iPhone 6 screen easily scratched?

Here are the details on my phone:

Nice Name: iPhone 6 plus (Global / Sprint)

Machine Model: iPhone7,1

Family name: A1524

Group1: iPhone

Group2: 6 plus

Generation:

CPU speed: 1.4GHz

Screen size: 5.5 inch

Screen resolution: 1920x1080 pixels

Colour: Space Gray

Production year: 2014

Production week: 39 (October)

Model introduced: 2014

Capacity: 128GB

Memory - flavour: xx

Memory - maximum total: 1GB

Factory: FK (China, Zhengzhou - Foxconn)

As I stated earlier, several hair line scratches on the top within a weeks use. No drops, no rough housing, I've been fairly careful with the phone out of fear of bending it.

I am no expert but could this not be due to the coating not properly dry or set before selling it?

My phone was manufactured in week 44 Nov and I got it like 14 Nov..... its got a few small hairline scratches in the centre but since then i have not noticed an increase in the scratches..

Just putting it out there!

An interesting point but my phone was three weeks old. I would not have thought any coating would take so long to dry, and if it did, wouldn't Apple know this and hold back on shipping until it had?

Hi, I've been reading some webs and forums, it seems it happens with every new iPhone every time it comes out and it seems to be coating related, IF the scratches are light and thin (though they can be long..)

So, maybe using the phone will remove this earlier scratches.

I protected the 4S from the first days with a screen shield for a year or something, maybe the coating was gone with the shield and after that, for 3 years it was just the strong gorilla, and therefore it was scratch-free for the rest...

Just a theory ..

and here is how to apply a new coating layer to a smartphone:

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+apply+anti-fingerprint+oleophobic+coating/96 82

It could be interesting doing a test with an old device, applying a think layer (3-4 as iFixit says) and then trying to make a litgh scratch.

Will it be answer?

But then, why all those videos of people trying to scratch an iPhone doesn't succeed making the lightest?

Fakes?

iPhone 6, white (or silver or whatever its called).

Got several scratches from careful use. Do not understand how they got there. I treat my phone very carefully.

Why in the world is the iPhone 6 screen so much worse at this?

Until now there are 26 entries in the Google-Docs Form.

You can find an overview about the results here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16BCZkB48si0MkYvP-XLlF2H8SHed6v6kAqjQBz44xrU/vie wanalytics

and just to remember all new readers:

Collecting Data about scratched iPhone in a Google-Docs Formular

Here is the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16BCZkB48si0MkYvP-XLlF2H8SHed6v6kAqjQBz44xrU/vie wform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link

To find out the data for your phone use this link: http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

Thanks, Mattiphone. Is there a way for us to bring this to the attention of Apple once we collect more responses? I know that they do not monitor these discussions...

Thanks for starting the document. My scratches are long and light, right in the middle.

I filled out the form with this info:

Nice Name: iPhone 6 (GSM/North America)

Machine Model: iPhone7,2

Family name: A1549

Group1: iPhone

Group2: 6

Generation:

CPU speed: 1.4GHz

Screen size: 4.7 inch

Screen resolution: 1334x750 pixels

Colour: Space Gray

Production year: 2014

Production week: 34 (August)

Model introduced: 2014

Capacity: 128GB

Memory - flavour: xx

Memory - maximum total: 1GB

Factory: DN (China, Chengdu - Foxconn)

Two months in and I still have no scratches. Here's the info on my phone if it matters:

Nice Name: iPhone 6 (GSM/North America)

Machine Model: iPhone7,2

Family name: A1549

Group1: iPhone

Group2: 6

Generation:

CPU speed: 1.4GHz

Screen size: 4.7 inch

Screen resolution: 1334x750 pixels

Colour: Space Gray

Production year: 2014

Production week: 34 (August)

Model introduced: 2014

Capacity: 64GB

Memory - flavour: xx

Memory - maximum total: 1GB

Factory: DN (China, Chengdu - Foxconn)

So you keep saying, which begs the question why have you been closely monitoring a 40 page thread about screen scratches if you don't have a problem? The only reason I found this thread was because I googled my problem. Are you also monitoring every other conceivable fault thread, eg battery overheating, home button sticking etc?

EddieSmith1010101 wrote:

So you keep saying, which begs the question why have you been closely monitoring a 40 page thread about screen scratches if you don't have a problem? The only reason I found this thread was because I googled my problem. Are you also monitoring every other conceivable fault thread, eg battery overheating, home button sticking etc?

Simple:

1. Because I am interested in what people are experiencing and I actually help people on this forum (how many points do you have??)

2. Because I can

3. Because I think it helps to show that not ALL iPhone 6 screens are scratching

You have any other questions?

Help without accusations is good, certainly not knocking you for that. No further questions : )

Add me to the list. 6+, Space Grey. Never had the issues on any other iPhone. Inexplicably getting scratches on the corners and on the screen. Hairline but annoying as heck. So disappointing. Apple Chat guy said he'd never heard of the problem. That's when I googled "iPhone 6+ scratches" and found this thread. I sent it to him so he can no longer say he's "never heard of the problem".

Let me join the club:

had iphone 4 and iphone 5 for 2+2 years, normal use nothing maybe one tiny, partially visible scratch at the bottom of the screen

Iphone 6: less than a week of very careful use, a visible scratch and no idea how/when I got it. Suspect the quality of the glass isn't as good as its predecessors. My wife has her iphone 6 floating in her purse and no scratch at all, maybe i was just unlucky.