• Ilandar@lemmy.today
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    5 hours ago

    Screen protectors were already a thing of the past on expensive/high end phones. They’re a placebo people continue to believe in because they’re too terrified to take the perceived risk and go without.

  • BaroqueInMind@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    Samsung must be stupid to think I will believe marketing-speak bullshit like that and not install a supplemental glass screen protector.

    I dont care if your shit was made with actual fucking diamond crystal glass formed with the deep abyssal atmosphere pressure on Jupiter, I am still going to install a sacrificial screen protector to deter hairline fracture and clumsy shenanigans

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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      19 hours ago

      Right?

      Know what prevents glass screens from breaking? Put it in a body that prevents stresses from reaching the glass.

      You know, an aluminum frame for the glass part, and that aluminum in a plastic body.

      I have three ancient Galaxy S4’s that are all plastic - the bodies are beat to shit but the glass is fine. The plastic took the abuse and didn’t transfer it to the glass.

  • ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org
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    18 hours ago

    Fuck Samsung’s bloatware delivery mechanism, I just want a deep-dive documentary on the material science behind these types of glass