Smartphones with "Gorilla Glass" (ex. Driod) - do you still need screen protector?

[Minion785]

I've had my OG Droid uncovered completely nude for two years and there isn't a scratch on the screen.'

However, my Droid 3 has taken a couple tumbles and there is a small crack near the edge of the bezel by the plastic. So Gorilla Glass comes in many flavors?

[mrgigabyte]

i also use a sceen protector on my droidx just to be safe and also seems easyer to clean like other members say too

[B_BODY_1]

Well I had a Photon with gorilla glass and was happy not to put a screen protector on. Then about 4 months later i noticed a nice scratch. Never again will i go with out a screen protector. Also i used a case with belt clip so the screen was protected.

[scottydsntknow]

I've had a screen protector on every smartphone I've had. My DX had just generic Amazon dry apply protectors on it that would start to get scuffed up a bit after 4 or 5 months and swapped out. I thought about going nude until a co-worker's DX fell down a flight of stairs and sustained a HUGE scratch right down the lower middle of the screen. After that on went a Skinomi and you can't even tell it is there and it can take way more of a beating than the $.01 dry apply ones can.

[ShortSxit]

It's all a matter of how you treat your phones--pretty much like whether or not you use a case for your phone. Gorilla Glass screens are pretty tough to scratch. You can take keys, knives, coins, etc. and never get a scratch. But on the off chance you end up with a grain of sand or something else that is equally as hard as glass in your pocket, purse, whatever, the screen will end up scratched.

Personally, my phones have been naked going back to my Storm (ugh, I know.) Never had a scratch including my Droid and TBolt w/ Gorilla Glass.

[scottydsntknow]

Also depends on the environment you work in. I'm an aircraft mechanic and that flight of stairs was on a jet and coated with anti-skid so its a bit more extreme than many places these phones will see. Still, 2 years is a long time and yeah, sand will tear up gorilla glass like nobody's business. A really good screen protector like Skinomi is $5, lasts a looooong time and feels just like the glass unlike the garbage Zagg protectors. I'd rather have to spend $5 even every few months than have a scratch on my screen. A digitizer replacement really isn't that much either but that requires taking the phone apart and I'd rather not even though I have done it twice before to a Galaxy phone and didn't mess anything up.