# Smartphone plastic screen protectors protect better than glass screen protectors?

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**Created:** [October 22, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-plastic-screen-protectors-protect-better-than-glass-screen-protectors/769407 "2016-10-22T22:37:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smartphone-plastic-screen-protectors-protect-better-than-glass-screen-protectors/769407/1 "2016-10-22T22:37:31Z")

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I switched over to glass screen protectors for my smartphones a few years ago because they did not scratch as easily or lift up at the corners over time like plastic and the hard glass surface felt better contact-wise than the plastic film type screen protectors. I’ve had a few of my kid’s glass screen protectors shatter and crack over time and I replaced them figuring they sacrificed themselves to save the phone screen underneath. To me plastic screen protectors were old tech that had been passed by.

Now I see this video and I wonder if I made the right choice. Is plastic the way to go for impact resistance?

[iPhone 7 - Now Shatter Proof?"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmcc-15Z234)