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scratch test anyone?

I'm not going to lie, that was horrendous.
I've watched a lot of horror movies but nothing has made me feel as anxious and sick to my stomach as that just did.

Thank God they're over with... #bubblewrapstheprideandjoy
 
That ain't nothin'. She could have used 10 times the pressure with something a lot sharper than keys and still not touch it.
It took a ton of pressure with the sharp corner of the blade of screwdriver to leave a very faint imperfection on my first SII (the one that I slammed in my van door and ruined. The uninsured one that I only had for a week before destroying)(ever see a grown man cry/throw-up over a cell phone?).
Half the screen was pretty much gone, the other half not even cracked. Good candidate for the scratch test.
 
Staceymobiler said:
HTC One X Scratch Test - YouTube

HTC One X Scratch Test Part 2 - YouTube



enjoy...or cry...whatever lol
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While I appreciate the effort, unless it is fairly sub-par glass keys shouldn't scratch it anyways (glass, or silica, has a Mohs Hardness rating of ~5.5 low-end to 7+ high-end; while the typical alloys in key metal are ~ 3 to 5, and steel can be between 4.5 and ~6.7 or so). I'm not saying the screen is invincible, but keys aren't really a true endurance test (although they are a valid test in terms of usual/likely exposure). What scratches glass screens isn't the metal, it is tiny silica particles found in dust in the air (and trapped in pockets) that get dragged across the screen by metal things like keys with sufficient pressure. The concrete/asphalt scratch tests are much more valid because they contain silica (sand) that actually have a chance of scratching screens.
Has it been confirmed what type of glass this device has? Is it Gorilla Glass, or a next-generation model fortified glass?

Make sure you protect your camera lens protective cover as well! That "glass" on that protrusion may only be polycarbonate plastic and so will micro-scratch easily. I know it is horrendous to cover such a beautifully designed device, but I will (when I get mine) definitely have a cover that is thicker than that protrusion just to make sure...
 
davoid said:
Yes, let's see her scrape a piece of sandpaper across it. ;)
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HA! yeah, I don't want her to actually damage her new little piece of awesome- I just don't want people thinking these things are indestructible because they saw keys did nothing to it, then crying the blues because grass or dust (both contain silica) scratched their screen- or worse, the camera lens...

I must add that I am impressed with the results of the scratch test on the back of the device, it is much tougher than I had thought (they have plastics that are way harder than steel, but they are pretty expensive and I was not expecting to see a hardness of at least 5.5+ for the body)...
 
Haha! Notice how the phone is removed from view to be 'wiped clean' - any bets she has a second unit for the close-ups? :D

Only kidding, or am I? LOL!

Ian
 
JasonC said:
I asked HTC what glass it was when I was at Mobile World Congress and they told me it was Gorilla Glass 2.
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They call it Corning Gorilla glass. Not sure if Corning is the company name but both are copyrighted. Does anyone know if the camera lens is also treated as I panic every time I put the phone down and can't decide which way up until my case comes.

Thanks
 
Gav400 said:
They call it Corning Gorilla glass. Not sure if Corning is the company name but both are copyrighted. Does anyone know if the camera lens is also treated as I panic every time I put the phone down and can't decide which way up until my case comes.

Thanks
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I am the same. I'm so paranoid about scratching the camera lense so I have been really carefull about what surface I put my phone down on.
 
Gav400 said:
They call it Corning Gorilla glass. Not sure if Corning is the company name but both are copyrighted. Does anyone know if the camera lens is also treated as I panic every time I put the phone down and can't decide which way up until my case comes.

Thanks
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Corning is the company name. All I do with the camera lens is put some screen protector over it, problem solved :)
 
JasonC said:
Corning is the company name. All I do with the camera lens is put some screen protector over it, problem solved :)
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Yep, and I would recommend a dry application one so there is no risk of the "orange peel" effect coming through on the pictures (battled that after using part of a zagg on my N1's camera protective glass)
 
s.m.knipe said:
While I appreciate the effort, unless it is fairly sub-par glass keys shouldn't scratch it anyways (glass, or silica, has a Mohs Hardness rating of ~5.5 low-end to 7+ high-end; while the typical alloys in key metal are ~ 3 to 5, and steel can be between 4.5 and ~6.7 or so). I'm not saying the screen is invincible, but keys aren't really a true endurance test (although they are a valid test in terms of usual/likely exposure). What scratches glass screens isn't the metal, it is tiny silica particles found in dust in the air (and trapped in pockets) that get dragged across the screen by metal things like keys with sufficient pressure. The concrete/asphalt scratch tests are much more valid because they contain silica (sand) that actually have a chance of scratching screens.
Has it been confirmed what type of glass this device has? Is it Gorilla Glass, or a next-generation model fortified glass?

Make sure you protect your camera lens protective cover as well! That "glass" on that protrusion may only be polycarbonate plastic and so will micro-scratch easily. I know it is horrendous to cover such a beautifully designed device, but I will (when I get mine) definitely have a cover that is thicker than that protrusion just to make sure...
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Very well said.
Keys have smooth edges they cant even scratch a card board with the pressure that you see applied in the video.
 
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