Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max
Good news, everyone: Apple’s Polishing Cloth supports the iPhone 15 Pro Max
Rest easy — the Polishing Cloth works on the new phone.
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I had to Google this because I didn't believe it was a real product.
Why on Earth would you buy one of these? You can literally wipe your phone screen with a microfibre cloth and you can buy a bunch of them for about £2.
Or do what everyone does and wipe back and forth real fast on your shirt
Been doing that for a lot of years, never had an issue.
Shirt doesn't get it as clean and clear as a microfiber cloth. I have a few very large microfibers that I keep around the house and at least one in the car.
Also, shirt can and will scratch the screen, maybe not noticeable at first but over time it will do damage.
Eh it gets it clean enough for my purposes (no fingerprints). And I always have a screen protector on my devices so if anything it's damaging that. I've had a smart phone since an old-school Blackberry World Edition from shit...2007? Though I guess my first touch screen one was a Blackberry Storm a year later. Regardless, never had any issues whatsoever. That's obviously anecdotal but still.
I think I got ny first blackberry around the same time. Still have my 9700 around here somewhere and last time I checked it still worked. Maybe I notice it more but the shirts I wear don't clean my glasses or my phone very well, all they do is move the oils around and it isn't as clear as it can be.
I've stopped worrying about screen protectors with the latest editions of gorilla glass.
I’ve been cleaning my iphone XS with my shirt for 5 years straight and the screen isn’t scratched at all.
It may not look scratched to your eye but unless you are only using pure cotton fabric and not cleaning the screen while wearing any of the moisture wicking work out shirts that are full of plastic, it's most definitely scratched by now. Especially if you have been using the same phone for 5 years.
With the hardened glass going into phones combined with the oleophobic coatings they get, you really aren't likely to do a bit of damage for the light rubbing you need to get oils off the screen.
This shows that you don't actually understand how these hardened glasses actually work. They can most definitely still be scratched even if it's micro abrasions. Plus the oleophobic coating doesn't protect against scratched, it helps prevent fingerprints and that coating along with any others will get worn down even faster.
The oleophobic coating means the oil should come off quickly with fewer passes by your shirt, because it doesn't really adhere to the screen like it would without the coating. So just less chance for abrasion over the lifetime of the glass due to less rubbing.
Right but that coating can come off with an abrasive cloth. The oleophobic coating doesn't last forever and between our hands, pockets, etc, it eventually wears down. Polishing the screen with an abrasive fabric (even if it doesn't feel abrasive to you) only hastens that wear.
Holy shit is the ignorance palpable here.
I'll bet you blew into your game cartridges as well and still have no idea that was the cause of the issues with games.
I'm done here. You have no idea when to shut up and stop mumbling over your own foot.
Bro it's just a thread on social media. Why so angry? I'm sure you're a smart reasonable dude but resorting to personal attacks is unwarranted.
If we used to be able to clean screens with a cloth, and now need a microfiber to not damage it, that means it was a downgrade.
You've always "needed" a soft cloth to clean glass of any kind. This is not a downgrade, it's doing the best you can to preserve things.
I wonder how many people in these threads also use vinegar to clean their led/lcd tvs and monitors? If you are, stop it. It's also not a downgrade to not use acid.
As I said in another comment. Most clothing now has plastic in it, that is way more abrasive than pure cotton.
You haven't the foggiest idea of what you're talking about. I could polish my glass screen with sandpaper if I do it right. It's just different types of polishing, and Myth Busters proved you can polish a turd.
So please, shut the fuck up.
Damn. Way to double down on the ignorance. You should really re-watch that episode of Mythbusters because iirc they had to freeze it or something to get it to take a polish.
You my good sir are the one who needs to shut the fuck up. Either shut up or go film yourself polishing your phone screen with sandpaper. Your choice.
you have to use a clean 100% cotton t-shirt and you blow on the surface first to fog it up and that prevents scratches. Been wiping phone screens and eyeglasses this way without scratches for 40 years now. My iphone 6 screen is still almost spotless, even. I hate any smudges or micro scratches in my glasses it drives me crazy so i am cleaning them constantly and can attest to this method.
So you always wear a perfectly clean 100% cotton shirt? More clothing than you realize has plastic in it these days and can be very abrasive.
I've been doing the same for nearly as long. Maybe you don't wear glasses with any of the extra coatings on it, I do and can tell you that it will scratch them. I've never had a shirt get any glass as clean as a microfiber cloth or towel.
I didn't describe my wardrobe at all. But I only clean my glasses or phone when I an wearing a 100% cotton tee, which is most of the time.
I have had 'coke bottle' glasses since the 70's and usually have the lightweight poly lenses with an array of coatings.
I have had one unfortunate pair of glasses (out of about 25) from a place in Seattle that got ruinously scratched up within months of owning them but outside of that pair once I learned to fog the lens before wiping and only use 100% cotton I have been scratch free on both my glasses and phones.
I have never had any problem with scratches on iphones or galaxies using this method and I tend to keep my phone longer than most. I devote my right front pocket for phone only and always pocket it screen-in.
I really hate scratches :)
Fine print: use of non-Apple cleaning tools voids warranty.
Well, this looks more premium. I'd be willing to buy it for up to 5 bucks.
Edit: $19, way too much
Part of me is curious what could possibly make it so expensive. The other part knows it's just Apple tax. Both parts would like to touch it.
They put extra worker exploitation in this one
I have one (came with my display) and it works really well. Plus it’s safe for their nanotextured displays (which are sensitive to having their nanotexturing worn off by cloth that’s even mildly abrasive).
Like when I put my phone in and out of my pocket? Lol
More like when someone leaves a fingerprint on actual professional image editing equipment (refer to this insightful post by another lemmyng) and just rubbing spit on the screen will damage to screen.
For a phone screen, this cloth is overkill and absolutely unnecessary. You should put a sacrificial glass screen over expensive-to-replace phone screens anyway.