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Hey guys, new here!
So I've been researching a lot on screen protectors and based on my past experiences with screen protectors, I love Spigen's Ultra Crystal and Ultra Fine, but I've been really loving the look/feel the glass protectors give off. So my question is, what do you guys personally think is the best? I've read that Bodyguardz Pure has a better oleophobic coating than Spigen's GLAS.t/tR. I've pretty torn, I really love the round borders for anti-chip reasons, what do you guys think?
whatthehckeric said:
Hey guys, new here!
So I've been researching a lot on screen protectors and based on my past experiences with screen protectors, I love Spigen's Ultra Crystal and Ultra Fine, but I've been really loving the look/feel the glass protectors give off. So my question is, what do you guys personally think is the best? I've read that Bodyguardz Pure has a better oleophobic coating than Spigen's GLAS.t/tR. I've pretty torn, I really love the round borders for anti-chip reasons, what do you guys think?
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I would go for the Spigen's GLAS.t/tR, I've seen it in the Iphone 5 of one friend and is amazing. It's the one I bought already and waiting for it to arrive with the Spigen Hydro Case Red Dante Combo!
Ghost armor!
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tony1208 said:
Ghost armor!
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I could never again put ghost armor on the screen of any phone I own. The feel of that crap compared to the Spigen glass protector is worlds apart. Now the sides and the back, I would still consider since that doesnt matter to me as much.
Spigen makes top notch screen protectors and since these are full adhesive I would use the Glas.T or Glas.TR
Please feel free to take a look at my complete tempered glass list thread: Link here
I personally purchased iLoome due to best glass hardness (both black and clear, I will see which one looks better).
bobbydsiu said:
I could never again put ghost armor on the screen of any phone I own. The feel of that crap compared to the Spigen glass protector is worlds apart. Now the sides and the back, I would still consider since that doesnt matter to me as much.
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Did you install the ghost armor when you had it? Just asking because I been using the ghost armor on my last three cells and I loved it. Never had any issues... I personally did not install it the worker in the booth I go to at the mall always installs mine.
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tony1208 said:
Did you install the ghost armor when you had it? Just asking because I been using the ghost armor on my last three cells and I loved it. Never had any issues... I personally did not install it the worker in the booth I go to at the mall always installs mine.
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I always had the employees install the ghost armor. Ghost armor is decent, but if you ran your fingers across the spigen glass screen protector and your ghost armor I just feel like its night and day difference. The spigen truly feels like the phone has no screen protector on it. I also know for a fact that over time the ghost armor/zagg they start to develeop nicks, etc. I dont know if the spigen will show any wear over a period of time but I tend to believe it wont. This is my first experience with the glass on my phone as I have been a fan of the Invisible Shield HD ones for my last few devices.
BodyGuardz Pure causes choppy digitizer response on my S4A
FYI, check it out here
One question: what's the point in having a screen protector if the glass of our S4 is already scratch-proof?
It's something i always asked myself. I once used to put plastic screen protectors on my phones but now i stopped and i had never had a scratch on the screen of any of em.
DuckMcQUack said:
One question: what's the point in having a screen protector if the glass of our S4 is already scratch-proof?
It's something i always asked myself. I once used to put plastic screen protectors on my phones but now i stopped and i had never had a scratch on the screen of any of em.
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That's great. It doesn't help at all with the discussion about the best glass screen protector though.
Side note: Some people don't want to take the chance. Sand will scratch the screen. You have been lucky to not get a scratch, but it can and will happen most of the time. Happened to me on an original HTC Vogue and I have been all screen protector all the way since. My last 5 phones have never had anything touch the actual screen except for a micro fiber cloth haha.
DuckMcQUack said:
One question: what's the point in having a screen protector if the glass of our S4 is already scratch-proof?
It's something i always asked myself. I once used to put plastic screen protectors on my phones but now i stopped and i had never had a scratch on the screen of any of em.
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There's no such thing as a "scratch-proof" glass - only scratch resistant.
Take some sand and rub it on your phone. The kind of thing that happens when you put your phone in your pocket after being on the beach for any period of time (or four wheeling in the dunes, or whatever).
The screen protector is a sacrificial layer. If/when it does get scratched, you toss it and put another one on...
Not to mention drops as well..
I've used Zagg's Invisible Shield on all my smartphones. Have the HD on my S4 right now, but find the Tech Armor ballistic glass ones pretty intriguing.
I have this SPIGEN SGP Galaxy S4 Screen Protector GLAS.tR SLIM Premium Tempered Glass from 10th of September 2013 on my phone.
I loved it until about a month ago for no apparent reason it started developing this bubble under the glass in the top right corner (see pictures).
I didn't drop the phone nor tried to lift the screen protector since I put it on. At first it was smaller but it keeps getting bigger little by little.
I tried squeezing on it, to get it to stick back or push out air bubble with significant force to no avail. I take good care of my gadgets keep them in cases and clean so they look like new, so this thing annoys me a lot
Anyone knows why this would happen?
That's just what happens with glass screen protectors sometimes. My iloome did it for my iPhone 5 and now my S4 as well. My friends bought Chinese glass screen protectors and it did it for them on their S4. My seidio vitreo did it on my iPad 3. Though my iloome on my iPod is fine, and it's been there for a while. And my mime protector on my iPad mini is fine for now. So it's really hit and miss in my opinion. Hear the thin ones (spigen nano, iloome flex, mime feather) have a slimmer chance of this happening though.
p.brazauskas said:
I have this SPIGEN SGP Galaxy S4 Screen Protector GLAS.tR SLIM Premium Tempered Glass from 10th of September 2013 on my phone.
I loved it until about a month ago for no apparent reason it started developing this bubble under the glass in the top right corner (see pictures).
I didn't drop the phone nor tried to lift the screen protector since I put it on. At first it was smaller but it keeps getting bigger little by little.
I tried squeezing on it, to get it to stick back or push out air bubble with significant force to no avail. I take good care of my gadgets keep them in cases and clean so they look like new, so this thing annoys me a lot
Anyone knows why this would happen?
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It happens when force is applied to the edge of the phone/screen protector.
I found that it doesn't take much to cause the glass sp to lift up.
In my particular case, the lip of my case would apply just enough to lift top left corner of my glass sp.
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Stealyourface said:
That's just what happens with glass screen protectors sometimes. My iloome did it for my iPhone 5 and now my S4 as well. My friends bought Chinese glass screen protectors and it did it for them on their S4. My seidio vitreo did it on my iPad 3. Though my iloome on my iPod is fine, and it's been there for a while. And my mime protector on my iPad mini is fine for now. So it's really hit and miss in my opinion. Hear the thin ones (spigen nano, iloome flex, mime feather) have a slimmer chance of this happening though.
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It's a shame I really like this glass screen protector but now it looks ugly, I guess next time I'll go for slimmer version.
But still something had to cause this because it was OK for four months. And as I said I take care of my phone, never dropped it sat on it etc.
So it's bit strange why it would do that.
Rakcoon said:
It happens when force is applied to the edge of the phone/screen protector.
I found that it doesn't take much to cause the glass sp to lift up.
In my particular case, the lip of my case would apply just enough to lift top left corner of my glass sp.
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All the time I used Spigen Neo Hybrid case on my phone so it's designed by the same company and doesn't touch the glass.
I just recently purchase Case Mate barely there case that you see in the pictures which doesn't touch the glass either.
This has happened to me with every tempered glass product I've used from Spigen. And it happened relatively soon too; within the first few days of use. I can't see it being an issue with my screen being improperly prepared either, as I am very meticulous when it comes to screen protectors.
I absolutely love their cases and plastic screen protectors but I can no longer justify spending $30+ on their tempered glass.
Decided to go with Iloome Flex and I have been having much better luck so far. Over 60 days use and still no issues.
Here's a couple pictures of the Iloome Flex just for comparison http://i.imgur.com/LvG0JMr.jpg
Just wondered what the best way is to clean these without ruining the oleophobic coating? Thanks
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I have the Spigen Glas.tr slim as well for 5 months already and I never had this issue
[A gorilla dies for every smartphone.
Stop using gorilla glass and save planet earth]
Because of the curvature of the screen I was looking at getting one of the screen protectors that are made from the military grade material like skinomi or bodyguardz. On my note 3 I had an issue with some of these getting line and dimples in them permanently from using the the stylus. Anybody have one that doesn't leave these marks?
Nope... Tried the bodyguardz and zagg. Both are pretty rubbery and tend to have dimples. In the end i settled with a glass one that was smaller than the phone. May not look like much when the screen is off. But with the screen on you don't notice it. And no need to explain the difference in feel and colors
The best luck I had on the Note 3 with no dimples was the Just like glass protector. A lot of people didn't like the rainbow effect it had when the screen was off but I only cared about how it looked with the screen on and it looked awesome and felt awesome as well. I contacted Scot and he said they had some samples that fit and stayed on but that there wasn't much of a demand for it on the Note 4 so they didn't know if they were going to carry it. So for now I have a JLG for the note 3 that I cut near the sensor cutouts to make it fit.
Folks
Recently I bought the UAG Maverick Case for my Note 4, and it's stunning beauty made like to resist any space impact with a style.
The screen protector film came with it is indeed offers decent protection, but it's terribly one fingerprint/smudge magnet. My hands do sweat at times and indeed gets oily often. So y'all can imagine how awkward using a beast.
Also the touch feel has been horribly ruined with the protection film, The feel of Spigen premium series is entirely different from this.
Many of the Note 4 users has said, Tempered Glass offers tough protection without taking down much the actual glass feel of the touch screen. So pals, Please do suggest me the best tempered glass solutions which covers a bit out of the display area (black screen) with the UAG Case on.
No Halo effects, Fingerprints and smudge shouldn't be attracted and must be wiped like in actual screen.
Thanks
-CODENEX
CODENEX said:
So pals, Please do suggest me the best tempered glass solutions which covers a bit out of the display area (black screen) with the UAG Case on.
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I have a UAG case with a Moshi iVisor edge-to-edge protector on. Application was easy and there is no halo. It fits fine with the UAG case. However, please note that I have not tried taking the case off, and I have only been using this setup for just over a week. Others have reported that the iVisor can get dust under it through time, as it only has adhesive round the edges and not under the glass. As yet, I have not experienced this. An alternative might be the Momax or the Tough Armour as I believe these do have adhesive under the glass as well as the edges. I purchased a Momax too, but have not tried it as the iVisor is perfect at the moment. (Note that the first Momax had the capacitive buttons wrong (menu instead of recent apps), but on the one I got that has been corrected). Have a good read through the many threads on Tempered Glass protectors, as others have experimented with different brands and also use UAG cases.
I bought an arcadia full screen protector. It did not work well with UAG. Popped the glass up. I loved the look of the glass that I got rid of my 2 uag cases.
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Kinsman-UK said:
I have a UAG case with a Moshi iVisor edge-to-edge protector on. Application was easy and there is no halo. It fits fine with the UAG case. However, please note that I have not tried taking the case off, and I have only been using this setup for just over a week. Others have reported that the iVisor can get dust under it through time, as it only has adhesive round the edges and not under the glass. As yet, I have not experienced this. An alternative might be the Momax or the Tough Armour as I believe these do have adhesive under the glass as well as the edges. I purchased a Momax too, but have not tried it as the iVisor is perfect at the moment. (Note that the first Momax had the capacitive buttons wrong (menu instead of recent apps), but on the one I got that has been corrected). Have a good read through the many threads on Tempered Glass protectors, as others have experimented with different brands and also use UAG cases.
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Thanks Kinsman-UK giving your view on Moshi iVisor! :good: Just can't think of getting dust/debris getting through the edges as it may result more damage than actually keeping the screen bare. I've checked the Momax website and found Glass Pro XS Screen Protector but turned down no luck to order one
I ordered my Momax from shop.brando.com - they seem to still have black and white versions available, post internationally.
Is that all?
I've gone nuts selecting over tons of brands, seriously picking up the right phone was never been this hard.
My prime needs are,
1. Compatibility with UAG Case over the phone. It must not pop of even on the small impact with the case.
2. It must sit some area more than actual screen (black area).
3. Good bonding with screen and don't let any dust/debris let through the groves or edges of the protector.
Somewhere landed between some premium and well known brands, viz
iloome, Moshi, MOMAX, intelliARMOR
I don't know about other people's experience but I have dropped my Note 4 three times in the past week (I know! Unbelievable, never dropped my old phone once, and then I get a new one and...) - anyway, the Moshi was not affected by the drops and is still firmly attached. I've only been using it for a couple of weeks, and haven't had the UAG off an on yet, but it seems fine. I think the Momax will probably be even better as it has adhesive all over, but I haven't tried it on yet because the Moshi is fine for the moment. The only thing I would say is that when applying the Moshi I left the phone out of the case for two days, and applied pressure all around the edges to make sure it was well adhered before putting the UAG on. This is just my experience, so just FWIW and YMMV etc etc
EDIT: Note that the Moshi does have a 'dot matrix' pattern in the glass (something to do with the way it is strengthened I think), but it is only noticeable if you look closely in direct sunlight. I only mention it because some people may see this as a problem - doesn't bother me (in fact I struggle to see it at all in normal use).
I use the Spigen slim Armor Case with the "Ultimate xplosion proof" crystal clear screen protector and have not lost any noticeable sensitivity at all. Not trying to convince you... just what I use and 100% happy with it
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JaceSGN4 said:
I use the Spigen slim Armor Case with the "Ultimate xplosion proof" crystal clear screen protector and have not lost any noticeable sensitivity at all. Not trying to convince you... just what I use and 100% happy with it
sent from my rooted Note 4 and loving it
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If you're happy with it, then it's totally worth! :good:
My current Phone is a Note 4.
I have always used Spigen screen protectors. The one on my Note 4 was applied almost 2 years ago and it only has minor scratches.
I noticed Spigen doesn't currently have a screen protector for the Note 7. Should I wait ? If not, is there a good alternative ?
Also the screen is curved. Does this mean the screen protector peels off from the sides ?
Iq shield or skinomi
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Tidybeer said:
i had found this new Galaxy note 7 curved full screen protector, it could cover whole screen, and look good. http://goo.gl/C1UN89
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Might have to give this a try
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here is an original screen protector from samsung .
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/smartphones/galaxy-note/galaxy-note7/accessories/
I ordered the SPigen one from amazon.ca
THS1989 said:
I ordered the SPigen one from amazon.ca
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IQDZR3W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I ordered this after seeing a review on the best screen protectors on Phone Arena. It looks like the one in the photo unlike the posted review said in this link. I bought this before the review was posted, and when the phone arrives I will see how it fits. My only worry is if it will interfere with the Unicorn Beetle pro Case that I have.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01INYYYDI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
i use skinomi. works great on the edges (note edge, s7 edge)
They last long and are pretty cheap. if you ever have to replace one.
Wet install so always bubble free.
Tidybeer said:
did you received it? could you share your SPigen screen protector?
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Not yet. Delivery status showed delivered but typical Dynamex driver lied and didn't actually deliver it.
Contacted Amazon support and they said it should be here by tonight.
xile6 said:
i use skinomi. works great on the edges (note edge, s7 edge)
They last long and are pretty cheap. if you ever have to replace one.
Wet install so always bubble free.
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+1 for the Skinomi's , but on my Note Edge, i had that orange-like surface on the screen when looking from an angle!
I ll go for the IQ shield when i receive my phone. Had good experience in the past with it.
Trying 3 different products I was sent for review. They are in shipment...
Skinomi
IQ Shield
ArmorSuit
The Note 7 will be my first curved screen phone (upgrading from an S5) and I plan to get either an Otterbox or Spigen case for it. I had a screen protector for my GNex and hated it! Is a screen protector really necessary (or more necessary than non-curved screens)? Other than "necessity" what advantages do screen protectors add? I'm looking for some honest feedback since I have zero experience with curved phones.
aburns7487 said:
Trying 3 different products I was sent for review. They are in shipment...
Skinomi
IQ Shield
ArmorSuit
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Can you let us know when you review them please
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Yes, I will gladly share my unbiased reviews of them once I get them. Waiting for the phone too...Sprint said they will ship on 8/17
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I have received a slew of cases via amzreviewtrader.com
I have 6 cases so far with a bunch more in the way. Mainly from lesser known brands but I think some will do a great job.
Their is a myriad to try out. I used Versus Thor on my Note 4 & Versus Neo Hybrid (their frame is aluminum vs Spigen had plastic frame).
3 Screen protector kits (not tempura glass)
Skinomi
ArmorSuit
IQ Shield
Will share my results. After seeing that gorilla glass 5 scratch test on YouTube, I definitely want something. It's such a pain. Why can't they make something super difficult to scratch?
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So those of you that have experience with the Skinomi HD Clear screen protectors, I have a question for you. I bought this case for my phone:
Galaxy Note 7 Case, Spigen® [Rugged Armor] Resilient [Black] Ultimate protection from drops and impacts for Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (2016) - (562CS20403) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GIUIFEI/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_oNyTxbE3YE34X
Now this case is pretty minimal. Meaning it isn't very bulky and doesn't add a ton of protection. So with that being said, would the full coverage protector work or do I still need to go with the case friendly version? I'd appreciate any advice.
I had to get case friendly screen protectors for my S7 edge, pretty much all of my cases would lift the screen protector. I used IQshield and Skinomi full coverage on my S7 edge.
I also have the full coverage IQshield for the Note 7 and it's not installing very good. The edge is smaller on the Note 7 so the sides keep popping up. I have an Armorsuit case friendly that I will try soon.
I got the official screen protector with my note7 today at my local samsung store along with a bunch of other goodies in a cheap bundle.
the screen protector is film and not glass, but it's not flimsy, and is already pre-shaped to cater for the curve. it came with two in one pack.
the application was easy enough, as it came with dust stickers and a surprisingly high-quality hard-card with soft felt hemming on it for pushing out air bubbles.
it covers around 90% of the front glass panel, but still covers the whole display area itself, and reaches around the curves too, and is inconspicuous when put on properly.
definitely happy with it and will stick with this one until a really good quality curved glass protector comes out.
choosk said:
I got the official screen protector with my note7 today at my local samsung store along with a bunch of other goodies in a cheap bundle.
the screen protector is film and not glass, but it's not flimsy, and is already pre-shaped to cater for the curve. it came with two in one pack.
the application was easy enough, as it came with dust stickers and a surprisingly high-quality hard-card with soft felt hemming on it for pushing out air bubbles.
it covers around 90% of the front glass panel, but still covers the whole display area itself, and reaches around the curves too, and is inconspicuous when put on properly.
definitely happy with it and will stick with this one until a really good quality curved glass protector comes out.
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Could you post a picture of it on please?
Anyone have the finished product for IQ shield. People seem to be praising them.
Tidybeer said:
hello, could you share your skinomi tempered glass?
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Skinomi isnt glass.