Plastic vs. Glass Screen Protectors - Which one should you get for the iPhone 8 and iPhone X/Xs

a

screen

protector is probably the bare minimum I would suggest people get for their devices. The entirety of themselves has gotten pretty tough over the years and I've cracked a lot more

screen

s than I've actually been on the iPhone and I'll be honest with you, if I had to choose between a cracked screen or a bent frame, I would choose a bent frame. I have here an iPhone 6s and iPhone 6 plus that have frame damage as you can see there are dents all over the device but it didn't bother me because while the screens are fine what kind of screen protector

should

one get

plastic

or

glass

? you drop it a lot or have kids throw your

iphone

like a thousand dollar throat then i go with the

plastic

screen protector if not if you want great display capability you know its very smooth like nothing is on top of it your smartphone then you go with

glass

I'll risk this video explaining the pros, cons and misconceptions for each type of screen protector I'll also talk about the differences between regular tempered glass screen

protectors

and Gorilla Glass or treated glass too I'll share some of the cool facts I've learned about screen

protectors

after reviewing them for many years and at the end I'll tell you why it probably won't matter

which

one you get so let's get started real use real reviews mobile review a dot CA mobile eye reviews a dot C All reviews Monte and I do or do are based on actual usage and we do this to answer the question would we spend money on it if we weren't reviewing products? and in most cases, the answer is no.

I've done a lot of bad things to these screen protectors and yes they were on the phones you know they're all broken there are some with this it's HDX invisible shield it has bits of the

iphone

screen stuck on it. to him because well I went and did something horrible with the iPhone and the screen protector to see if it actually protects the iPhone screen I've been through a lot of screen protectors over the years and unlike cases there are even fewer differences . between brands, from what I understand, the glass used in most screen protectors comes from a handful of different factories in Japan, no one makes their own glass, but they buy in bulk from these factories and then apply certain different adhesives and, oh, they are code phobic for us.

Now, before I get into the details, I have to make sure you guys know what a screen protector actually does to your smartphone's smart screen. All it does is add an extra layer of protection. It doesn't reinforce the actual screen, so a bad edge falls off. it will still break the screen an unfortunate drop where Rock makes contact between the case and the screen protector will result in a cracked screen it's like wearing gloves when working with your hands gloves will prevent scratches but generally won't hurt your bones harder so let's move on , let's make plastic screen protectors first.

Here are a couple of pros number one, as I mentioned at the beginning of the video, plastic screen protectors are very durable. I have seen plastic screen protectors that absorb the impact of 200 gram steel. Balls drop from flat feet, direct hits from hammers and drop face-first onto rocks, and unlike glass screen protectors, damage to plastic screen protectors will not increase over time. I will note that the amount of impact production is related to the thickness of the screen protector. The thicker the screen protector, the stronger it is. Pro number two plastic screen protectors are generally more reusable than glass ones, you can remove them, store them and reuse some of them, you can even wash them

which

really helps with long term use this is an important thing to consider if you want to put your iPhone in a waterproof case that doesn't allow for a screen protector so durability is a big plus for plastic screen protectors the big downside to plastic screen protectors is that they reduce the clarity of your iPhone even the clearest plastic will discolor the case a bit the screen is just like this plastic screen protector you can definitely tell there is a difference between the white under the screen protector and the whites that are not are covered by the screen protector. i live around this i have broken down this big issue into five smaller issues number one issue screen plastic screen protectors will show scratches more easily and scratches are usually permanent there are now screen protectors that have healing properties that will hide minor scratches but taking a steak knife to a healing screen protector will still leave a visible mark, basically anything you think will scratch a plastic screen protector will probably scratch your screen protector so you know pocket links, keys, coins, things in purses and backpacks with the number two, many screen protectors have the word on them like finger resistance or oleophobic coating and from my perspective these are very fancy words to describe how gross your screen looks after playing a game on your iPhone for an hour I called most classic screen protectors fingerprint magnets because it takes multiple waves to clean the screen, which isn't something you

should

do like aquifer glass screen protectors.

Cons number three is that certain plastic screen protectors will diffuse your device's HD display. This typically occurs with plastic screen protectors built into cases that are typically glass Much clearer than plastic screen protectors Cons number four is that plastic screen protectors do not offer 100% screen coverage. to stick to curved edges like the s7 edge or iphone that being said your case whatever you use to protect your device will probably fit any plastic screen protector and number five which is related to number three is that plastic screen protectors are not as smooth as glass there is a noticeable difference between running your finger over a glass screen protector and a plastic one one of the interesting facts i have learned is that the more softer the plastic screen protector feels, the closer it feels on the glass the worse it is for clean fingerprints before moving on to glass screen protectors if you find this content useful considering getting your products through my site. screen protectors i buy myself so any type of support will go a long way so with the glass screen protector they are also the exact opposite of the plastic ones like polar opposites let me explain i am going to do the cons . first, which is the exact opposite of what i did with the plastic ones number one the moment you break a glass screen protector it's done you ever break your car windshield and you watch a ride through of the whole glass panel, it's the same for glass screen protectors, generally the worst offenders are screen protectors that don't have rounded edges, as you can see, just lightly press the edges of the screen protector and break it .

This was a $40 screen protector as a safety warning since it is glass. the glass is sharp so there may be a chance you'll cut yourself after a bad chip or crack, unlike plastic screen protectors you probably can't reuse a slightly damaged glass screen protector with the protectors No. 2 glass screen protectors won't offer as much impact protection when you compare a plastic screen protector of the same thickness to an equivalent thickness or an equivalent glass screen protector, plastic ones are going to be much stronger. the cons of glass screen protectors I am going to move on to the pros and I have three yes we will say three pros for glass screen protectors the first is that your smartphone screen will probably look great as if nothing had , plastic becomes sticky over time.

Fingerprinting is generally an issue with plastic screen protectors which in my experience is not the case with glass screen protectors and glass screen protectors generally hold up better. I've let you know a little bit of pressure on a glass screen protector along the edge that can lift can lift the screen protector off the device is much more difficult to do with glass screen protectors Pro number two for screen protectors from glass is that they are much more scratch resistant than plastic now many of them claim 9h hardness which technically means only a diamond should be able to scratch them but you will usually see scratches develop on your glass screen protector 9h hardness over time.

Sometimes I think it's just the coating that gets scratched, but then I'll remove the screen protector and it will crack along that scratch, so I guess not now. I'm pretty much with the 9H hardness and it's definitely better than the 3-6H hardness found on Pro plastic screen protectors. Number three glass screen protectors come in edge-to-edge variations this iPhone that's Seeing in this video has an edge to edge screen protector from evolutionary laboratories that covers the entire glass face of the smartphone using an edge to edge screen protector means that your entire iPhone can be protected without going down the route of a waterproof case.

The downside of an edge-to-edge screen protector is that it might not fit the case you want, so those are the pros and cons of plastic and glass screen protectors before we get to the useful. tidbits of info i have a video showing how i install screen protectors out of this plastic when i put them on right before i made this video and it took me about 13 seconds as i did many times and i share some of the tips that helped me install a screen saver almost to perfection i also have a video that deals with cracked screen so if you are unlucky you have a screen that looks and sounds like this i have three tips to help you deal with a cracked screen like this so on the little things, the first little things I already mentioned is that while most tempered glass comes from a handful of factories, I think in Japan, so it comes out in giant blocks and these companies, the factories, just cut it up in sheets. and then they send the sheets to the different companies.

Now, the quality of the glass from these factories, I think is generally the same, although I know that I know that fan otech uses a sofa. There is no technology. I have an ete glass on this iPhone. Sano Tech. uses Japanese Asahi glass, which is supposed to be one step higher than tempered glass but below treated glass. I will say that I have heard this piece of information from a couple of different vendors, but no one has. I can't find any, you know? concrete evidence but this is just i'm sharing with you what i heard i'm pretty sure it's the difference between tempered glass and gorilla glass or treated glass and well gorilla glass is basically chemically tempered glass that has been dipped in a solution chemistry and they make it very strong now i cant almost i want to say gorilla glass screen protectors and plastic screw protectors are almost equivalent in terms of durability i have this patchworks itg silica glass it is unbelievably thick but i managed to use that protector six times over on three different iPhones and the thing is still down glued to the back of the case, so your Gorilla Glass or treated glass screen protectors are going to be much tougher than you are. you can get in the apple store the belkin and visit the glass protector that's made of gorilla glass 2 and that's a very nice premium thin screen protector but it's not an edge to edge difference number three deals with the oleophobic coating So the coating that they put on top of glass screen protectors as well as their devices to hide fingerprints or to prevent fingerprints from smearing, now the cheapest companies like everyone else say they have a oleophobic coating on their glass screen protectors but cheaper companies will spray it on whereas on more expensive products like life there's no technology on them they will have them statically applied now the difference is basically how long the oleophobic coating lasts it doesn't last forever cheap coatings will last a month expensive coatings will last the last three months so one of the top selling features for these products will be fingerprint resistance but that way fingerprint resistance will last 1 in 3 months so you know you have to laugh a little at that marketing fluff so why would I say none of this really matters at the beginning of the video? compare it to buying atv you know you go to the wall you go to best buy and there's like a tv wall you can definitely tell which one has a different color and that necessarily better color but a different color so you picked the one you want and you take it to home you have no idea if it's really better or not because you don't have like a dozen tvs on your wall with different picture qualities it's the same with plastic and glass screen protector sure if you were to compare this plastic and a glass screen protector side by side, you might notice a little difference, but if all you're doing is staring at the same screen day after day, those differences are basically not going to matter.

It boils down to what I said to start off in the video you go plastic if you want harder you want you go glass if you want better so that's all I got the first time you're watching one of my videos I encourage you to you do it click subscribe he produces content two or three times a week this is one of the ho-yeah he accompanies me on all my reviews and all my adventures so he's a good guy he's not an accessory he's a real guy he's a real boy thanks for watching