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

a

screen

protector is probably the minimum. I would suggest that people buy their devices. They've gotten pretty tough over the years and I've broken a lot more

screen

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

should

you buy a

plastic

one or a

glass

one?

Now the biggest difference from my perspective is durability,

plastic

will last longer, so if you are hard on your iPhone, if you drop it a lot or have kids that throw your iPhone like it's a thousand dollar throat. So I use the plastic screen protector, if not, if you want excellent viewing ability, you know, a very smooth feeling, like there's nothing on top of your smartphone. then choose

glass

. I'm going to go out on a limb in this video explaining the pros, cons, and misconceptions of each type of screen protector. I will also talk about the differences between regular tempered glass screen

protectors

and Gorilla Glass or treated glass.

I'll also share some of the interesting 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 start with the actual use. mobile to point ac reviews mobile eye to point c reviews all the reviews i do or mount and do are based on actual use 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 phones.

You know they're all broken. There are some with this HDX invisible shield, it has iPhone screen fragments stuck. because well, I did something horrible with the iPhone and the screen protector to see if it really protects the iPhone screen. I've tested many screen protectors over the years and unlike cases, there are even fewer differences. As I understand it, between brands, 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 have phobic encodings for us.

Now before I get into the details, I have to make sure you know what a screen protector actually does on 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 drop. It will still break your 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 you work with your hands. Gloves will prevent scratches, but generally won't hurt your bones. stronger, so let's move on, let's use plastic screen protectors first.

There are a couple of advantages here. Pro number one, as I mentioned at the beginning of the video. Plastic screen protectors are very durable. I've seen plastic screen protectors that absorb the impact of 200 gram steel. Balls fall from flat feet direct impacts from hammers and land face first on rocks and unlike glass screen protectors, damage to plastic screen protectors will not increase over time. I will keep in mind that the amount of impact output is related to the thickness of the screen. protector the thicker the screen protector the stronger it is Professional number two plastic screen protectors are generally more reusable than glass ones, you can remove them, store them and use them again, some of them you can even wash

which

really helps with long-term use.

An important thing to consider if you want to place your iPhone in a waterproof case that does not allow a screen protector, so durability is great. Also, for plastic screen protectors, the big disadvantage of plastic screen protectors is that they reduce the clarity of your iPhone, even the clearest plastic, will discolor the case and screen a little, it's like this screen protector of plastic. You can definitely tell that there is a difference between the white under the screen protector and the whites that are not covered by the screen protector. live around this I have solved the disadvantage this big disadvantage into five smaller disadvantages disadvantage number one plastic screen protectors will show scratches more easily and the scratches are usually permanent there are now screen protectors that have healing properties that will hide light 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 on them, lots of screen protectors I have the word like finger resistance or oleophobic coating and from my perspective these are very fancy words that describe how disgusting your screen looks after playing a game on your iPhone for an hour.

I called most classic screen protectors fingerprint magnets because they require multiple waves. to clean the screen, which is not something you have to do like aquifer glass screen protectors. Number three is that certain plastic screen protectors will blur your device's HD display. This usually happens with plastic screen protectors built into cases, usually glass. Much clearer than plastic screen protectors. The fourth problem is that plastic screen protectors do not offer 100% screen coverage; You won't see an edge-to-edge plastic screen protector, because the thickness needed to provide impact protection won't allow for screen protectors. to stick to curved edges, like the s7 edge or the iPhone, that said, your case, whatever you use to protect your device, will probably fit any plastic screen protector and number five, which is related to the Number three, that's it.

Plastic screen protectors are not as smooth as glass. There is a noticeable difference between swiping your finger on a glass screen protector and a plastic one. One of the interesting facts I've learned is that the softer the plastic screen protector feels, the closer it feels to glass, the worse it will be for fingerprints before moving on to glass screen protectors. If you find this content helpful, please consider getting your products through my site. None of these companies pay me to break the devices and the screen protectors I buy myself so any type of support will be very useful, which is why glass screen protectors are also the exact opposite of plastic ones , like the opposite poles, let me explain, I'm going to do the disadvantages.

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. Do you ever get a chip on your car windshield and watch it travel across the entire pane of glass? Is the same. For glass screen protectors in general, the worst offenders are screen protectors that do not have rounded edges, as you can see, just lightly press the edges of the screen protector and etch it. This was a $40 screen protector as a safety warning since it is glass. Glass is sharp, so there is a chance you could cut yourself after a serious break or break.

Unlike plastic screen protectors, you probably can't reuse a slightly damaged glass screen protector. Number 2 glass screen protectors don't offer as much impact. Protection When you compare a plastic screen protector of equal thickness with an equivalent thickness or an equivalent glass screen protector, the plastic ones will be much stronger. I would definitely take a hammer to an iPhone with a plastic screen protector instead of a glass screen protector, so those are The Cons of Glass Screen Protectors. I'm going to move on to the pros and have three. Yes, we will say three advantages of glass screen protectors.

The first is that your smartphone screen will probably look great. as if nothing the plastic gets rubbery over time fingerprints are generally a problem with plastic screen protectors which in my experience that is not the case with glass screen protectors and glass screen protectors They generally stay better. I've told you a little pressure on a glass screen protector along the edge that you can lift, you can lift the screen protector off the device, it's much harder to do with glass screen protectors. Advantage number two for glass screen protectors is that they are much more scratch resistant than plastic.

Now many of them claim to have a hardness of 9h, which technically means that only a diamond

should

be able to scratch them, but you will usually see scratches developing on your 9h hardness screen protector 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 the scratch, so I guess not. Now I'm criticizing the 9h hardness quite a bit and it's definitely better than the 3-6H hardness found on the plastic Pro screen protectors. The number three glass screen protectors come in edge-to-edge variations.

This iPhone you're watching in this video has an evolutionary edge-to-edge screen protector from Labs that covers the entire glass surface of the smartphone. Using an edge-to-edge screen protector means that your entire iPhone can be protected without going the route of a waterproof case. The downside to an Edge screen protector is that it may not fit the case you want. Here are the pros and cons of plastic and glass screen protectors before we get to the useful stuff. fragments of information. I have a video showing how I install screen protectors made of this plastic when I put them on right before making this video and it took me about 13 seconds.

I have made it so many times and share some. Of the tips that helped me install a screen protector almost perfectly, I also have a video that discusses the cracked screen, so if you're unlucky, you have a screen that looks and sounds like this. I have three tips to help you deal with a broken screen, so as for the details, the first details I already mentioned are that while most tempered glass comes from a handful of factories, I think in Japan they come out in giant blocks and these companies the factories simply cut them into sheets. and then they send the sheets to the different companies.

Now I think the quality of glass from these factories is generally the same, although I do know that Fan Otech uses a non-tech couch. I have ete glass on this iPhone Sano Tech. It uses Japanese Asahi glass, which is supposed to be a step above tempered glass but below treated glass. I will say that I have heard this tidbit of information from a couple different providers, but no one has done it. I can't find any, you know? concrete evidence, but this is just me sharing with you what I have heard. This is the tidbit number, 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 chemical solution and makes it very strong now no I can.

I almost want to say that Gorilla Glass screen protectors and plastic screw protectors are almost equivalent in terms of durability. I have this silica glass from patchworks itg, it's incredibly thick. but I managed to use that screen protector six times on three different iPhones and the thing is still down stuck to the back of the case, so your Gorilla Glass screen protector or your treated glass screen protector will be much more resistant than the one you use. You can get Belkin at the Apple store and check out the glass protector which is made of Gorilla Glass 2 and it's a very nice thin premium screen protector but it's not an edge to edge difference.

Number three has to do with the oleophobic coating, so the coating that they put on top of it. glass screen protectors, as well as your devices, to hide fingerprints or prevent fingerprints from smudging, now the cheapest companies, like everyone, say that they have an oleophobic coating on their glass screen protectors, but the cheapest companies spray it, while in more expensive products like life there is no technology. They will apply them statically now, the difference is basically how long theoleophobic coating. It doesn't last forever. Cheap coatings will last a month. Expensive coatings will last the last three months.

So one of the best selling features of these products is that it will resist fingerprints, but that way the fingerprint resistance will last 1 every 3 months, so you know it's like having to laugh a little at that nonsense of marketing, so why would I say that none of this really matters at the beginning of the video? You compare it to buying a television. You know, you go to the wall, you go to Best Buy and there's like a wall of televisions. You can definitely tell which one has a different color and that's necessarily a better color but a different color, so you picked the one you want. you want and you bring it home, you have no idea if it's really better or not because you don't have a dozen TVs on your wall with different picture qualities, it's the same with the plastic and glass screen protector, you sure do If you compare this plastic screen protector and a glass one side by side, you may notice a small difference, but if all you do is look at the same screen every day, those differences basically won't matter.

It all comes down to what I said when I started in the video, you use plastic if you want stronger, you want glass if you want better, so that's all I got when you first watch one of my videos. I encourage you to. click subscribe produce content two or three times a week this is one of the ho-yes he accompanies me on all my reviews and all my adventures so he's a good boy he's not an accessory he's a real boy he's a real boythank you about to see