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The capacitive technology that powers multitouch screens requires (or works much better with) glass, I believe. Also, LCD technology itself requires glass. Th
by pak 13y ago
The capacitive technology that powers multitouch screens requires (or works much better with) glass, I believe. Also, LCD technology itself requires glass. The less and thinner the layers, the closer it feels like your finger gets to the image, and the better the UX is. There are iPhone cases that essentially do what you are suggesting with a plastic overlay.
- zurn 13y agoCitation needed - from what I've experienced most older Android devices have plastic screens and multitouch works fine, and they don't break when dropped. If there are glass layers in there somewhere, maybe they're somehow protected by the plastic. Or maybe the all-out antiscratch optimized glass in iDevices is just much more brittle than regular glass.