Does the iphone 12 scratch easily?

I dropped it from knee height as it was sitting on a shelf and I did jumping jacks. Deep level 7 scratches maybe even 8. The floor is broken a bit but is that fake plastic wood

Is the new one any better or are you now going to use a screensaver? So disappointed.

Thank you!

This is exactly what happened to me

As usual a lot of people have said their screens are showing scratches. I have had my iPhone 12 pro max Spence release day with no screen protector (the cheap ones I ordered did not arrive until yesterday). No scratches or nicks or anything. Same thing with my moms. So unless I’m super lucky (and always have been. Never had an iPhone screen scratch) I don’t know if it’s universally easy to scratch. Will the screen scratch? Of course it can and if you’re not careful it likely will. But a cheap $5.99 6 pack of SuperShieldz or any other cheap screen protector (glass or the thin sheets) will help eliminate the worry

Jazzzaaa wrote:

I’m disappointed with the screen they sold me a lie they said it was ceramic screen not easy to crack ?

Did it crack or scratch? Two different things.

This article is older but still applies; in short modern phone screens are somewhat easier to scratch than old ones because they are a bit softer and thus less likely to shatter if dropped.

The Verge: WHY YOUR BRAND-NEW SMARTPHONE WILL SCRATCH JUST AS EASILY AS YOUR OLD ONE

Stephen-Worcester wrote:

I though the iphone 12 was supposed to have some better scratch resistance.

Better scratch resistance than the iPhone 11, and far less likely to shatter.

However a scratch protector is always recommended.

The screen is stronger… when it comes to shatter-resistance.

Glass either has higher scratch resistance (but is more brittle and prone to shattering) or the reverse.

Since scratches can be prevented with a $30 screen protector but shattering cannot, it makes much more sense to focus on shatter resistance.

Yep. Had the phone 1 day, already has a scratch right in the center of the screen. If Apple were a decent company, they would offer a free screen replacement for the 12’s. For the amount of money these things cost, they should withstand normal use without damage. I haven’t even had a chance to put the protector on yet, but in all honesty, you shouldn’t have to even do that if it were a decent product.

Apple, DO BETTER!

Apply a screen protector before you even turn it on for the first time, it's just common sense.

It's like saying "I've never been in a car accident before, I'll get insurance when I have a chance" when driving a new car off the dealer's lot.

That’s a bad analogy. We are not having scratches caused by accidents, but normal use. If I drove my new car off the lot and it was rusty a week later, would you tell me I should have paid for the rust protectant or should it have been high enough quality to not rust under normal use?

No, actually, I'd tell you all cars rust to some degree, it's expected.

Nevertheless, if your phone scratched it was because you chose not to apply a screen protector and performed some operation that scratched it that involved abrading the screen with something harder than 5.5 on the Mohs hardness scale (the hardness of the iPhone front glass); there's no other way it can occur.

Note the most common mineral in sand, which is the most likely source of a hard material in your pocket or unknowingly on your finger, is quarts, Mohs 7.

Again, why?

Because glass can be scratch-resistant and brittle or more scratch prone and less brittle.

You can apply a $30 screen protector to prevent scratches; you can't do anything other than use a case to prevent the screen from shattering if dropped, and most prefer to spend $30 on a protector than pay hundreds of dollars to replace a shattered screen.

Steel will scratch alumninum; I personally had an iPhone 11 Pro Max with lots of scuffs around the Lightning port.

YES! It’s too late for me hope, it’s clearly a manufacturer defect!