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Product Page: http://www.skinomi.com/samsung-fascinate-skin-protector.html
(note: the link says fascinate skin but the product is for i9000 international with the lower button)
What's in the package:
http://f.cl.ly/items/8a50274835a46e0afb02/Skinonmi (1 of 9).jpg
• Samsung i9000 Galaxy S Skin Protector
• 1 Installation Squeegee
• 1 Bottle of Application Solution
• Installation Instructions
Front Skin
Ease of install - 5/5 - Pretty easy. Just get your hand and the TechSkin wet, place it on the (clean) screen slowly and use the squeegee to remove all the moist stuff out of the way.
Transparency - 5/5 - Crystal clear if you ask me. Most people won't notice unless you say that there is a screen protector.
Touch - 5/5 - You won't feel slight change in touch response from the screen. The surface itself isn't smooth, but your fingers won't feel it. You won't see it either unless you put the lights on your phone the same way as I do here:
http://f.cl.ly/items/a1747ac42baf070ef7f6/Skinonmi (4 of 9).jpg
How does it feel? - 3/5 - Well this is the only bad thing I can really tell about this screen protector. Due to it's nature, it's very thick skin. This in addition to the fact that Skinomi can't create exactly perfect skin in terms of size for the Galaxy (because they can't or because they want to ease on the installation step) creates very nasty feel when you touch the home button.
Close look:
http://f.cl.ly/items/fd273cd62c42eade1b5b/Skinonmi (2 of 9).jpg
You see the space between the button and the skin itself? well, when you move your finger over that you actually start feeling the skin rubbing against your finger. And after months that you loved you SGS smooth as silk, this isn't a very nice change.
How firmly is it attached? - 5/5 - You can't remove it by mistake. After you let it dry for couple of hours it's pretty much solid. after another 12-24 hours there's no sign for wet marks or anything similar. And unless you installed it wrong, it will stick to the screen until you going to take it off with a little force.
Overall 4.5/5
Back Skin
Ease of install - 3/5 - This one is more tricky. The SGS have some nice curves on it's back plate. it makes the install very long and patient and precise process which I didn't have. At first you need to glue the main back part and the top/left/right/bottom edges. Then, let it dry like 20-30 minutes so it won't move and try to place the corners. I guess I wasn't precise enough when I installed it because two of the four corners didn't stick as smoothly as I wanted, creating nasty sharp edges.
The solution? I just removed them with scissors:
http://f.cl.ly/items/7e070080500fa030ab0e/Skinonmi (5 of 9).jpg
Transparency - 5/5 - Same as before, Crystal clear.
How does it feel? - 3/5 - Same problem as before, but from another side.
The back plate itself is smooth as the original one. But once again due to the thick skin, when you move the fingers across the edges of the phone (near the silver frame) you cant ignore that skin just rubbing back against your fingers.
Note the the thickness in the top left corner of the phone:
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Overall 3.5/5
Bottom Line
Skinomi is a good product. I'm not a big fan of hard/soft cased for your cell phone, especially not for such big and pretty cellphones as the SGS.
Skin will protect only against scratches and not hard floors but that's a risk I'm willing to take.
The only thing that's really bothers me with the skin is that it takes that smooth feel that the SGS has. I really likes that feel and I don't think that there's any other phones that quiet feels like the SGS in hand.
Currently I will keep the screen protector but will keep looking for better solution for the back panel.. maybe trying CM Barely There case. But until then my phone will be skinned
Item can be found here
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/380903948151?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Pics will come later, i just got it in the mail and don't have another camera that i can use. This is the initial first looks
I got this case in the red colour and for 11 dollars, quality is quite impressive, this case came with an allen key (which is required to open and close the case ) 2 extra pentalobe type screws, I'm not sure what their called and a micro fiber cloth.
Many people had complained about signal loss and weaker signals with the case on but i have found no difference, with the case off, my wifi speeds are around 40mbps and with the case on are around the same mark, maybe a couple mbps slower but nothing noticeable, speakers are also just as loud, IR range seems to have dropped significantly because of how thick the case is and how narrow the opening for the blaster is.
It is stated that the case is for splashes only, like a light rain or wet handed usage but I'm not ready to throw my baby into a bucket of water :cyclops:
I will add pics later but from my initial reaction it seems like a great case
Pros:
looks bada$$
great quality
no real signal loss or draw backs
feel like i could safely drop it off the CN tower
Cons:
Heavy as hell
takes a long time to take it on and off, and don't strip the screws or your gonna have a fun time (not) trying to get the screw out to free your phone
some accessories may not work due to much larger size
Hi there,
You could do an easy test to check how waterproof it is. If you could place a dry tissue inside case and drop it into sink full of water maybe :silly:
I will wait for some feedback.
looks sweet but i doubt the waterproof ness. earpiece speaker covered with glass? how can you hear? BTW put a dab of anti seize on the screws.
its not fully waterproof since the camera and flash aren't covered but for calling in the rain etc its great i played a 90 minute game of soccer in heavy rain and my phone was on top of my bag and when i was don't it worked like new, i only really use the case when I'm going fishing or biking etc
i own one of these used it a month and bought the trident kraken ams case for the s4 and love it. The alluminum one is just heavy (i know what ur thinking of how heavy can it be but it really is and u will notice when u take it off and see how heavy it is) there is signal loss not alot but there is so if u live somewhere with bad signal dont get it or u wont have a signal at all. the buttons are a little hard to press. I worry the home button will wear away the way the top button lays on it. The back and menu buttons have to be pressed hard since there conductive. It is definately not waterproof more splash proof. Also its hard to hear people your calling it in. Your speaker is also muffled.
Hope this helps any questions I will answer. :fingers-crossed:
Has anybody dropped their device yet? What happened? Did the screen break? Where are the weak points of this device? I suppose that if it lands with one of the corners, the damage could be hugh. The iBallz may offer good protection against dropping in any orientation. However, we don't know if it is compatible with our device yet.
The reason I am asking is that I love this device. I have a Capdase case (about 440g). I work at home these days and have the case removed. I found it a bit stupid to use the case because it added weight and bulk to this device. By itself, the PRO 12.2 is not so heavy but not so light. When I went out, I put the case on and felt the weight in my bag and while holding it. The official book cover from Samsung seems to be the lightest (about 200g). However, I read a review that the cover is fragile and it is not so protective. The Gumdrop is the most protective but it is a bit heavier than my Capdase case. It also raises the white color boundary of the LCD screen. As I rest by hands on the area near the home button, the raised boundary may interfere with my use of the device. It seems that if one wants more protection, one has to choose a bulky device like the Gumdrop and Ottobox cases. Am I right?
I have a white device. I prefer a case that has bright color like those for the Samsung Note 10.1 2014:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAMSUNG-GALAXY-N...OOK-COVER-CASE-HARD-SHELL-STAND-/331059591828
(fluorescent green, orange and the reddish pink). I want it to be very light yet protective. Moreover, I prefer not to have the white area on the LCD screen covered. Any suggestion?
petercohen said:
Has anybody dropped their device yet? What happened? Did the screen break? Where are the weak points of this device? I suppose that if it lands with one of the corners, the damage could be hugh. The iBallz may offer good protection against dropping in any orientation. However, we don't know if it is compatible with our device yet.
The reason I am asking is that I love this device. I have a Capdase case (about 440g). I work at home these days and have the case removed. I found it a bit stupid to use the case because it added weight and bulk to this device. By itself, the PRO 12.2 is not so heavy but not so light. When I went out, I put the case on and felt the weight in my bag and while holding it. The official book cover from Samsung seems to be the lightest (about 200g). However, I read a review that the cover is fragile and it is not so protective. The Gumdrop is the most protective but it is a bit heavier than my Capdase case. It also raises the white color boundary of the LCD screen. As I rest by hands on the area near the home button, the raised boundary may interfere with my use of the device. It seems that if one wants more protection, one has to choose a bulky device like the Gumdrop and Ottobox cases. Am I right?
I have a white device. I prefer a case that has bright color like those for the Samsung Note 10.1 2014:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAMSUNG-GALAXY-N...OOK-COVER-CASE-HARD-SHELL-STAND-/331059591828
(fluorescent green, orange and the reddish pink). I want it to be very light yet protective. Moreover, I prefer not to have the white area on the LCD screen covered. Any suggestion?
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Hi Peter,
I couldn't make much suggestions in the way of what case to get, but I can tell you that I've dropped my tablet at least twice, in the i-BLASON case. It fell from an elevated bed and bounced along the frame supports, it must have hit them 3 or 4 times, and finally hit the floor (it fell from about 5 or 6 feet up). No damage at all, though it was horrifying to watch! The other time it fell from about three or four feet, smack! on the floor, I think face down. No damage then either. I don't know what experiences others have had with falls, but so far it seems pretty strong. I don't know how much was the case, and how much was the device, though.
I dropped my first Note Pro off the roof of a moving vehicle at 60mph . . . leaving it up there was the biggest bonehead mistake I've made in years.
I can honestly tell you that it shatters into many pieces when being run over by a truck at 60mph . . as witnessed by me through my side view mirror after i heard it tumble across the roof of our company SUV. 5 lane highway with no shoulders. I wasn't about to stop to survey the damage. Cleanup crew had probably picked it up that night as I could not see it anywhere in the area the next day I drove through the area. Either that or someone else grabbed it but it surely wasn't repairable.
Lesson learned and after a month of grieving I bought another, installed whatever case was at Best Buy at the time and went home to insure it via squaretrade. I do a lot of field work so I need to protect this thing from myself.
Thanks for the experience. It seems that for any device (laptops, tablets, phones), the corners are the week points. I bought the Gumdrop case. It seems to offer good protection but it adds weight and the entire thing became bulky. It was like carrying two Note PRO 12.2. Kind of stupid as we want lightweight devices. I found the rubber case slippery and the entire thing is hard to handle. It might be easier to drop with the case on. Then, I bought the iBall. It fits the PRO 12.2 very tightly. I don't know if it is bad to the tablet. I also worry that if I just hold a corner (the ball), the tablet may break.
petercohen said:
Thanks for the experience. It seems that for any device (laptops, tablets, phones), the corners are the week points. I bought the Gumdrop case. It seems to offer good protection but it adds weight and the entire thing became bulky. It was like carrying two Note PRO 12.2. Kind of stupid as we want lightweight devices. I found the rubber case slippery and the entire thing is hard to handle. It might be easier to drop with the case on. Then, I bought the iBall. It fits the PRO 12.2 very tightly. I don't know if it is bad to the tablet. I also worry that if I just hold a corner (the ball), the tablet may break.
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It shouldn't snap in half from holding it at the corners, but constant pressure on the glass can cause micro fractures that severely weaken the screen's integrity.
So if it's really very tight, you may want to be prepared for a possible screen crack appearing out of nowhere. Especially when there's fluctuations in the ambient temperature.
So, it depends on how tight the fittings are.
Has anyone found a drop test for the regular pixel 2 not the XL?
Go for it, and report back
Mine was dropped from like 3 feet onto a vinyl floor no case and no screen protector. Happy to say it came out scratch free...I'm guessing I got lucky tho. I think with blunt objects and surfaces the coating is actually gonna do some justice for us.
There are so many variables, and hence such an element of chance, in whether a phone survives a drop, and these videos perform so few drops (including continuing to drop a phone after its mechanical integrity has been compromised) that they aren't much use as data - anecdotes at best.
But leaving aside the question of how shock-resistant the internals are, it has a glass front and a glass panel on the back (with curved edges which can concentrate force), both of which obviously may break in a drop. So it will probably have a better chance of survival than an S8, but it would be rash to assume it will reliably survive drops if carried unprotected no matter what some YouTube test shows.
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Hello fellows, many people have seen the video of JRE on youtube where he destroyed his ROG 5 very easily by bending and cracking it with only 4 fingers used.
Now i want to talk about this issue here, because i plan to buy this beast. Has anyone problems with the stability of the frame? Or is this issue by far not as problematic as JRE makes it out to be?
Einheit-101 said:
Hello fellows, many people have seen the video of JRE on youtube where he destroyed his ROG 5 very easily by bending and cracking it with only 4 fingers used.
Now i want to talk about this issue here, because i plan to buy this beast. Has anyone problems with the stability of the frame? Or is this issue by far not as problematic as JRE makes it out to be?
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JRE applies pressure with the 2 thumbs in the center of the phone and the remaining fingers on the sides of the phone.
In real life it is only by bad luck that you can repeat the conditions of that test, if you sit on top of the phone the contact area is much greater than the point exercised by the JRE.
It is a test for the show where there are clearly mobile phones with better construction design than the ROG 5, but this one is also very robust.
have the least esteem for the phone and everything should be fine.
I haven't had mine long, but I have dropped it three times (it's very big and doesn't fit in my pocket well, so when I crouch/bend over it falls out of my pocket):
- 2 feet from pocket to soil while gardening
- 2 feet from pocket to hard tile while cleaning
- from the top of my desk to the carpeted floor
There has been no damage to the phone from these drops. I'm waiting on a bumper case to arrive, which should help prevent problems from future falls. I'd like to attach the phone to my pocket somehow so if it falls out, it doesn't drop far.
I will say that the disadvantage of a phone this large is that it falls out of my pocket more often.
The reality is this is the most durable design among the gaming phones imo. There are
- no moving parts (cameras, triggers, vents) that would jam or get stuck or burn motors
- no openings for vents that would let dirt or pocket fluff or sand or whatever inside the phone
Also the bend test isn't a realistic use case, it's more of a spectacle. A realistic test would be sitting on it on the sofa or crouching with it in your back pocket. That I would be more interested in.