The 6.9" titanium-frame Pro Max is Apple's most expensive iPhone ever — and the most expensive to repair. Here are the protectors actually worth fitting to it.
Quick answer: our top three for iPhone 16 Pro Max are the Spigen Glas.tR EZ Fit (best overall installation experience), the Belkin UltraGlass 2 (premium pick, best impact resistance), and the ESR Armorite (toughest, best for heavy droppers).
The iPhone 16 Pro Max ships with Apple's latest Ceramic Shield 2 — a major step up in scratch resistance. But Apple's own marketing language is careful: "tougher than any smartphone glass." Tougher, not unbreakable. The 6.9" display is the largest single piece of glass Apple ships, and at the centre of a £1,200+ phone, replacement is brutal: £409 from Apple in the UK, or roughly £350 from a reputable third-party repair shop. A £15 protector is a no-brainer.
Three things specifically matter for the Pro Max:
The Pro Max's screen is now large enough to seriously expose what you're reading to anyone within a couple of feet. Privacy filters are increasingly popular for commuters, executives, and anyone using their phone for sensitive work emails or banking. The Kuzy Privacy and Spigen Privacy options for iPhone 16 Pro Max both retain Face ID and Dynamic Island compatibility while restricting viewing to a ~28° cone. Brightness drops by ~25% — easily compensated for on the Pro Max's 2,000-nit OLED. Browse Pro Max privacy protectors →
"Sapphire" or "ceramic" iPhone screen protectors marketed on Amazon are almost always tempered glass with marketing branding — true sapphire crystal would be considerably more expensive and is only used in Apple Watch Ultra and a few luxury watches. Don't pay a premium for "sapphire" on a phone protector. The 9H rated tempered glass in our top picks gives you the same scratch resistance you'd actually get from these heavily-branded alternatives.
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Browse on Amazon UK →Will the Camera Control button work through a screen protector? The Camera Control button is on the side of the phone, not on the screen — completely unaffected.
Will Apple's MagSafe wallet/case affect protector fit? No. MagSafe couples to the back of the phone. The screen protector lives on the front.
Does the Pro Max work with my old 15 Pro Max protector? Almost — but the dimensions are 0.5mm different and the cut-outs aren't quite identical. Buy a 16 Pro Max-specific variant rather than re-using.