Polishing Cloth Updated(512pixels.net) |
Polishing Cloth Updated(512pixels.net) |
If you want to spend 12 minutes on what changed, AppleInsider made a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL-4kCkvEvQ
This is actually the 4th Apple Polishing Cloth. Here are all the variants I know:
* Original one (reference size)
* New one (reference size; softer/thinner)
* Apple Vision Pro (slightly smaller, square, different colour)
* Nanotexture Display (much smaller, rectangular)I wish I kept the thunderbolt cable too since they never checked for it in the return.
I use a glassware/window type Microfiber that I got from the Supermarket. For the Apple Watch, I use a cheap cotton handkerchief from eBay because a Microfiber snags too much on the metal mesh bracelet.
It’s been really effective. The IPA does mean the Oleophobic coating will wear off faster, but it doesn’t last that long anyway and the IPA stops dirt and smudges building up.
There’s no way this is even a drop in the bucket for their business, and neither is this some strategic judo move where they can undercut a competitor’s business.
They list it as compatible with everything, because, well why not.
the main difference seems to be that the Apple cloth will clean finger grease out of the nano texture. With a normal microfiber you have to spend five times as long, spray windex, and rub really hard.
I have the nano texture on an iPad, and I wasn’t too concerned about scratches, but after years of using both I still don’t have any
IKEA recently changed their microfibers to be more like the special Apple one, and they work now too
the main difference seems to be that the Apple cloth will clean finger grease out of the nano texture. With a normal microfiber you have to spend five times as long, spray windex, and rub really hard.
Does it stack up to Apple Polishing Cloth 1 though? [0][1]
I learned my lessons from cube chargers, not going to risk getting ripped off again with some no-name product.
On a serious note, why not just use the lens polishing cloth you get with glasses? If it's good enough for glass that would sit right in front of your eyes constantly, it's good enough for your phone.
Hold on -- mine's blue... will it still work?
It was such a great bit of Superbooth swag that I went down the rabbit hole on Japanese swaddling cloths, muslin, and the like[1], and am now a convert to the muslin clan. I don't use anything else for swims these days, its that great. The fact that I can slick off the water with the same towel I use to keep my synths shiny is just sweet.
[1] - https://kongessloejd.com/en-at/collections/muslin-cloths-swa...
They work so damn well that I've standardized on muslim swaddling cloths for many other things too - perfect for the beach, picnics, etc.
And no, one doesn't swaddle ones synths, but rather makes them sizzle instead...
Whatever you want to call it is irrelevant to the point made and explained in the previous two comments.