It’s literally one of the first things I do with any LCD type device and for sure the first thing I’ve done with every iPhone and iPod Touch I’ve owned.
What is it?
Placed a screen shield on the screen to protect it. In the past I’ve picked one up when I purchased my device at my local Apple Retail Store. The Power Support Anti-Glare shields that Apple carries in their retail stores is my personal favorite and usually it’s what I have on my devices.
If this news is true it looks like I’ll have to start shopping elsewhere for my screen protectors.
According to a story on iLounge Apple is reportedly set to ban all screen protective film from their fleet of retail stores.
Apple has banned protective screen film from its retail and online stores, iLounge has confirmed with several separate companies, a policy that will affect both cases and individual film packages beginning in May. In communications with vendors that have been ongoing for “some time now,” according to one company, Apple has said that it will remove both film-only solutions from its stores, as well as any case or other accessory that includes film protection as part of its package, such as cases that include film screen protectors. According to sources, the ban will impact all forms of screen film, including completely clear film, anti-glare film, and mirrored film, regardless of whether the purpose of the film is protective, decorative, or both. It will also prevent sales of film for iPods, iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers. One vendor speculated that the ban is an Apple marketing attempt to suggest screen durability, despite scratches that have damaged both plastic and glass displays of its products for years.
I can’t even comprehend the issues this is going to cause with case companies, many of which package a screen shield with their cases. Will they stop doing so all together? Will they have to create two sets of packaging, one for in Apple Stores and one for everywhere else?
Story still developing.
Via iLounge.
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