The iPhone 17 lineup includes a new Ceramic Shield 2 with anti-reflective technology, but it turns out standard screen protectors aren’t the best match for the new displays.
iPhone 17 display’s anti-reflectivity is canceled out by most screen protectors
One of the tentpole features of the iPhone 17 line is Ceramic Shield 2. The new display technology is available across iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, and iPhone Air.
Per Apple: “Ceramic Shield 2 [has] a new Apple-designed coating for 3x better scratch resistance and improved anti-reflection to reduce glare.”
In theory, Ceramic Shield 2 should give iPhone 17 users more confidence in going without a screen protector.
Understandably though, lots of us would feel safer adding an extra layer of protection to the pricey new iPhone.
But a study published today by Astropad offers another reason to skip standard screen protectors.
Per the company’s testing, the iPhone 17’s new anti-reflective upgrades are completely lost—and then some—with the average screen protector.
iPhone 16 Pro 3.8% reflective iPhone 17 Pro 2.0% reflective iPhone 17 w/ screen protector 4.6% reflective
In other words, an out of the box iPhone 17 offers nearly twice as good anti-reflection as its predecessor.
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