Apple charges $379 to replace the screen it says is durable enough to go naked. Apple's new VP of Hardware Engineering, Tom Marieb, just told TechRadar that seeing a screen protector on an iPhone makes his "skin crawl." His team spent years on Ceramic Shield 2 and hates watching people cover it with a $10 slab of tempered glass. The customer is doing cleaner math than the engineer. A cracked iPhone 17 Pro Max screen costs $379 out of warranty. A protector costs $10. If it prevents one crack…

Dexerto@Dexerto13h ago

Apple's hardware boss says seeing people put screen protectors on their iPhones makes his "skin crawl" The company says it works hard to make its displays durable enough without them https://t.co/ke63aSWhSH