[Q] Super Amoled Broke Like a Glass

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My Galaxs S fell down from my hand from a 30cm height and the Super Amoled broke like a glass. Do they break often?????

Originally Posted by vijay08

My Galaxs S fell down from my hand from a 30cm height and the Super Amoled broke like a glass. Do they break often?????

It's not "broke like a glass".

It broke because IT IS made of glass.

In case you don't know, glass breaks on impact often.

^ What he said, but to reiterate:

Super AMOLED is only the type of screen producing the images. It is then covered in protective glass, the same as used on the front of the iPhone 4 and most capacitive smartphones.

It doesn't matter whether it's LCD, SLCD, AMOLED or Super AMOLED, they are all then covered in glass with the capacitive touch surface in it. And yes, glass breaks when dropped.

So LCD, AMOLED, etc are the type of pixels used, NOT the type of glass protecting them.

For almost all phones it's wise to get a good case to protect your phone from falls. The new glass type used on the Galaxy S known as 'gorilla' glass simply makes it much harder to scratch, but it will still shatter if hit from the side.

Do they break often you ask.

I'm truly sorry to hear what happened to your phone, but your question would be the same as how often does one drop their phones?

This if borderline trolling imho...

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Sent using my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 using the XDA App

probably they are buying the fake versions, the real ones don't break that easily

Samsung Galaxy S Drop Test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xASJobjD68

too lazy;didn't watch: no it doesn't break easily

Originally Posted by AXIS of Reality

^ What he said, but to reiterate:

Super AMOLED is only the type of screen producing the images. It is then covered in protective glass, the same as used on the front of the iPhone 4 and most capacitive smartphones.

It doesn't matter whether it's LCD, SLCD, AMOLED or Super AMOLED, they are all then covered in glass with the capacitive touch surface in it. And yes, glass breaks when dropped.

So LCD, AMOLED, etc are the type of pixels used, NOT the type of glass protecting them.

For almost all phones it's wise to get a good case to protect your phone from falls.

, but it will still shatter if hit from the side.

i didnt got any scratchs on my 7 months old HD2 (without screen protector)

and on my galaxy s i got two long scratchs on my screen in just 2 weeks

cheap glass

Originally Posted by Aqrab

i didnt got any scratchs on my 7 months old HD2 (without screen protector)

and on my galaxy s i got two long scratchs on my screen in just 2 weeks

cheap glass

Perhaps it's you who did something different to your SGS?

I've had mine for about one and a half month and has no scratches or anything on it. But sure, I haven't thrown it into the ground either.

I know I take a risk but I will live with it.

I never use a screen protector or a case and I have never damaged a single device I have had.

The phone lives in my pocket with nothing else just my flesh on one side and material on the other. You can't get safer then that.

Originally Posted by AXIS of Reality

^ What he said, but to reiterate:

Super AMOLED is only the type of screen producing the images. It is then covered in protective glass, the same as used on the front of the iPhone 4 and most capacitive smartphones.

It doesn't matter whether it's LCD, SLCD, AMOLED or Super AMOLED, they are all then covered in glass with the capacitive touch surface in it. And yes, glass breaks when dropped.

So LCD, AMOLED, etc are the type of pixels used, NOT the type of glass protecting them.

For almost all phones it's wise to get a good case to protect your phone from falls. The new glass type used on the Galaxy S known as 'gorilla' glass simply makes it much harder to scratch, but it will still shatter if hit from the side.

Super Amoled is different from other screens so far. In Super Amoled, the touch sensor is integrated into the Amoled screen this means that the touch sensor is just 0.01mm thin and the glass panel on top of the Sgs is just to protect the Super Amoled underneath.
If you look closely, you can see that there is almost no gap at all between the Super Amoled and the glass panel, unlike on the motorola milestone, there was a huge air gap between the two.


*TSP stands for touch sensor panel