Why phone screens aren’t made of plastic or another transparent, hard-to-break material?

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My issue is with glass smashing into pieces under the smallest falls

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Some foldables use plastic screens

But it is really not making the screen as durable as one would think

Anonymous 0 Comments

Some foldables use plastic screens

But it is really not making the screen as durable as one would think

Anonymous 0 Comments

They used to be.

They’d scratch when you even looked at them funny. Moving to glass was a huge advancement in the field. Heck, we’ve moved to the backs of phones being made of glass rather than plastic or metal a lot of the time because we all just hate scratches.

Anonymous 0 Comments

They used to be.

They’d scratch when you even looked at them funny. Moving to glass was a huge advancement in the field. Heck, we’ve moved to the backs of phones being made of glass rather than plastic or metal a lot of the time because we all just hate scratches.

Anonymous 0 Comments

They used to be.

They’d scratch when you even looked at them funny. Moving to glass was a huge advancement in the field. Heck, we’ve moved to the backs of phones being made of glass rather than plastic or metal a lot of the time because we all just hate scratches.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Because companies like Apple make more money from services (such as replacing cracked screens) than sales

Anonymous 0 Comments

Because companies like Apple make more money from services (such as replacing cracked screens) than sales

Anonymous 0 Comments

Because companies like Apple make more money from services (such as replacing cracked screens) than sales

Anonymous 0 Comments

Plastic isn’t a very stable material. It scratches pretty easily. Older devices used plastic because glass wasn’t as tough as it is today. It’s still used today for things like industrial use. It also doesn’t age very well. Glass is stable and won’t yellow/degrade over time. Plastic also isn’t as clear/crisp as glass and it can warp, especially with heat.

Glass is pretty much the best material for a touch screen after plastic. Any other transparent material is either more expensive or not as stable/tough.

Also, to clarify, not all glass is the same and “fragile”. Glass is a very diverse material. Yes, they’re all made from silica. But they are also doped with various metals that give them different properties that impact its toughness and how shatter resistant it is. Gorilla Glass for example is used for handheld devices because it has been doped with potassium that makes it shatter resistant.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Plastic isn’t a very stable material. It scratches pretty easily. Older devices used plastic because glass wasn’t as tough as it is today. It’s still used today for things like industrial use. It also doesn’t age very well. Glass is stable and won’t yellow/degrade over time. Plastic also isn’t as clear/crisp as glass and it can warp, especially with heat.

Glass is pretty much the best material for a touch screen after plastic. Any other transparent material is either more expensive or not as stable/tough.

Also, to clarify, not all glass is the same and “fragile”. Glass is a very diverse material. Yes, they’re all made from silica. But they are also doped with various metals that give them different properties that impact its toughness and how shatter resistant it is. Gorilla Glass for example is used for handheld devices because it has been doped with potassium that makes it shatter resistant.