap it in a case. Have dropped it a few times and got lucky. I just dont want to rely on that luck.
- metadat 5y agoScreens of today weaken structurally (invisibly) with every drop until eventually reaching the point of failing and cracking.
- Animats 5y agoUnscratchable is available. There's glass with a sapphire layer. Sapphire glass is often used for checkout scanners. Home Depot uses it. Apple tried to use sapphire glass for phone screens around 2014, but only succeeded in driving their sapphire maker into bankruptcy.
- loehnsberg 5y agoSapphire glass has also been used in premium wrist watches for ages. These watches don't scratch. And when you drop the watch on the face from table height, say, it's more likely that the mechanics inside break than the glass. I suppose that it is more difficult to handle in production, especially when you're aiming at a large surface area. But if scanners have it, this issue does not seem to be insurmountable. Many customers would probably pay extra if they would get a phone that's as tough as a wrist watch but does not require a case.
- Tagbert 5y agoApple uses sapphire glass in their more expensive Watch models (with non-aluminum cases)
- Animats 5y agoMany customers would probably pay extra if they would get a phone that's as tough as a wrist watch but does not require a case. Which is why I have a phone sold by Caterpillar, Inc.[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPku-xItv8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPku-xItv8
- floatboth 5y agoHTC actually made a phone with real sapphire glass..