Screen Protector or No Screen Protector for Phone? – Poll

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Screen protector is always the first thing I do on a new phone. I usually go with the anti-glare type. I’m willing to sacrifice a little bit of clarity for the non reflective and no finger smudge properties. YMMV.

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No screen protector on my Droid. The sides of the Otter case come up 3/16″ all the way around. Sometimes it’s a pain to press the screen right near the edge. Price you pay for good protection.

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I broke down and bought an IQ Shield. Strange application, but it seems very durable and scratch resistant (it better be for as much as it cost).

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I use to always put screen protectors on all my phones but it makes the screen less sensitive and less clear. Now all I worry about is that the case wraps around the screen so that if I drop it it won’t crack. Also i like a raised edge on my case so that the screen won’t touch the ground I think I will be getting a Spiegen© glass screen protector. That one looks like it would be better than the plastic type for my galaxy s4.

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In my opinion while the screen protector is primarily sold as a way to protect your screen from scratches what it is really effective on is preventing your screen from getting cracked. That little bit of extra plastic can be the difference from cracking your screen the next time you drop your phone and having an uncracked screen.

It is really nice to use the actual glass of the phone though..

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I don’t have a cell phone but on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 I installed a screen protector I picked up from Bestbuy. I applied it and there is one tiny air bubble I couldn’t get rid of but most of the time I don’t notice it. I also don’t notice that the screen protector is there. Screen looks good to me and even though it’s in a case and the Tab 3 8.0 has Gorilla Glass 3 I like knowing there is a bit more protection for the device.

Last December I bought my wife a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 10.1 while we were in Hong Kong. The thing I like about HK is, when you buy something like that, a lot of the time they’ll throw in extras. In this case they gave us a screen protector and the guy installed it. Probably took the guy close to 10 minutes to instal it but he did a really good job with a piece of scotch tape. No dirt or bubbles and you don’t notice it’s there.

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Yup, usually the more scratch resistant something is (harder), the more likely it will crack/fracture when it does fail, while something that is impact resistant will be softer and scratch more easily (think glass vs polycarbonate).
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When glass fractures, it tends to originate from surface flaws (scratches) which act as stress raisers, so keeping your screen as pristine as possible by minimizing scratches, and therefore points of increased stress, it will increase the probability of the screen surviving a fall when dropped.

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I’ve never had an issue with scratches on a glass screen, so I go without screen protectors. My last phone got a nice long single crack in it, but a screen protector wouldn’t have stopped that.
I’d probably get one if I didn’t carry my phone separately from my keys.

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