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Does the S4 Screen have Oleophobic coating?

I love the feel of the Gorilla glass 3 screen and it does not attract fingerprints easily. I just put on the Spigen Ultra crystal and it attracts finger prints. I know with Oleo coated screens the coating wears off after awhile and its no better then having a screen protector. If I know there is no coating that will wear off I may just go without the screen protector.
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richard371 said:
I love the feel of the Gorilla glass 3 screen and it does not attract fingerprints easily. I just put on the Spigen Ultra crystal and it attracts finger prints. I know with Oleo coated screens the coating wears off after awhile and its no better then having a screen protector. If I know there is no coating that will wear off I may just go without the screen protector.
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there is a coating.

You can re-apply an oleophobic coating to the stock screen anytime by using this liquid applicator product:
http://www.amazon.com/API-Fingerpri...TF8&qid=1368569876&sr=8-1&keywords=Oleophobic
Reviews are mixed.
Price is a little high.
But... it's an option.
Product Description
Fussode COAT TM is the world's first hyper oleophobic coating DIY Kit manufactured by API Corp., Japan. The coat is developed based on nano technology for global Smartphones and Tablet PC manufacturers. Many major global Smartphones and Tablet PCs use this as their default anti-fingerprint coating. Feature 1. Ultra oleophobic effect 2. The coating has covalent bonding mechanism 3. Coating effects last for 3 to 6 months 4. The coating thickness is only 10nm, perfectly transparent 5. Easy to clean smudges. 6 . Touch screen becomes exceptionally slippery. 7. 1 bottle capacity equivalent to 3-4 applications. Included 1. Coating liquid 1 bottle 2. Microfiber cloth 1 cloth Instructions 1. Clean glass surface with microfiber cloth. 2. Drop 10-15drops of coating liquid on the touch screen. 3. Spread the liquid on the screen using a tissue. ( Liquid dries very quickly ) 4. Repeat step 2-3 two or three times. 5. Leave device for 8 hrs then wipe off remaining residue. ( Residue can be removed easily with tissue paper ) 6. Recoat 2-3 times on different days ( step 4 x 2-3 days ) Remarks : Please do not touch the coated screen for 6 to 8 hrs otherwise the oleophobic film may not bond with the glass perfectly and could be removed easily. Once the coated film bonds with the glass, it will not wear off for couple of months. Tips for a perfect coating ! The coating liquid dries very fast so please do not use cloth which absorb liquid easily. Small paper tissue is recommended for coating. Please refer to our HOW TO COAT instructional video on YouTube.
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I love it for the fact that it doesn't leave finger smudges...
I hate it for the fact that it's so slick that my phone sometimes detects a swipe when I am trying to select.

CZ Eddie said:
You can re-apply an oleophobic coating to the stock screen anytime by using this liquid applicator product:
Reviews are mixed.
Price is a little high.
But... it's an option.
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can you use this on screens that are not originally oleophobic?

This product looks pretty similar to rain-x in use. I don't know if anyone has tried that before on a screen, but it should have a similar effect. If I didn't use a screen protector, I would try it out. It makes my car windows super slick to the touch once applied.

Painted bezel / Zero-gap: Like? Dislike? Scrape it off?

The Moto X has an interesting glass front. The glass actually covers the entire face and "wraps" around the sides of the phone to the equator of the entire phone. This was commonly referred to as the "zero-gap" or "magic-glass" technology when I was first reading about the phone.
The bezel that we have appears to be painted onto the glass itself. Especially for people like me with the white face, the painted bezel effect really shows off a rather unsightly vertical gap between the painted bezel and the surface of the digitizer, which rests about .5 mm under the glass itself.
I wonder what the glass looks like under the painted bezel. If it was scraped off, do you think it would just be smooth glass enveloping the front of the phone? If so, I wonder why Motorola felt the need to paint the bezel on. That painted bezel looks really cheap to me.

I read rumors that it was wrap around glass but I really don't believe that to be the case - when tapping on it with a metal object, the "wrap around" area sounds distinctly plastic and on the top, you can actually see a distinct area where the plastic is taller than the glass that meets it.
It would be a lot more expensive to create a wrap-around glass piece than it would be to simply do some good plastic forming create tight bezels. I don't think it's glass at all - it's just plastic that's assembled with the glass to some tight tolerances.
Look here:
https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/KidY6tB4P22vESDH.huge
Looks/sounds/feels like plastic to me.

binary visions said:
I read rumors that it was wrap around glass but I really don't believe that to be the case - when tapping on it with a metal object, the "wrap around" area sounds distinctly plastic and on the top, you can actually see a distinct area where the plastic is taller than the glass that meets it.
It would be a lot more expensive to create a wrap-around glass piece than it would be to simply do some good plastic forming create tight bezels. I don't think it's glass at all - it's just plastic that's assembled with the glass to some tight tolerances.
Look here:
https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/KidY6tB4P22vESDH.huge
Looks/sounds/feels like plastic to me.
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I disagree. While the teardown picture shows what appears to be plastic, there appears to be an additional layer of something covering the outer rim. Check the bottom right (and even bottom left) corner(s) shown in the picture. In the alternative, the "wrapped" portion of the glass simply doesn't go as far as the equator.
I'm virtually certain there is some "wrapping" going on, largely due to the fact that I'm dealing with a white face. I will stake my life on the fact that there is no horizontal meeting between the glass and the bezel (on the flat portion of the face). I can actually see under the painted bezel and see no leading edge of plastic. The glass just goes until I can't see any further. I agree with you that it sounds like plastic when tapped with metal (I just tested it myself), but that can be easily explained by the mere fact that it is painted with some plastic-like substance.
Finally, I think your statement that the bezel is raised only supports the idea that the bezel is painted atop the surface of the glass. If it weren't, you could theoretically have it be level with the glass, though not necessarily. I really wish someone's teardown would show a close picture of the glass.

its not painted glass or wrap around glass. its a plastic bezel. i know becasue i can lift mine up with my fingernail

I have a white front too. At first I was too a bit angry about that shadow where glass touches the plastic/color, but I learned to live with it I don't really think it is just color. Maybe it's some really thin plastic bezel on top of the glass, but certainly not color. Try to look at some crashtests of Moto X. If you look at damaged bezel, you can see it's not just color but something more solid

eyc said:
I agree with you that it sounds like plastic when tapped with metal (I just tested it myself), but that can be easily explained by the mere fact that it is painted with some plastic-like substance.
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No, it wouldn't. Painting a glass surface with plastic doesn't make it resonate like plastic. Especially not at the thin layers we're talking about.
Finally, I think your statement that the bezel is raised only supports the idea that the bezel is painted atop the surface of the glass.
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To raise that tiny little piece of bevel on the top and bottom of the phone, and do all of this wrapping, would be very expensive since it would be pretty sophisticated forming, and from an engineering standpoint, it's a bad idea.
I'd lay money on it being plastic. Easy test, though - go ahead and scrape off your paint and we'll see. I'm not going to do it on mine, though, since it's plastic and will look like hell after that

murso74 said:
its not painted glass or wrap around glass. its a plastic bezel. i know becasue i can lift mine up with my fingernail
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Well, then. I stand corrected. What do you see when you lift it up? Does the glass extend a tad past the plastic bezel? I guess the plastic bezel is just really thin and tapers off into paper-thinness at the very edge where you see the glass.

eyc said:
Well, then. I stand corrected. What do you see when you lift it up? Does the glass extend a tad past the plastic bezel? I guess the plastic bezel is just really thin and tapers off into paper-thinness at the very edge where you see the glass.
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Honestly I can't really tell... Seems like plastic. I can slip my thumb nail between the side glasss and the plastic bezel, but I don't really want to pull to hard. I've been meaning to call moto about a replacement
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This was one of their marketing things at launch it's zero gap where they "fused" the plastic bezel to the glass for that zero gap feel. The problem is that the bezel doesn't come all the way to the edge of the display so it does create an odd line. This is far more obvious on white than black on black it can only really been seen in direct sunlight.
"Motorola’s unique materials story continues on the front with a fused glass-plastic layer. The front glass and touch panel are fused into the plastic lip which rings the top side of the Moto X. They’re not separate parts, but literally fused together into one. Motorola is very proud of this feature since it results in one unbroken surface instead of the usual pressure-fit plastic ring affair with a raised section or gap."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7235/moto-x-review

It's plastic. I'm actually quite surprised it's being debated.
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S7 Edge slanted streak marks on screen randomly??

Heh guys so the story is I went from an alpha glass tgsp to a gpel one. It was running good till in tried putting it into my caselogy wavelength case, despite being slim it cracked the protector. Suffice to say in running the screen with no protector. I have been noticing these streak marks only in direct light. They are slanted and go past the screen to the top bezzle. I can't seem to wipe it off, but fingerprints cover it up. it doesn't seem to be scratches as I can't feel anything and they are too thick so if I was a scratch it would atlest feel uneven. I didn't drop the phone screen first either and I had no contact with glass shards or sand so is this some adhesive or the coating of the screen ??

Screen is which Kind of Glass, Scratch resistance experiences?

Hi
Did Not know they used No ? Glas.
Due to 2.5 temepred glass does Not fit that perfect so i wanted to ask If someone has info about the quality of the used glass against scratches e.g.?
Thx

P10 lite has just normal glass. No scratch resistance what-so-ever. So be very careful with it. Also note that the glass on both the front and back can really easily scratch if using a flip cover. Even though the touch flip covers from Huawei are beautiful, they will scratch the screen if any microscopic little piece of dirt comes between the cover and the screen (and it absolutely will).

dysje said:
P10 lite has just normal glass. No scratch resistance what-so-ever. So be very careful with it. Also note that the glass on both the front and back can really easily scratch if using a flip cover. Even though the touch flip covers from Huawei are beautiful, they will scratch the screen if any microscopic little piece of dirt comes between the cover and the screen (and it absolutely will).
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Source?

Trixanity said:
Source?
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Personal experience with three of the devices. Two using the flip cover from Huawei, one blue and one black (color of the cover). Both have markings from the edges of the flip cover and have multiple small scratches on the screen. It's quite bad. And they've been handled with care.

dysje said:
Personal experience with three of the devices. Two using the flip cover from Huawei, one blue and one black (color of the cover). Both have markings from the edges of the flip cover and have multiple small scratches on the screen. It's quite bad. And they've been handled with care.
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I've heard of multiple devices getting scratches from covers and any type of glass can be scratched. It's obviously cheap glass used on this phone but I doubt it's just 'normal' glass. Perhaps they went for better shatter resistance instead. Huawei isn't saying where they get the glass but I'm assuming it's of Chinese make.
Some of my older phones that had Gorilla glass have been more scratched up than this but that's of course not really saying much. Mine is without screen protection and has no noticeable scratches so I suspect it's the cover you used that did the damage. Wouldn't be the first time.

sharp edges?

Hey guys!
Just received this awesome piece of technology, called oneplus 6t!
Now I just have one point that makes me wonder if it is absolutely normal: do you also have sharp edges? I mean the plastic between the display and the metal frame. It has a small sharp border on all 4 edges.

naja09 said:
Hey guys!
Just received this awesome piece of technology, called oneplus 6t!
Now I just have one point that makes me wonder if it is absolutely normal: do you also have sharp edges? I mean the plastic between the display and the metal frame. It has a small sharp border on all 4 edges.
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It's the screen protector OnePlus has installed on the 6t. I have it too. Waiting for the 3d screen protector from them to replace.

Poloasis said:
It's the screen protector OnePlus has installed on the 6t. I have it too. Waiting for the 3d screen protector from them to replace.
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Nono, I mean the plastic layer between the glass and the metal frame.
I don't like screen protectors so I removed it already

naja09 said:
Nono, I mean the plastic layer between the glass and the metal frame.
I don't like screen protectors so I removed it already
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Did not notice it.

naja09 said:
Nono, I mean the plastic layer between the glass and the metal frame.
I don't like screen protectors so I removed it already
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I do not see this.

Ive taken off screen protectors that have come with OnePlus devices for the longest time because of the sharp edge feel.
Turns out the 6T has a terribly sharp bumper between the aluminum rail and front glass, so now with the screen protector and the protruding bumper, we have double the sharp edges.
Its the sole reason why i havent removed the screen protector this time lol, why get rid of a sharp edge if im still gonna feel it no matter what.
Its super annoying -_-

If you're feeling that second edge, you're swiping WAY too low on the screen.

imatts said:
Ive taken off screen protectors that have come with OnePlus devices for the longest time because of the sharp edge feel.
Turns out the 6T has a terribly sharp bumper between the aluminum rail and front glass, so now with the screen protector and the protruding bumper, we have double the sharp edges.
Its the sole reason why i havent removed the screen protector this time lol, why get rid of a sharp edge if im still gonna feel it no matter what.
Its super annoying -_-
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Yea doesn't feels "perfect".
But thank you for the confirmation. Now I don't have to create a rma