iPhone 15 Screen Scratching Easily?

Then apply a screen protector to prevent any additional damage.

Go out Amazon.com and look at belt clip cases from a company called Encased. I've kept my iPhone in an Encased Clip case for the last few years. For a good quality screen protector, which is virtually impossible to mess up check Spigen. You get two really good quality protectors for about $16 (also on Amazon).

Me too, went from a 12 pro max to the 15 pro max and within a few weeks I had a pretty significant scratch in the center of the screen and one of my mics went bad. Apple did replace the phone for the bad microphone. I have a screen protector on now. Been rocking an iPhone since the inception of the iPhone. C’mon guys, price goes up, quality control goes down.

I haven't missed any point. And Apple has used the very same glass formula on iPhone for at least the last 3 years. Glass can scratch and if you don't protect it, Apple doesn't warrant against accidental damage. Put a screen protector on your phone to avoid further scratches.

If you want, schedule an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar and show them the scratches. But don't be surprised when all they do is offer to sell you a Belkin Screen Protector on your phone. Apple sells and installs screen protectors in Apple Stores all day long. Why? To protect the very expensive investment people made in their phone. If Apple didn't think there was any reason to put a screen protector on iPhone's, they likely wouldn't sell and install them themselves.

I switch from the iPhone 12 Pro Max to the 15. My 12 Pro Max never had a screen protector and it doesn’t have a single scratch on it after all these years. I’ve had the 15 for a few weeks and it scratches so easily it beyond disconcerting. Screens are a balance between rigidity to protect from scratches and flexibility to protect from drops. This iPhone screen seems to have all the structural integrity of the infamous iPod nano screen.

Thank you for this. I’ve had tons of phones that I use with no case and no screen protector . I’m a professional photographer by trade, so I do not drop things ever. I exercise that same discipline when handling an iPhone. This particular iteration is so egregiously bad when it comes to the touchscreen. It has all the structural integrity of warm butter. We all should expect more from a $1600 device. It’s just not good enough.

Quoting a description isn’t scientific diagnostic of the problem. I can tell from almost 17 years of personal experience with iPhones, (I have worked for Bellsouth/AT&T for all of those years) and have had iPhones since 2007. The difference glass between my iPhone 11 Pro Max and this 15 pro max is night and day. They have 100% gone to a cheaper glass, or have chosen a softer glass that is less likely to crack (though tests show this isn’t the case). Either way, glass that scratches from possible air particulate that is in the pockets of pants is absurd. I would bet a large pot of cash that Apple chose to save money on glass due to economic reasons, which is extremely unfortunate because the glass quality should be second only to internal component quality. It’s a shame they took this route.

All Apple Stores install screen protectors from Belkin on iPhones around the world every day of the week. You can't order an iPhone to come with one on the phone, but you can certainly go to any Apple Store and have one installed by Apple in the store.

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I had an iPhone X without a protector or case since it launched and there is only a small crack in the upper corner from a 6 foot drop on a cement tile floor. Other than that it is fine. I had my 15 since launch and it has two small scratches in the middle of the screen already and it fell off of a couple books, about a 6 inch drop onto my nightstand and it now has a crack across the bottom of the screen. Not sure what they did for this screen but definitely is not the quality of past screens.

Im very religious in buying a case, screen protector and camera protector as soon you buy a new phone. But this time I didn’t know I was going to receive such a fragile object as a phone…which can be easily damaged in less than a week.

My case and camera protectors arrived the second day I was using the phone, but the belkin-like screen protector had 1 week to be delivered.

Somehow, in those days even though I was being mega careful and I never dropped the phone or put it on dirty surfaces…the phone got 3 very small scratches deep enough to be felt with the nail near the middle of my screen.

I have never had this issue before with any previous owned iphone. Last one I had was the SE, and I have been to the beach many times with it without EVER using a screen protector and that phone still has 0 scratches. Unbelievable

Now the screen protector arrived for the 15 and at least the scratches became barely notorious once it was applied.

I really hope this together with the hard case, will prevent the phone from acquiring more scratches or even breaking. I usually change phones every 3-4 years..so we will see.

NetNanna wrote:

I am extremely disappointed to already see scratches on my 20 day old iPhone 15 Pro. The iPhone XS Max that I turned in, although ancient, had no scratches and never had a screen protector. I now have an amFilm Screen Protector but cannot use the lens protectors because the ESR Hybrid Case with Stash Stand will not close with the protectors.

Will the lenses scratch as easily as the primary screen?

The lens covers over your cameras are Sapphire Glass, which is almost impossible to scratch. It is NOT necessary to put lens covers on them and can in fact degrade the quality of your photos if you do.

Same thing happened to my IPhone and Apple Watch. If you let someone else use your device, especially people with long fake nails, your IPhone can get scratched. It can also happen if you were wearing fake nails. If the scratch is small, you can buff it out with an eraser. If it is small, you can also put on a screen protector. Big scratches are something else, though. You may need help from third party companies, which will cost 50-300

ive had my iPhone 15 less than a week and a new leather case with card holder in it and the cards have scratched the screen not good as ive had previously models ive had slide across concrete and not scratch like this.

How do I know what? If you mean that Apple doesn't warranty cosmetic issues, it's because many many many have taken their iPhone to Apple and Apple has almost uniformly denied warranty on scratches. And Apple's actual iPhone Warranty specifically excludes cosmetic damage. Glass doesn't scratch by itself. So it just makes sense to spend a few dollars to protect an iPhone screen from scratches by installing a screen protector.

Hello~ Don’t be rude please. I have a much used iPhone 12 mini that has zero scratches on it as well but only because I put on a screen protector and quality case right out of the box. Take your iPhone back as you are seemingly within the 14 day return window.

~Katana-San~