Ignoring the outrageous price, is this a good quality screen protector for the 17 pro max?
Best Screen Protector for iPhone 17 Pro Max (Clear, Privacy & Options)
Are you putting a screen protector on your iPhone 17 even though Ceramic Shield 2 is more scratch resistant?
PSA: If your iPhone 17 / 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max screen protectors won’t stick on the edges, PLEASE report it to Apple.
Wait, you can recycle tempered glass?
Tempered glass is recyclable but only at the manufacturing level. You can’t put it in your curbside recycling, but tempered glass byproducts can be de-tempered and repurposed in new products. So, yes, our claims of using 30% recycled glass are genuine, but we don’t want to create the impression you can simply chuck your old glass doors, cookware, or screen protectors into the recycling bin.
How much sand does it take to make tempered glass?
By using 30% recycled glass, we’re able to save a ton of sand, literally. Pure 3 is made from 42% sea sand—a highly coveted type of sand that’s also used in everything from concrete and ceramics to golf courses and sports fields. In comparison, our previous line of Pure 2 glass is made from roughly 60% sea sand. With Pure 3, we’re also using less virgin material for our alkali, aluminum oxide, and magnesium oxide additives. And with our competitors scrambling to develop their own recycled glass screen protectors, we’re making the entire industry more sustainable.
How much carbon emission is saved from using 30% recycled glass?
Probably about 15%. According to arecycled glass market research reportfrom The Insight Partners, “every 10% of recycled glass or cullet used in production results in an ~5% reduction in carbon emissions.” While we don’t have independently verified numbers from our factories, this figure is in line with what our manufacturing partners are reporting from the production of our Pure 3 Matte screen protectors.
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Just bought the iPhone 17 Pro Max and I’ve had bad experiences with the Apple Store screen protector it cracked really fast. On my 16 Pro I ended up without any protection, and after one fall the screen cracked and I never fixed it so I had to replace the phone.
This time I want the best screen protector for iPhone 17 Pro Max, something strong but easy to install. I’m also thinking about a privacy screen protector for iPhone 17 Pro Max so people stop looking at what I’m doing in public.
Any recommendations for a reliable iPhone 17 Pro Max screen protector (clear, privacy, or tough edge-to-edge)?
I've been enjoying using my iPhone 17 Pro without a screen protector, the anti-reflective coating is probably the biggest reason but screen protectors also change the feel of the screen a bit in my experience. Zagg is probably the best I've used.
With Ceramic Shield 2 being more scratch resistant this is the first time I am actually considering not having a screen protector at all. What are you guys doing?
I wanted to share my experience because I have now tried more than 14 screen protectors including ESR, Spigen, TORRAS, amFilm, Ailun, and even the official Belkin that the Apple Store installed using their machine. Every single one lifted at the edges (bottom left, the sides, and the top near the speaker).
At the Apple Store, they were initially confident the Belkin would work, but when it started lifting instantly, the manager told me there was “nothing they could do” because they “haven’t heard of this issue.” Since they did not classify it as a manufacturing defect, they refused to replace my device.
This was extremely frustrating because the Belkin protector is the one Apple sells for this phone, so if even that does not adhere properly, something is clearly not right.
When I called Apple Support later, they told me that they have not seen this issue reported internally, so they could not label it as a known defect. For context, Reddit, Amazon reviews, and MacRumors all have threads of users describing the exact same edge lifting problem. What made it even more frustrating is that the Apple Store said they cannot take online reports seriously because “people say anything on the internet” and it is not considered an official Apple source. So they dismissed every example I brought in even though the Belkin protector they installed themselves failed within seconds.
📢 So if anyone else is dealing with edge lifting on the iPhone 17 series, please report it directly to Apple Support.
The more people who report this, the faster it becomes a recognized issue instead of individual cases being dismissed as a simple “screen protector incompatibility.”