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Only a plain one. Ordinary tempered glass reflects around 4.5% of light (TORRAS Lab), which is why a glossy protector turns the screen into a mirror in the sun. SunView AR, SunView AR Ultra and OrigArmor AR carry a 7-layer anti-reflective coating that TORRAS Lab measures at under 0.8%, with 94.5% light transmittance and ≤0.2% haze on SunView — so you keep the anti-glare look and add the scratch protection the bare panel lacks. It's a clear coating, not a matte frost: colors stay true.

Pick by what you do with the phone. Outdoors and glare: SunView AR ($27.99, case-friendly 2-pack) or SunView AR Ultra ($39.99, edge-to-edge 2-pack). Drops: HD Shield Ultra ($29.99 2-pack) — 3X shockproof, 12 ft drop-rated, MIL-STD-810H. Privacy: Privacy Shield Ultra ($34.99 2-pack) — clear head-on, dark past 25°, plus the same 3X shockproof core. Flagship AR with 3D full coverage: OrigArmor AR ($34.99, single). Thin and simple: HD Shield Case-Friendly ($24.99 2-pack). Same 365-day warranty on all of them.

A protector is a sacrificial layer — it is supposed to crack instead of your display — but it shouldn't go on the first knock. HD Shield Ultra and Privacy Shield Ultra use a 3X shockproof core rated to 12 ft and MIL-STD-810H; HD Shield Ultra survived 14,000+ drops in TORRAS Lab with zero cracks. SunView AR is 10 ft shatterproof on a NanoMesh honeycomb layer. And because every 2-pack ships with the spare, a cracked sheet is a two-minute swap, not a warranty claim, a shipping fee and a wait.

Don't count on it. Apple's spec sheet lists near-identical dimensions, but case makers on Reddit report the 18 Pro's camera plateau sits a fraction taller, and the Dynamic Island is slightly smaller — so 17 Pro protectors weren't cut for it and some 17 Pro cases don't seat. Every screen protector, lens protector and case on this page is a dedicated iPhone 18 Pro or 18 Pro Max cut. Tap your model on the card and the right one is added.

Every privacy filter dims the screen by design — that's the louver working. Privacy Shield Ultra passes 62% of light head-on versus 92–95% on clear glass, so nudge brightness up a step; beyond a 25° angle the screen goes dark to the person beside you on the train. It's grid-free tempered glass, not a film: full-edge coverage, 3X shockproof, 0.25 mm, sold as a 2-pack.

Both cuts exist here on purpose. Case-friendly glass (SunView AR, HD Shield) stops just short of the edge so a case lip can never lift it, and because there's no black border the screen still reads edge-to-edge. Ultra glass (SunView AR Ultra, HD Shield Ultra, Privacy Shield Ultra) covers 100% of the viewport with a 0.7 mm border and still clears major cases. Going caseless? OrigArmor AR is the 3D full-coverage, curved edge-to-edge cut.

Both come from the edge of a curved screen. A rainbow ring is light interfering where the adhesive isn't in full contact — glass cut to the very edge of a 2.5D panel, or a sheet a case lip has lifted. Cut it short instead and you lose screen. TORRAS glass bonds with a full-surface, low-haze optical adhesive and gives you both answers to the edge: Ultra cuts reach 100% of the viewport behind a 0.7 mm border, and case-friendly cuts stop just short of the case lip so nothing lifts. If a ring ever shows after install, press that edge down firmly once and it closes.

Skip the steamy-bathroom trick. Every TORRAS protector ships with a frame-guided alignment tray: wipe the screen, set the frame on the phone, pull the tab and press once. The glass can only land in one position, and the self-venting adhesive pushes trapped air out on its own — about 30 seconds, first try. If it still goes wrong, the 365-day warranty covers install mishaps and a real person replies within 24 hours.

A good one doesn't. These are 0.33 mm tempered glass (0.25 mm on Privacy Shield Ultra) with a polished oleophobic coating — Tora-Silk on HD Shield, Shin-Etsu on SunView — so swipes glide like bare glass and Face ID works straight through. For clarity: HD Shield is true-color HD at 92% light transmittance, and SunView AR is 94.5% with ≤0.2% haze, so text stays sharp and colors stay Apple's, not the protector's.

Worth it if the phone lives in a pocket or on a mount, and a good one won't show. CameraGo ($28.99) is a full-coverage plate with dual-sided anti-reflective glass and zero color shift; LensGuard ($23.99) is one ring per lens that disappears into the camera module. Both are 9H+ glass, MIL-STD-810H, case- and MagSafe-friendly, and cut for the iPhone 18 Pro camera layout — a 17 Pro set isn't guaranteed to seat.