[jdc0589]

scratches. its all about scratches.

any poly will scratch pretty easily compared to glass, which is a bad thing when its a lens you are looking through. You could make the argument they could just design an easily replaceable poly lens at a reasonable price, but.....its 2024 device manufacturers hate the idea of any user replaceable parts.

[skyyler]

JerryRigEverything did his usual scratch test with an AVP and the "front glass" scratches with picks of Mohs hardness 3... What kind of poor quality glass is this? Maybe it's just the coating that failed?

[postalrat]

Do you wear glasses or know someone who does? Most of us have plastic lenses with an anti-scratch coating. It works pretty well.

What advantage would there be to switch from plastic lenses for practical items like glasses to glass lenses with a thin soft plastic coating?

[jdc0589]

I don't, and the couple people I'm close to that do have glass lenses. But, my sample size is pretty bad.

I legitimately didn't know it was that common; I had to switch to glass lens non-prescription sunglasses a few years ago because even the upper end plastic ones weren't durable enough for me.

[gpm]

The part that is cracking is plastic on the outside glass on the inside, it doesn't get the scratch resistance benefits.

[jbverschoor]

You don't have to have a full cover.. Only the cameras would need to have a window of (sapphire)glass. The rest of the ski-mask could easily be plastic, as it's only used to display eyes.

My guess is that it gives them a few cycles to improve the weight. The iPhone X was a monster in terms of weight