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[TechInsider] The Apple store will now perfectly install a new screen protector on your iPhone

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The Apple store will now perfectly install a new screen protector on your iPhone



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Starting today, Apple Stores in the United States will apply Belkin screen protectors onto iPhones.

While Apple Stores have sold and installed screen protectors in the past, Apple Store employees have recently been trained to use a new Belkin screen protector application machine that prevents bubbles or dust imperfections from appearing under the film when it's applied.

The service is only available for iPhones that came out in the past two years: the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus, the iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus. It can also be applied to iPhones brought in off the street. Unfortunately, the machines will not work with the iPhone 5S or previous models.




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The screen protector isn't going to save your screen from a drop or a hammer but what it will save your phone from is scratches. Ever needed to grab your phone/keys/wallet and realize the only pocket you have is the one on your hooded sweatshirt?
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Without a screen protector those keys are going to scratch the ever living hell out of the screen unless you're careful.

Also, the guys at the AT&T store did mine when I bought my Galaxy s5 almost 2 years ago and they didn't use a machine and it came out perfect, no bubbles or dust, it's even still on the phone.
 
#13 ·
screen protectors do absolutely NOTHING to "protect the screen"... these are huge profit cows that rely on the "unknowing consumer."
 
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Originally Posted by Craiga35 View Post

The screen protector isn't going to save your screen from a drop or a hammer but what it will save your phone from is scratches. Ever needed to grab your phone/keys/wallet and realize the only pocket you have is the one on your hooded sweatshirt?
redface.gif
Without a screen protector those keys are going to scratch the ever living hell out of the screen unless you're careful.

Also, the guys at the AT&T store did mine when I bought my Galaxy s5 almost 2 years ago and they didn't use a machine and it came out perfect, no bubbles or dust, it's even still on the phone.
Except gorilla glass is harder than the metal in your keys. You would need a razor blade to scratch an iphone 6. Screen protectors are utterly worthless.
 
#15 ·
Screen protectors are so pointless with modern phones.
 
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Originally Posted by mothergoose729 View Post

Except gorilla glass is harder than the metal in your keys. You would need a razor blade to scratch an iphone 6. Screen protectors are utterly worthless.
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Originally Posted by manolith View Post

Screen protectors are so pointless with modern phones.
Agreed.

My LG G4 uses GG3, no case, no protector. Many travels to the ground and in my pockets with keys, my ecig and other various things.

Screen is still flawless after a wipedown
 
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Originally Posted by Craiga35 View Post

The screen protector isn't going to save your screen from a drop or a hammer but what it will save your phone from is scratches. Ever needed to grab your phone/keys/wallet and realize the only pocket you have is the one on your hooded sweatshirt?
redface.gif
Without a screen protector those keys are going to scratch the ever living hell out of the screen unless you're careful.

Also, the guys at the AT&T store did mine when I bought my Galaxy s5 almost 2 years ago and they didn't use a machine and it came out perfect, no bubbles or dust, it's even still on the phone.
Actually this isnt true, my phone got dropped by someone and it smashed the screen protector to bits, screen was absolutely perfect, this was Android, but oh well. Wish I had pictures.
 
#22 ·
Neat idea. I would prefer manufacturers to actually design screens that wont scratch though.

Not sure how anyone might think this is pointless. Every single phone I've had would pick up scratches over time. Every iphone starting from the original and up to the 6 plus, as well as the note 5 I'm using now. Just from regular use and keeping it in your pocket they all develop hairline scratches.
 
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Originally Posted by st0necold View Post

screen protectors do absolutely NOTHING to "protect the screen"... these are huge profit cows that rely on the "unknowing consumer."
I disagree as tempered glass/gorilla glass screen protectors are quite good at protecting your phone.

Normally in a situation where your screen would break, the screen protector breaks instead.

Also more than likely they will offer multiple different types of screen protectors for this service at different prices.

I don't see why people think gorilla glass is un scratchable though. I own an LG G3 with scratches all over it.
 
#24 ·
Good luck having your screen scrachless all the time without proper glass. Keys, small amounts of sand - those things in your pockets, combined with phone's screen will wreak havoc on its surface.
Also, quality glass will absorb enough energy to break and leave proper screen unharmed when dropped.
PS. show my any Samsung S6 which has non-scratched (heavily) back. Every I saw had grayed back glass due to scratching. From a.. table.
 
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Originally Posted by sepiashimmer View Post

Some versions of iPhone definitely had sapphire screen.
No they don't, the iPhone 6/6 Plus was supposed to have it, but it didn't for unknown reasons. Then the iPhone 6S/6S Plus was supposed to have it, then the manufacturer of the glass ended up filing for bankruptcy. Instead, they have "ion exchange glass" (basically Gorilla Glass, but not made by Corning). The next Apple Watch is supposed to use sapphire glass though.
 
#26 ·
I know glass screen protectors do protect the screen from drops. The thing is they break way too easy.
 
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