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Screen Protectors: What Actually Works, From People Who See the Failures
From the bench at iFixPhones — 15 E Central St, Franklin, MA 02038.
What the broken phones have in common
Most cracked screens we see arrived two ways: a corner-first drop on pavement with no case, or a naked phone face-down on tile. A decent case with a raised lip prevents more breaks than any protector.
Tempered glass: yes, the cheap kind is fine
A $10 tempered-glass protector sacrifices itself exactly like a $50 one. What matters is full-adhesive coverage and replacing it when it chips — a chipped protector transfers force instead of absorbing it.
The combo that ends repeat visits
Case with raised edges + tempered glass + not carrying the phone in a back pocket. Customers who adopt all three basically stop coming in — which we consider a win.