iPod Touch passes scratch test

Saturday, Sep. 22 2007 | Author: Griffith

Despite the recently reported problems with it’s screens, one thing that iPod Touch owners can’t complain about is how durable and scratch resistant the front glass is. Charlie White from Gizmodo recently posted an article with a video showcasing exactly how resistant the Touch’s screen is.

The screen was able to “resist” being scratched by a safety pin, a key, and even a razor blade. Although that might not sound like much for some users. When you own a first-gen iPod Nano, like myself, managing to keep your iPod scratch-free is a job on it’s own, so I find this “unadvertised” feature quite good.

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3 Responses for "iPod Touch passes scratch test"

Will your ipod scratch? | blog.spocore.com

September 23rd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
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[...] Of course i have not obtained one myself yet and tried it out to see if it would scratch, but forever geek has. He says that “The screen was able to “resist” being scratched by a safety pin, a key, [...]
capturesteve

September 23rd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
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Very cool article, i’ve always had my doubts about touch screens, but it looks like i wont worry about it with the new ipods(not that i can afford one anyway)
EP

October 13th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
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Cool? I got my 2nd Gen iPod Touch 16G. Unfortunately, I dropped it on a bar table (about 8″ drop). It landed on its corner. My 5-day old iPod Touch glass screen is shattered. Unit still working fine but cannot use without overlay plastic to avoid cutting my finger. It’s frustrating how fragile this thing is. I’ve checked forums discussing this and looks like it’s going to cost about $100 for apple to fix it. Scratch resistant glass is very fragile. Well, looks like your key cannot scratch the surface – however, it’s definitely gonna break it… Palm Pilot PDAs were better designed in term of the touch screen. They are not as scratch resistant as Ipod ouch/Iphones but it will not break if you drop the unit.

Still looking what my option is.