The second half of the page is more of the same. Pretty sure you don't need a special kit to wipe your screen with a little rubbing alcohol.
I do not believe for an instant that "a couple of years ago" searching "phone screen cleaner" returned anything but ads for special products either. Maybe more like 15 years ago.
Don’t use alcohol to clean your screen. It will destroy the oleophobic coating and your phone will become a fingerprint magnet. Just wipe it on your shirt or pants, or if it’s really a problem a plain dry tissue (not one of those moisturized ones)
If you really “need” a liquid just use water.
True, but only if:
a) Your phone/screen protector ever had an oleophobic coating
b) Your phone is <1 year old, by which time the coating will wear off anyway.
I don't think it really matters in most cases.
All modern phones have an oleophobic coating. Honestly I don’t think I’ve ever encounter a glass touch screen phone without one. I’m pretty sure even my iPhone 3G had one because I remember it getting dirty faster as it got older. Same with screen protectors. I’ve encountered a few that obviously had no sign of a coating, but most have something. The dollar store one definitely didn’t.
And idk about you, but the coating on my phones last a lot longer than a year. Maybe it’s down to how I take care of my devices but the coating lasts a lot longer than a year. My previous phone I had it for only 2 years but its coating was still going reasonably well when I sold it. That was with a screen protector though and I could easily just swap that out for another 2+ years.
Don’t? I don’t work in healthcare or with a lot of sick people, and I keep myself clean so I don’t worry about it.
Plus in theory the coating helps repel bacteria a tiny bit. https://www.thierry-corp.com/plasma-knowledgebase/oleophobic-coating
I just feel like my phone is the dirtiest thing around, I'm constantly touching it, leaving it on random surfaces, in the grass, etc. I can't wash my hands as often as I touch my phone, so it gets dirty (and my work dirties my hands and I often need to use it quickly)
So idk I use Windex on it
I don’t do any of those things with my phone. It’s either in my pocket, in my hand, or maybe back down on a table, but never screen down.
But I’m also a freak and religiously wipe my thumb on my shirt before touching my phone to minimize streaks.
I absolutely do not care in any way about an oleophobic coating which has probably been gone for years. But it would not stop me from cleaning a brand new phone periodically because phones are pretty gross and the oleophobic coating is not going to last anyway.
I can't avoid doing them so