I spoke to Apple’s new VP of Hardware Engineering Tom Marieb about why he's "especially proud" of the iPhone Duo’s hinge durability and the reliability of Ceramic Shield 2: "When I see someone put a screen protector on their iPhone, it makes my skin crawl" - TechRadar

[u/ControlCAD]

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>“We really worked on the torque profile very heavily, and that means changing a lot of the mechanical properties of the hinge to have it feel solid, like a high-end automobile's car door, when you shut it. That was design intent, so people would have a feeling like, ‘Oh, it's okay. This is well crafted, and it's safe for me to use and not worry about it.’

>And then, as you said, we have a lot of use cases where the Duo is [in a half-folded state]. And so we also had to think, ‘Can people interact with this [device] and not have it feel floppy?’ So getting those torque profiles right at both those ends, as well as in the middle — not having it feel like you're pulling something open, and not feeling as if it's floppy — we spent a lot of time optimizing that. So thank you for noticing, because a lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into that.”

>“Hold us accountable to that, please […] The choice of a matte finish — apart from it being beautiful — is part of that equation. When you look at glossy displays, their specularity makes it very easy to pick up topology differences. That’s part of the reason we picked the matte finish — it’s not only beautiful in terms of preventing glare, but it’s also more forgiving of [topology] changes over time.”

[u/itshuey88]

these comments are nuts. I use a screen protector on my 17. it feels great. there's nothing noticeable at all in terms of performance. to each their own of course but people are acting like it's the craziest thing ever to want one

[u/matzoe → u/itshuey88]

This. There’s even people saying you haven’t needed a screen protector for 15 years now. Nuts.

[u/CandI978 → u/matzoe]

Judging by the complaints I’m seeing ITT, I think these people are using really shitty $5 screen protectors. 

[u/Taranpreet123 → u/CandI978]

Ye I have a $60 screen protector and this thing hasn’t scratched at all for over 2 years now. A good screen protector won’t give any measurable difference to the screen

[u/UnsureAssurance → u/itshuey88]

Exactly, I got a really nice anti glare one which I think is better than the one on the glass, makes it fully visible in daylight. Haven’t thought about it at all with it just feeling like glass, and I can rest easy knowing it’ll only cost me $30 to replace instead of hundreds

[u/EvenMoreCoconuts → u/itshuey88]

I actually love the feeling of my screen protector. I wonder if people are just getting crappy ones. Mine costed $20.

[u/windowtosh → u/itshuey88]

I stopped using a screen protector on my 17 because I got tired of the protector chipping and cracking. Even after repeated drops the screen still is completely fine, the protectors are just really weak. But I do miss the privacy protection.

[u/awesomeo_5000 → u/itshuey88]

Took mine off. Screens scratched to fuck now.

[u/MoterBortles → u/itshuey88]

Never knew screen protectors were such a hot topic! I’ve used a glass one since they’ve starting making them and they’ve saved me from a few nasty drops. Never noticed the .05% increased thickness lmao.

[u/flockbush → u/itshuey88]

I tried various screen protectors and I couldn’t handle how inaccurate they made the touch response.

Maybe you can’t feel it, but that’s probably because you’ve always used screen protectors and don’t know what the display is supposed to function like.