Can an ipad screen be scratched by finger nails?

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I let my girlfriend use my iPad, she was playing a game and being quite violent with the screen, I told her to stop as she is very clumsy, and then later that night I saw my screen had quite a few scratches on it, including one that looks like the curvy shape of a nail, exact same size and shape of a nail... but people keep saying online nails can't scratch glass... are they wrong? it definitely looks like a nail to me and I can't think of it being anything else.
 

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It would take something a lot harder than a fingernail
 

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Most consumers devices with touchscreens have some sort of coating (Gorilla glass for example) that makes them stronger and better able to deal with scratches.

To be able to scratch the screen she must have been using a knife or a blade or some other sharp object..it'd be pretty hard to do it with just fingernails..unless they are trimmed down such a fine point at the end that they act as a blade..
 

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... but people keep saying online nails can't scratch glass... are they wrong? it definitely looks like a nail to me and I can't think of it being anything else.

Are her nails 100% natural...or does she have some sort of nail tip "enhancements". If so, maybe "fake nails" are harder than natural nails...and maybe this could lead to scratching.

I don't know for sure...maybe something to look into if her nails do have "enhancements".

- Nick
 

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Are her nails 100% natural...or does she have some sort of nail tip "enhancements". If so, maybe "fake nails" are harder than natural nails...and maybe this could lead to scratching.

I don't know for sure...maybe something to look into if her nails do have "enhancements".

- Nick

LOL fingernail enhancements. AKA acrylic, and or gel nails.
 

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LOL fingernail enhancements. AKA acrylic, and or gel nails.

Certainly a topic we don't get to discuss very often!!!;) Especially among a predominately male membership (just sayin')!

And hey...I'm not saying if you're a male...that you can't wear "fingernail enhancements"!;)

- Nick
 

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Certainly a topic we don't get to discuss very often!!!;) Especially among a predominated male membership (just sayin')!

And hey...I'm not saying if you're a male...that you can't wear "fingernail enhancements"!;)

- Nick

Don't think I ever seen a guy with finger nail enhancements.
 

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Don't think I ever seen a guy with finger nail enhancements.

If you ever watched a season of America's Got Talent, then you've seen a male with fingernail enhancements. ;)
 

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Don't think I ever seen a guy with finger nail enhancements.

Maybe you haven't exactly "seen" this person "in person"...but I wouldn't be surprised if Marilyn Manson has worn "nail enhancements".

- Nick
 

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If you ever watched a season of America's Got Talent, then you've seen a male with fingernail enhancements. ;)

Maybe you haven't exactly "seen" this person "in person"...but I wouldn't be surprised if Marilyn Manson has worn "nail enhancements".

- Nick

I don't watch much tv and who is Marilyn Manson?
 
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Edward Scissorhands could probably scratch an iPad screen, but I doubt the girlfriend with "enhancements" could. My wife uses the said "enhancements" and goes crazy on her iPad and iPhone and there is not one scratch on either of them. I hear clicking all evening long, nearly every day from her nails.
 
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Is it possible that it's not really scratches but marks left from a nail polish or "nail enhancement"?
 

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Is it possible that it's not really scratches but marks left from a nail polish or "nail enhancement"?

No just finger prints and grease.
 
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It shouldn't be a problem. I have long nails and I haven't scratched my iPad 1 or my phone with em. That and both screens have seen a lot worse than that XP.

Only problem I've ever noticed with long nails is that you can't touch the screen effectively with your fingertips because the nails are in the way. I end up flattening my fingers which can make it awkward to type on the touch keyboard.

Two things if you're super worried tho:

#1. Get a screen protector. That way if you do get scratches the plastic coating will take the damage and you can just peel it off and replace to go back to a scratchless screen.

#2. Try getting one of those iPad styluses. They sell them almost everywhere now. I have one for my iPad and this cute little one I have attached to my phone's headphone jack. They're really helpful with the long nail problem I mentioned, they don't leave fingerprints, and they're a soft rubber tip so it won't scratch your screen.
 

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What? why? O:)

Not knowing who Marilyn Manson is. You probably have no idea who the Kardashians are, or anyone from the show Jersey Shore. Count yourself incredibly lucky, you have avoided a number of blights on the highway of life by not having any brain cells die over these so-called people.
 

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