welcome! I do recommend that you get a screen protector. You never know what could happen. It also provide some protection from breakage. It also increase the value of the phone if you decide to sell it.

 

Hello Mate, do you have a link for the case you got? I have been looking around but they all seem to be the "jelly" type ones and not the hard, rigid ones.

Thanks

 

Do you know where you read this??

 

My Messages do the same thing. Samsung, pls fix! ;o)

 

I made the same jump and I am very happy with my SGSII.

The screen already appears to have an oleophobic coating. It doesn't collect fingerprints anywhere near as much as my iPhone did and when it does, I can wipe them off with any cloth material, not just a microfibre cloth.

Out of interest, why do people bother with cases and screen protectors?

One of the things I like about the phone is how slim it is. Putting it in a case just makes it fat and awkward to answer the phone. Screen protectors seem completely pointless on a hard glass screen. What do they actually do?

 

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a case will stop the phone from getting scuffs as it appears to get scuffs/scratches easily, only plastic . screen protector.... i get one for just piece of mind to be honest. I know its gorilla glass but hey nothing it perfect uno

 

i still think its how you treat your phone. The missus and i have always had the same phone for the same duration. my case is still near new lookin where the missus is bent backward and stuffed. my screen has a couple of tiny scratches after 2 years of use, hers is scuffed to the living end from smashing the screen on some game.

Bottom line is, i look after my shit, she doesnt. she gets a protector with the new phone, i wont bother.

 

Is a screen protector necessary, it has gorilla glass doesn't it?

 

I'd say it probably isn't necessary, but considering that if you can put a screen protector on carefully without bubbles (an art form I still struggle with - seemingly only ninjas can accomplish this!) then I'd say get a protector.

Think how annoyed you'd be if you dropped it and chipped it on some gravel or forgot keys were in the same pocket and put a nice big scratch down the centre.

I'd be quite cross with myself to say the least!

 

I guess so, though I've always been super careful with my phones so never had a problem. although now i have said this i have probably jinxed myself!

 

I think my Desire had gorilla glass (happy to be proved wrong) and that still got scratched

 

It's really down to how careful you are.

For example, I never put my iPhone down on a hard surface as I didn't want to scratch it and after two years, you would have to look at it in very bright light with a magnifying glass to see any scratches but I have friends who would put a brand new

 

For clarification, it's Gorilla Glass with Oleophobic Coating.

With all due modesty, I'm a pro at applying screen protectors, yet that said I cannot stand them. And I've tried so many it's crazy.

At the end of the day, I've gone nearly a full year with my iPhone 4 (Oleophobic) without a screen protector, carrying it in my front pocket and it's as perfect as the day it came out of the box.

I don't use them on any of my Android phones either.

Instead I have re-framed how I think of the topic. If for some reason (like a drop, or whatever) I should get a scratch in the screen I can always make it better by covering it with a screen protector. That's what one of my friends (who's hard on things) does and it works pretty well.

Finally I do not like the loss of precise tactile feedback one gets from a nice Oleophobic screen, if it's covered.

It's simply not the same with a protector.

That's my take anyway