Already got a micro scratch on my iPhone 14 pro, Does Apple care+ cover micro scratches?

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Glass, which isn't protected can scratch. I wouldn't EVER own an expensive ($1000+ device) without putting a good quality screen protector on it. Every new iPhone I purchase is fitted with a screen protector, before it is ever turned on for the first time.

And I’ve never put a screen protector on any iPhone I have owned, and I’ve never had any scratches, micro or otherwise, on any of my phones.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Glass, which isn't protected can scratch. I wouldn't EVER own an expensive ($1000+ device) without putting a good quality screen protector on it. Every new iPhone I purchase is fitted with a screen protector, before it is ever turned on for the first time.

And I’ve never put a screen protector on any iPhone I have owned, and I’ve never had any scratches, micro or otherwise, on any of my phones.

Certainly your choice, my friend. After my iPhone 6 went without a screen protector and it got lots of micro-scratches, I vowed then and there, every new iPhone I buy will be screen protected out of the box.

I carried with a cloth in my pocket, I am a freak when it comes to this and I am a bit overly cautious that's why I bothered to try getting a trade in, I never have my keys close to my phone, I care about my belonging with minutia, It scratched 1 week in without going outside much, like seriously...

SOMETHING scratched it. The scratch did not appear out of nowhere, without a causative agent. No matter how careful you were, something you did scratched it. My iPhone 14 has ZERO scratches after 5 1/2 months of ownership. And my previous XR has ZERO scratches after 4 years of use.

Yes sure, I haven't changed my lifestyle and usage from previous Iphone, I was more careful with new one vs old one that didn't scratch and it was an iPhone 8 I had for several years; so the only change= new device Iphone 14 pro, with poor screen anti scratching quality. That was the only main change!

0ctantis wrote:

I carried with a cloth in my pocket, I am a freak when it comes to this and I am a bit overly cautious that's why I bothered to try getting a trade in, I never have my keys close to my phone, I care about my belonging with minutia, It scratched 1 week in without going outside much, like seriously...

If a bit of grit gets in your pocket (pretty common in pockets) and gets between the cloth and the screen, the screen could easily get scratched. Pockets are not really great places for phones.

euuuh I want to add that it was an Microfiber Cleaning Cloth, without grit, there is no way a tiny speck of dust could do this because I am no construction worker who touches stuff like that (without meaning disrespect to them), if not a pocket do you carry it floating above your head or?

Unless you are claiming the scratch was on the screen out of the box, the ONLY possibility is that you scratched it. Apply a little logic here. And you appear to be very careful, so if it was scratched out of the box you would have noticed.

0ctantis wrote:

euuuh I want to add that it was an Microfiber Cleaning Cloth, without grit, there is no way a tiny speck of dust could do this because I am no construction worker who touches stuff like that (without meaning disrespect to them), if not a pocket do you carry it floating above your head or?

I'm not a construction worker, either but, when I do my laundry and turn out my pockets , there's lint and grit.

I carry my phone in my messenger bag most of the time.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

I carry my phone in my messenger bag most of the time.

I carry mine in a belt holster with a felt lining. It’s not the height of fashion, but I’ve never had any scratches on any phone. And I have a felt pad on my desk to put it on.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

I carry mine in a belt holster with a felt lining. It’s not the height of fashion, but I’ve never had any scratches on any phone. And I have a felt pad on my desk to put it on.

When I worked for VZW and had to have the phone at hand all the time, I used a belt holster. Best thing ever. Now that I don't need to be that attached, I haven't used one as much.

My screen is a bit scratched because I'm unwilling to worry too much about it. Nothing that interferes with usage or what remaining trade-in value it may have, though.

thanks KaeBFly

I went to the Genius Bar and got the vibe it’s not a rarity

I was trying to be helpful, which you clearly didn't appreciate.

No need to write back. I get you don't care for what I had to say.

Again, take care.......Dude.