Tempered glass, hybrid glass or film - which is better?

Nowadays we take our smartphones with us literally everywhere, making them exposed to all sorts of dangers lurking at every turn. The most vulnerable to scratches, cracks or dirt is the screen, with its damage apparently affecting the comfort of use. As you know, even the cheapest screen protection will be better than none at all. So which option should you choose to best protect the front panel of your device? Tempered glass or a film? Or is it worth investing in hybrid glass?

Protective film:

With a protective film, we will gain the most aesthetic, least visible, but not necessarily the best protection. This solution, unfortunately, is not the most advantageous due to the thickness of the coating that the film forms, and there is a relatively low strength. The downside is also the difficulty of installing the film on the screen. A lot of hard-to-remove "bubbles" may form, through which our protective layer will not stick as it should, which also means it will not be as effective as it could be. It is worth noting that this is one of the cheaper and more effective options for protecting the front panel of a smartphone, where it is heavily curved.

Tempered glass:

Tempered glass is a much better protection than film, but less aesthetically pleasing, by being thicker and much more visible on the device, which will bother some users. A big advantage of this type of protection is the ease of installation, as long as our device has a flat front panel. If our smartphone has rounded edges, the matter gets a bit more complicated and no longer everyone will be able to cope with the installation themselves. Importantly, the tempered glass can be removed and put on repeatedly, so you can safely make several attempts in case of failure.

Hybrid glass:

Hybrid glass combines the flexibility and thickness of a protective film with high hardness, slightly inferior to glass. Thanks to this combination, it ranks perfectly between standard tempered glass and protective film. An important advantage of this form of protection is that thanks to its high flexibility the glass does not shatter or break, so it lasts a long, long time. Another plus is that hybrid glass is a slim product, making it virtually imperceptible when using the device. It is also easy to install, but has a slightly increased susceptibility to surface scratches compared to tempered glass.

So which solution should you choose? It already depends on the individual tastes of each user, how vulnerable the screen is to scratches or cracks and what budget we want to allocate to protect the front panel of our smartphone. However, it is worth remembering that any protection is better than none! All types of glasses and also cases for iPhone 12 you will find in the corresponding section:)