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Small scratch on my galaxy s ii screen

Oh I purposely scratch(small one) my screen with a screw driver(d*** it). Just to test how tough the glass. Left a very very small scratch(Well I did it on really small are of phone which is not so visible). A little extra force than normal is required. The screen is scratchable if you intentionally do it.
I think put the phone together with car key in your pocket might scratch your phone. Put your phone face down on table and move it gently(when you pick up your phone, there is always little slide) shouldn't be leaving any scratch.
This serve as information for those who really want to know how tough the glass is.
P/s expect the glass to be tougher!

Haha.Thanks for such info. Much appreciated.

yinhau said:
... Put your phone face down on table and move it gently(when you pick up your phone, there is always little slide) shouldn't be leaving any scratch....
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Not unless there is a small grain of sand on your table, it will scratch the screen all right.

But....shouldn't the screen use a "gorilla glass"??? Wtf?
Samsung packed a 600€ phone with scrap materials? I feel cheated..

Just because the screen is scratch resistant doesn't mean it's scratch proof. Gorilla glass adds some extra protection but everything can be overcome given you use enough force.
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"Gorilla" glass or not, it still glass. And there are a lot of materials harder than glass. If material is harder than glass, it will scratch it, just less for Gorilla glass.
The hardest transparent material available is, well, diamond. This won't be scratchable by anything. Not aware of any phones using diamond faceplates yet though
The next hardest is synthetic sapphire. This will be scratched only by diamond, sapphire and some rare alloys. There are some watches and phones (Vertu I believe) that use sapphire faceplates. But if you look at the price tags, you'll realize the price you'll have to pay for

Diamond faceplate??!!! That might be the end of screen protector...lol

yinhau said:
Oh I purposely scratch(small one) my screen with a screw driver(d*** it). Just to test how tough the glass. Left a very very small scratch(Well I did it on really small are of phone which is not so visible). A little extra force than normal is required. The screen is scratchable if you intentionally do it.
I think put the phone together with car key in your pocket might scratch your phone. Put your phone face down on table and move it gently(when you pick up your phone, there is always little slide) shouldn't be leaving any scratch.
This serve as information for those who really want to know how tough the glass is.
P/s expect the glass to be tougher!
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You have gone to great length to test the theory....Myth Buster

Freakernoid said:
Diamond faceplate??!!! That might be the end of screen protector...lol
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And my wallet lol

Got a small scratch on my screen. It was in my pocket for around an hour with keys. Disappointed with the scratch resistant thing. It suppose to take more effort to scratch it.

yinhau said:
Oh I purposely scratch(small one) my screen with a screw driver
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FAIL.
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Are you guys all too cheap to buy screen protectors? They are less than ten bucks and i can't feel the difference. Not flaming, just poking fun. I treated my phone like it was, well, made of glass until my screen protector came in.
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Plastic again?

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Hipster's reaction to announcement of GS4.
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nebsif said:
Hipster's reaction to announcement of GS4.
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Plastic is GOOD..Plastic is light, Plastic absorbs shock better....and does not dent.

In future samsung is going to sell plastic made homes and other accessories with gorillaglass coating ... Lol....plastic is future of all thing with less cost , lightweight and recycling
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tbong777 said:
Plastic is GOOD..Plastic is light, Plastic absorbs shock better....and does not dent.
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Oh really? then we should start making cars completely of plastic if thats the case.

Before the SGS4 was announced they explained why they used plastic which should have been a clue that the SGS4 was going to be similar to all their previous devices. Don't like plastic? There are plenty of glass and metal options available. Since the SGS4 will be around for at least another 15 months *****ing that it's plastic is pretty futile. And everyone considering a SGS4 can either choose to deal with it or not. Rather than complaining, vote with your wallet and buy something else.

apollooff320 said:
Oh really? then we should start making cars completely of plastic if thats the case.
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Sure...i will surely buy 1 or 2 cars if you make them....lol
Just 1 Q. For plastic haters...are you going to fight battle with sgs4 or are you using your phone as armour or bullet proof jacket ..hhaaa...
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apollooff320 said:
Oh really? then we should start making cars completely of plastic if thats the case.
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Saturn? Lol
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I just don't really feel like dropping a piece of plastic and having the thing shatter into million of pieces. A little unrealistic I know, but really? I don't care if they thing plastic does the best job, it obviously doesn't. It scratches, it's breakable. Sure HTC didn't do the best job of it either, but at least they used something that feels good/amazing in the palm of your hand.

apollooff320 said:
Oh really? then we should start making cars completely of plastic if thats the case.
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That's not such a bad idea. Most performance cars these days are already mostly plastic.
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thing is plastic isnt the best casing just has tendencies to creak or break easily especially with a now thinner bezal

even though i dont like galaxy s4 desing how else can make same profile if there wasnt plastic take a look xperia z vs galaxy s4 both 5 inch galaxy has home button and bigger battey still same size thats cos plastic

I think they didn't want to update the look so people can familiarize with the brand better. People are beginning to recognize the Galaxy s3, and it will be easier for people to know the phone if it keeps a similar design. Sure, it could've looked a little more premium for once, but it's the software that's the most important, and they did a decent job with improvements and gimmicks that actually seem to work.

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I think they didn't want to update the look so people can familiarize with the brand better. People are beginning to recognize the Galaxy s3, and it will be easier for people to know the phone if it keeps a similar design. Sure, it could've looked a little more premium for once, but it's the software that's the most important, and they did a decent job with improvements and gimmicks that actually seem to work.
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It actually made sense. True, but next year we demand all the metals.

Livebyte said:
It actually made sense. True, but next year we demand all the metals.
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Not if it comes at the expense of microSD and battery *cough HTC*cough*.
I reaaaaaaaaaaally dont get all the plastic hate, most people place their phones in cases anyway, especially if they are made out of leet materials like glass or the fancy-peeling One S aluminium, which is even more stupid.
My GS3 survived w/o a case for almost a year now btw, and because those "cheap plastic" back covers are so uhh.. cheap, I can replace them anytime for minimal cost, I actually have 4 custom back covers just for variety.
Oh and I should have added "Power Button on the side" to OP as another pun at HTC but w/e.

Who here doesn't use a protection case on their phone? Plastic is perfect. What most people forget is plastic is perfect for a phone with removable battery.

tbong777 said:
Plastic is GOOD..Plastic is light, Plastic absorbs shock better....and does not dent.
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amen

Kremata said:
Who here doesn't use a protection case on their phone? Plastic is perfect. What most people forget is plastic is perfect for a phone with removable battery.
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I don't use a case but I do have xtreme guard on it.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png

Livebyte said:
It actually made sense. True, but next year we demand all the metals.
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Noooo, No metal. The reason why they went with plastic is so that XDA people can have something to complain about.

Do you guys know why people invented the "case"
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CyberScopes said:
Do you guys know why people invented the "case"
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Because the trunk was full?:silly:

Explain the reason samsung uses glossy plastic instead of matte like on the S2

Glossy plastic picks up a ton of fingerprint smudges and ends up looking like #%&! real quick
Seems like a better choice would be a matte version like on the S2 seen here:
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Because Samsung is clueless when it comes to aesthetics. Not only does matte hide fingerprints but it just looks so much better as well.
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Glossy Plastic looks more classier than matte. But when you touch it doesn't feel so great.
I think they should start using aluminium like Apple and HTC.

who cares buy a case
anyone who has this phone WITHOUT a case is silly, protecting an extremely expensive (in most countries) piece of technology from harm is more important than what colour it is, what its made out of.
as far as anyone should be aware, the screen quality should be all that matters, since its all that should be poking through the case you have over your phone to protect it from damage.

they are helping CSI so they can easily get your fingerprints out of the phone

coz it looks great. simple buy a case
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How can it look great when you put a case over it. The guy asked for example why is the sky blue and your telling that train has steel wheels. Totally out if theme.
Samsung has a lack of design and looks when you compare it with the others. Samsung and Lg build bricks from plastics not worth a [email protected]& . Got this one from work I think I'll buy htc for private use.
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i'm not complaining on what they did,
it's hyperglazed polycarbonate plastic, same material as bulletproof glass

They put a pattern on the plastic so the fingerprints don't stand out. You can only see them when looking at an angle.
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Matt, gloss or metal wouldn't make a difference to me, as i always put my £500+ smartphone in a case for the simple reason of protection, last thing i want to happen to my phone is for it to get scratched up or break, I even go as far to stick it in a pouch aswell with the case on when it's in my pocket at work for that extra bit more protection, so when it comes to selling it on my phone as good as the day i bought it.

Fatos said:
How can it look great when you put a case over it. The guy asked for example why is the sky blue and your telling that train has steel wheels. Totally out if theme.
Samsung has a lack of design and looks when you compare it with the others. Samsung and Lg build bricks from plastics not worth a [email protected]& . Got this one from work I think I'll buy htc for private use.
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So why did you buy it if you don't like it ?
And btw s4 with its plastics cost more to make than iphone 5 with all its aluminium.

Why should I hide a beautiful phone in a case? Would you do the same with a lamborghini cause its so expensiv?
Question answered itself in case of the S4: Nothing beautiful to hide.

shox22 said:
Why should I hide a beautiful phone in a case? Would you do the same with a lamborghini cause its so expensiv?
Question answered itself in case of the S4: Nothing beautiful to hide.
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Go back to hide your "beautiful" aluminum phone with a case like all the other users here in XDA do (more than 130 pages):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2171713
And this is only one thread of many...

^Haha yeah. I'd love to know the percentage of the "beautiful" phone owners who'd not put a case on their phones. Good luck with that.
Either way - I'd love to know what OP asked too, seriously. I mean sure, it might be a moot point etc - but why? Is glossy plastic easy to manufacture than matte?

I like samsungs design and use a case only if im at work,if something goes nuts i repair it by myself.
I had every S series galaxy since the first one and the only issue which i had was a defect usb port because of water damage.
I bought a new port and repaired it by myself.
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I've never used a case with any of my smartphones and never had a problem ... Won't use a case with the SGS4 either. It's big enough as it is.
But I have to agree, the backcover of the SGS2 is much better. I guess Samsung went with the glossy one, because too many people complained about the cheap look of SGS2's backcover. That happends when function follows form ... too bad.

The design had to be different this time around cause of the lawsuits. I have the black model and have been getting a lot of compliments
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Android_Monsters said:
The design had to be different this time around cause of the lawsuits. I have the black model and have been getting a lot of compliments
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Me too, even from iPhone owners

Does this thing have Gorilla Glass 2 or 3?

I can't find a straight answer anywhere on whether or not our beloved LG G2s have Gorilla Glass 2 or 3. Some say 3, some say 2. Corning says 2 on their site.
No idea wtf it has.
Can anyone confirm?

Sushiglobster said:
I can't find a straight answer anywhere on whether or not our beloved LG G2s have Gorilla Glass 2 or 3. Some times say 3, some say 2. Corning says 2 on their site.
No idea wtf it has.
Can anyone confirm?
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2..... Straight answer is on Cornings website!

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Spider 2 Y Banana

corning does say 2 on their website but most reviews and specs sheets contradict that, a vast amount of sites say 3. I read somewhere that corning glass is 3.

2. I doubt they would have it wrong on their own site.
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I don't know but I'm pretty weary . and also relieved I got a screen protector on mine. After less than one day of being extremely careful I noticed 2 very very minor light scratches. I wouldn't have noticed them but when I was cleaning the screen with the microfiber they give you with the Spigen screen protectors I noticed them... like I said very small but they were scratches nonetheless. I had a optimus g pro that seemed to scrape up way easier than my note2 and previous devices.. or I may have just been really unlucky. If these have gorilla glass then I guess its exactly the same and it's my fault.. or if there's something different they may be weaker.

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2..... Straight answer is on Cornings website!
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Link?

This thread is awesome :laugh::laugh::laugh:
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ericdabbs said:
Link?
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I'll do the work for ya....
http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/lg/LG-G2

Don't matter if its 1 or 3 it all scratches the same :-\

DaT Franchise said:
Don't matter if its 1 or 3 it all scratches the same :-\
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It matters, could be a deal breaker for me

nedooo said:
It matters, could be a deal breaker for me
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lol why? screenprotector is still best. As a single grain of sand can scratch all versions the same

bachera said:
lol why? screenprotector is still best. As a single grain of sand can scratch all versions the same
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You can ask http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/ how come they produce something that is not useful or needed and yet manage to sell it and survive on market?
If it doesn't matter why does it exist. Well you can call it delusion, but to me and millions of consumers it makes a difference

it exists so regular and less and less stuff can scratch it and to make it stronger. its pretty good at that. Your logicis flawed into thinking I said it was useless. Its not...
However a grain of sand can have a much higher hardness and thus scratch it.
No need pretending its invincible if it is not. Which is why I suggest get a screenprotector anyway

bachera said:
it exists so regular and less and less stuff can scratch it and to make it stronger. its pretty good at that. Your logicis flawed into thinking I said it was useless. Its not...
However a grain of sand can have a much higher hardness and thus scratch it.
No need pretending its invincible if it is not. Which is why I suggest get a screenprotector anyway
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I totally agree. It's like having a vasectomy and thinking the Dr's expert opinion will protect you 100%.
I've owned all versions of gorilla glass(have several teen agers) and they all all scratch easily. Unless you never expose your phone to the inside of your pocket or the real world, you need a screen protector. IMO

My Gnex was case less, screen protector less and I carried it around in my pocket in West Texas for 2 years. West Texas blows hard silicone sand- and other bad stuff all the time. Its one of the worst weather places in the world! I also let my 3 year old son play with it and watch Thomas the train when he would get bored at Dr. office etc. I have a huge 'janitor would be proud' set of keys that I kept in my pocket with my phone. Ive drop kicked it 2 times on accident getting out of a deer stand...
http://www.weather.com/sports-rec/march-madness/Toughest-Weather-City-Tournament-20130315 (God created Lubbock to train the faithful....)
Needless I'll post some pictures of it with no noticeable scratches and only fine scratches that would annoy MONK and OCD people, but not a sane normal person. Maybe I'm lucky- but I also had an HTC incredible who fared the same over the same amount of time.
Point? IDK- maybe the curved screen made it less scratch prone? I did notice 2 small very fine scratches that were on my G2 when I placed the screen protector on it. I am currently rocking the Folio case- but I've got 2 coming in the mail, to try out a TPU and a knock off otterbox. I think that in my experience the glass on my phones have been pretty tough, and I didn't notice or care about the little scratches I would get. I have a feeling a lot of people need to get some fluvoxamine and chill...

lol thats like free facial scrubs daily nice

4th day of my g2 and i havent installed covers or screen protector.. still scratchless..
Edit: i saw a 1 hairline scratch today...
Im getting a screen protector tommorrow...
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Chamfered Edges

Looking at the metal edges on the 6P reminds me of the edges on my old Note 4. The thing I'm thinking is that my Note 4s edges got scratched to hell and eventually looked a mess, even with a case on. It seemed small particles of dirt and dust gets into the case and scratches the soft metal.
I wonder if we'll have the same problem with the N6P?

Not to worry, enjoy the party here on XDA til the N6P arrives!
Then it will all be sorted with hands on this cool device!

Batfink33 said:
Looking at the metal edges on the 6P reminds me of the edges on my old Note 4. The thing I'm thinking is that my Note 4s edges got scratched to hell and eventually looked a mess, even with a case on. It seemed small particles of dirt and dust gets into the case and scratches the soft metal.
I wonder if we'll have the same problem with the N6P?
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My friend and I were wondering the exact same thing. I'm hoping that b/c the body is metal, it won't have the same problem that the Note 4 has since that was plastic.

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Oh god that's beautiful. Canttttt waittttttt

I had the same issue with those edges on my HTC M8. They got scratched up as well and they were metal. I am definitely worried about it.

Got those edges on my silver HTC M7 and while if you look very close you can see some ,just holding it normally you can not tell,my stand out more on the graphite one though
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Anyone now if the chamfered edges on the graphite version are shiny silver too?

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Anyone now if the chamfered edges on the graphite version are shiny silver too?
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From the look of the graphite version, they weren't shiny.
Those shiny edges are going to get scratched up badly, in one of the videos showing them off, you can see scratches on them already.
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I plan to skin it, so I'm not concerned, but damn that is one sexy phone!!

TIL chamfer is the term for flattening the corner of an object, usually in furniture.

Google search the wear on both the black and white iPhone 5. They had chamfered edges, anodized aluminum. The wear is pretty much proportional to how often you have a case on. The chamfers will wear heavier than the rest.
IMO black wears much worse (visibly) than white but it depends if you mind having battle wounds stand out or not. I have friends who like having the silver show through the black. In the end you're only going to replace it in two - three years anyhow.

This will shine up anything, it will take the scratches out.
mothers polish

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Google search the wear on both the black and white iPhone 5. They had chamfered edges, anodized aluminum. The wear is pretty much proportional to how often you have a case on. The chamfers will wear heavier than the rest.
IMO black wears much worse (visibly) than white but it depends if you mind having battle wounds stand out or not. I have friends who like having the silver show through the black. In the end you're only going to replace it in two - three years anyhow.
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your comment confuses me. a case wears the camfers quicker or the lack of one?

640k said:
your comment confuses me. a case wears the camfers quicker or the lack of one?
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A lack of case causes more rapid wear.

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