iPhone glass protection. Do they work?

So my iPhone 6 fell out of my shirt pocket the other day and the glass cracked.

About a month ago, my wife dropped her phone and practically shattered the glass.



Both phones were taken to my local Apple Store. Each was repaired for $109 + tax (in a two hour window).

No real complaints about any of this as my family has gone YEARS without any such problems.

But with the two incidents coming back-to-back I am having a ton of people tell me that I should buy some type of screen protection--such as Z Glass--to help prevent glass breakage.

Do these various clear plastic screen films actually provide protection?

 

All right...

That was uncalled for!

That was a shot of my WIFE'S busted phone screen. She has, uh, interesting e-mail issues...

 

Or...as she just explained to me: "I have a lot of friends!!"

"I just don't read all their e-mails!!!"

 

Thanks, Terry.

Yeah, we both have cases on our phones. And I think they have done a pretty good job at keeping our screens/phones safe. It's just a strange coincidence that we both cracked our screen about a month apart after years of unbroken glass.

The other things those cases do is protect the lens of the camera (which protrudes from the back of the iPhone case). You really need that bit of thickness to keep the lens from getting scratched every time you lay the phone on a surface.

I'm just curious about people's experiences with those display protectors.

 

Huh.

So, in your friend's case, the glass protector really did the job and saved his screen. Much like larrdog's story above.

I think I should really give these a serious look. I haven't taken any action yet.

 

An update of sorts.

My son gave my wife and I each screen protectors for Christmas (after the above disasters!). Specifically, these:



But, unfortunately, I never took the bull by the horns and actually installed them. I guess that's an important part of the process.

And, you guessed it! My wife dropped her phone again the other day and shattered the glass...again. Another repair at the Apple store. The price has also gone up (to $129, I think).

So the protectors are now assuredly installed on both our phones and I will report back with any further updates--as events warrant.

 

I forget where she dropped it the first time. But the second time was on a hard floor at the mall (the same mall which contains our local Apple store!). She drops it ALL the time (sometimes even outside on pavement). She's forever holding it in her hand--not unlike a 16-year old girl!

 

THAT'S interesting. My wife even talked about "why don't they have wrist straps?" after she broke her 2nd screen.

To me, that would just be a major PITA.

 

I'll be sure to show that to her tonight!

Again, I think it would be nothing but a PITA. But everybody's different!

Thanks, Clint!

 

Hey Clint! Showed her last night and she is 100% on board. All she can say is that "if I'd had one of those before, we'd have saved $200!" In fact, when she was one of the many images on the site which displays the product, she said, "that's just how I hold the phone when it slips out of my hand!"

If I don't find something cheaper, I might be ordering one of those very straps from that page. Tomorrow IS her birthday, after all!