Screen "Ripping Off" ????

Not true. there are screen protectors for the iphone 3G S, which also have the oleophobic coating, and probably the same coating used on the iphone 4. And yet there are screen protectors for the iphone 3G/3G S.

Glass can be scratched depending on where you put it with. I'm using the powersupport HD anti-glare screen protector for my iphone 4 and it's the static type screen protectors so it just sticks. I have not had any issues with the coating coming off from it.

If you are person that does not like scratches then uses the Screen protector.

If silicone type screen protectors cause the coating to come off I think Apple should consider that a problem, I would think wiping it even with a microfibre cloth would cause more damage to the coating then removing a silicone screen protector.

Not very durable if you ask me.

Sorry to conclude... I would say the Apple sales rep has no idea what he is talking about.

The sales rep was clueless. The screen is glass. How is a layer of glass going to peel off if you remove a screen protector?

Apple doesn't consider that an issue. They just don't feel a screen protector is necessary.

Apple is just looking to avoid problems as some screen protectors use liquid and can damage your IPHONE. Apple also wants you to view the screen in its true native resolution not being blocked by a 3rd party screen protector which does diminish the resoltion quality.
Apple will be carrying POWERSUPPORT screen protectors for the IPHONE4 starting in October according to Powersupport. Whether or not they carry all 5 varieties remains to be seen. (yes they have 5 varieties).
Lastly, I'm using Powersupport on my IPHONE4 and its really invisible.

Message was edited by: bushman4