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It's a very nice screen, super bright and lovely to look at.

I bought these screen protectors, and they are very easy to install, and look great!

But part of me misses the curved screen. Something about it felt more premium and differentiated from the iPhone.

I still love the 8 Pro though, and have zero regrets.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The 7 pro is the first curved screen I don't hate but to be honest I'd still prefer a flat screen so I can use a proper screen protector.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, the 7 pro was what I had previously, and I agree, other than the S23 Ultra, it had the best implementation of curved screen to date.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have gone without screen protectors for a 4 and a 6. The glass now is different than back in the 2010's. I know it is a big ask/risk and highly dependant on your use case and lifestyle, but you may find that the protector is not actually doing anything any more. All of us are different in how roughly we use phones. I am in the habit of always keeping items in certain pockets, like my front left is always only for my phone, and I have limited physical mobility, so I am not very hard on devices. YEMV

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, glass technology is definitely getting better. But I can never unsee even mirco-scratches, and I don't tend to use a case, so I just take comfort in a screen protector.

I didn't hate the liquid application of screen protectors on curved screens either...it was kinda cool to set those up (even though the fumes were kinda bad).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can attest to this, after last year. Searching hard for screen protector on the pixel 6 Pro. I kept coming across people who said they never ran one. So I finally took it off and have been going naked for the last year with zero issues. I am basically asking for this phone to break so I can get a new one but so far no issues with the display.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trade ya my P6P for your 8 if you missed the curved screens so bad.

Curved screens are the devil and I'm glad Google wised up and are moving away from them

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, I didn't mind the screen on the 6Pro, but the signal left me wanting more 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I feel that lol