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What screen protectors do you use? I want one thats easy to apply without getting air bubbles in it. The case I have doesn't wrap over the top of the screen. Its a spigen case.
 
I used a glass one before, but now I never use them anymore. It makes the home button annoying to use on iPhones and the edges aren't smooth anymore. Glass is the way to go though, the other ones are crap.
 
Honestly. I just get an Otterbox Defender and call it done.
 
the thin style glass protectors with beveled edges are the way to go, normal thickness glass is annoying to use.
 
I use the ~$2 for 6 off ebay. Have always worked fine and last a year+.

The main enemy when applying is dust/fibers etc. Very easy to just push out bubbles with a credit card. I used to apply the same kind of thing to the front of new RV's though, so a phone is a piece of cake.
 
Careful using a screen protector with the 6s, it uses a film cover that prevents some from adhering properly.
 
Moshi, the only ones I've ever used and unmatched by any other brand in my experience of using them. Their iVisor-AG (Anti-Glare which is what I prefer with the matte finish) screen protectors are just awesome and I won't use anything else. The downside is that Moshi doesn't make their protectors for every device, they tend to only do them for the higher end models most of the time meaning flagships but on occasion they'll make one for a popular device even it's a mid-range type model.

They tend to be sold by AT&T directly more than any other retailer (you can order them direct, of course) - the cool thing is that a lot of times AT&T drops the price on 'em to just $5 when they don't sell well or the device they're designed for doesn't sell well either. I've purchased several of them over the years for $5 each instead of the $25+ they normally cost.

They come off without a lot of force - saying that I realize that someone might think they don't stay in place very well but that's exactly not what I mean. They use a type of adhesive that holds it firmly in place without issues but can be removed with a fingernail and just pulling up on it from one corner. They're anti-static, anti-bubble - seriously, if you get a bubble under it you're doing it wrong - washable and replaceable on the device as often as you want, and they are extremely tough in terms of scratch resistance as well.

Only thing I use and recommend, but again the choice of device matters because Moshi might not support it. Never got into the tempered glass ones - if I wanted to feel glass I'd just go without a screen protector. ;)
 
With gorilla glass used in most phones, is screen protectors even needed. I have yet been able to scratch a phone with gorilla glass
 
With gorilla glass used in most phones, is screen protectors even needed. I have yet been able to scratch a phone with gorilla glass
I think it depends on where you live (what's in the soil) and your lifestyle. I've scratched gorilla glass by doing nothing more than normal every day touching and swiping.

I use an Intelliglass Pro with Spigen's slimmest case on a Nexus 6. I usually use my phones bare with a screen protector only but the N6 is way too slick so the rubber of the case is easier to hold and doesn't add any bulk. The Intelliglass Pro is the first glass protector I've ever used that doesn't chip around the edges.
 
What phone?

Generally speaking the tempered glass is the way to go, but some phones with curved screens they don't with well on.
 
I'm not worried at all about scratching, but rather shattering my screen. I figure tempered glass screen protectors are cheap insurance... Use them till they break or even crack, and buy a new one right away. Went through 2 on my last phone and thought they were junk because they kept breaking, but the next time something broke, I had given up on the protectors and the screen shattered. You will never find an OEM replacement screen for most manufacturers (not sure about apple), so protect that thing well IMHO.

Anecdotal and subjective evidence, I know, but really, they're way cheaper than a screen or an insurance plan, so I use them.
 
I'm not worried at all about scratching, but rather shattering my screen. I figure tempered glass screen protectors are cheap insurance...
I still fail to see how a tempered glass film prevents screens from shattering. I think that's marketing BS to be honest.
 
I still fail to see how a tempered glass film prevents screens from shattering. I think that's marketing BS to be honest.

I disagree by about 95%. I can't be certain, but it absorbs the impact - when it shatters it dissipates the energy that would have instead shattered your screen... I don't know how that's hard to understand. It's remarkable peeling off a shattered protector to see your fully in-tact screen underneath. I can't explain it, but I'm convinced it works from my own experiences.
 
I disagree by about 95%. I can't be certain, but it absorbs the impact - when it shatters it dissipates the energy that would have instead shattered your screen... I don't know how that's hard to understand. It's remarkable peeling off a shattered protector to see your fully in-tact screen underneath. I can't explain it, but I'm convinced it works from my own experiences.
I concour... In the alst year I have peeled off shattered screen protectors off both my phone & my daughters that had good screens underneath. Also I have never meet a phone screen that I couldnt accidently scratch. So since I am going to run a screen protector anyway I will pay 10 bucks for one that looks good with no bubbles rather then 5 bucks for a 6 pack of ones that I go through 3 trying to get applied with minimal bubbles that still offers less protection.
 
I still fail to see how a tempered glass film prevents screens from shattering. I think that's marketing BS to be honest.

Go read up on some physics then or something, it might help you understand.
 
Honestly. I just get an Otterbox Defender and call it done.

Yep. Makes the phone a little bulky (Note 4) but I could probably throw my phone from a moving car and it will be ok. As sad as it is to admit, most of my life is on my phone. Bill paying, banking, stocks, music, porn collection. I'll live with the added bulk to make sure it's as protected as possible.
 
I think I've argued with him before over the tempered screen protectors and despite showing videos and giving my own experiences with them, he kept diverting to their false claims of hardness ratings and saying if they shatter, they're not doing their job still. I say I'd rather spend $10 every 6 months or so and have a new oleophobic smooth screen protector that feels like normal glass. But he preferred spending $30 on a plastic Rhinoshield that may or may not provide better impact protection and still scratches up and smudges like crazy. May have been a different dude, but he was pretty stubborn about it.

I think Otterboxes are way too bulky for the protection they provide too. I have a cheap/thin $15 TPU case that has saved my phone from a couple falls from a roller coaster and a carnival ride onto gravel, as well as multiple drops onto concrete and tile floor. I guess if your phone sees more crazy impacts than that, then maybe the overpriced Otterboxes would be worth it.
 
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I use Zagg Inviible Shield products myself. I have a glass version on my S6 Active, SP3, and SP4. They all have worked perfect so far.
 
Go read up on some physics then or something, it might help you understand.
If you read up on some physics you'd see that the nominal tension a silicone based adhesive provides doesn't do much to change the surface compression to inner tension ratio that causes cracks. Tempered glass screen protectors are great at preventing scratches but aren't bonded strong enough to change the tensile strength of glass

Feel free to enlighten me because I'm fairly certain you don't have your doctorates in physics.
 
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If you read up on some physics you'd see that the nominal tension a silicone based adhesive provides doesn't do much to change the surface compression to inner tension ratio that causes cracks. Tempered glass screen protectors are great at preventing scratches but aren't bonded strong enough to change the tensile strength of glass

Feel free to enlighten me because I'm fairly certain you don't have your doctorates in physics.

You may be in the sciences, but you're not an engineer.

You're missing the point completely. It doesn't change any characteristics of the glass. I think being "detached" (so to speak) is actually one of the benefits, so it can move and act on its own in the case of a catastrophic impact. If it were truly fixed to the glass, it would transfer the impact to the glass and break the screen with it. Hence, screen "protector," not "strengthener."
 
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What screen protectors do you use? I want one thats easy to apply without getting air bubbles in it. The case I have doesn't wrap over the top of the screen. Its a spigen case.

So we don't get derailed too far from the OP's request, I have used MIME tempered glass, both the thick and thin versions (both nice - the beveled edge of the thicker one was a nice touch), and Bodyguardz Pure, which is a thinner one with straight edges. The MIME had a better oliophobic coating and felt a bit more premium, but it was 3x the cost. So far the Bodyguardz has been good. If your phone has beveled edges on the glass, you'll want to do your research though because a glass protector sized for the entire screen might not stick down all the way on the edges making a ghosting effect. Bodyguardz was carefully sized on my Note 5 with pretty tight tolerances and I was able to avoid most ghosting on my phone. I've seen others that go all the way to the edges and the rounded nature of the phone's glass made some awful looking applications, plus a lifted edge that collects dirt, etc. But, every phone is different so you'll have to look that up for yourself.

I haven't had any issues with bubbles on a tempered glass protector - mostly dust, but that's solved the same way as a plastic protector (pick up the edge, use tape, put it back down). I think it's easier to avoid bubbles with glass than plastic IMO.
 
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If you read up on some physics you'd see that the nominal tension a silicone based adhesive provides doesn't do much to change the surface compression to inner tension ratio that causes cracks. Tempered glass screen protectors are great at preventing scratches but aren't bonded strong enough to change the tensile strength of glass

Feel free to enlighten me because I'm fairly certain you don't have your doctorates in physics.

I didn't realize this was such a difficult concept. You drop your phone without a screen protector: The force of the impact is spread across the screen/front of the phone. With a screen protector that same force goes into the screen protector first, with much less being exerted on the inner screen. I guess I should have told you to look more into material properties, something a PhD in Physics doesn't seem to teach. Dropping it on the side would mean the screen protector is pretty useless, but in general a screen is more likely to break if you drop it straight on the screen.
 
I didn't realize this was such a difficult concept. You drop your phone without a screen protector: The force of the impact is spread across the screen/front of the phone. With a screen protector that same force goes into the screen protector first, with much less being exerted on the inner screen. I guess I should have told you to look more into material properties, something a PhD in Physics doesn't seem to teach. Dropping it on the side would mean the screen protector is pretty useless, but in general a screen is more likely to break if you drop it straight on the screen.
Still waiting for the physics lecture......you just gave me some half assed armchair lecture.

FYI, the force of the impact isn't spread across the screen first genius. The screen is attached to the body of the phone, any force from an impact needs to spread through the body, to the screen, and then be transferred to the protector. The chances of landing exactly flat on the face such that the protector distributes anything is slim to none. Some corner, edge, or side will take the impact first. Landing on an pointed object is a different story.

You're confusing a screen protector held on by a VERY weak silicone layer with a layer that's chemically bonded to it. Slapping a screen protector on the glass is not the same as bonding laminate through heat, chemical, and pressure and it certainly does not change the composition of the glass. While this weak bond does dampen the shock wave slightly it's so negligible that it's not even worth measuring. Glass is an amorphous solid, meaning it's comprised of groups of materials and in-between those groups are cracks. Dropping your phone creates a wave that sheers the dividing line between those materials causing larger and larger cracks to the point that the screen reaches its limit and fractures. A weak silicone bond does virtually nothing to prevent this propagation.

Where a screen protector does help is the daily bumps and grinds that cause micro scratches that weaken the screen that diminish the fracture toughness of a screen but even this is so minimal I doubt it even makes a difference in terms of the way most breaks occur.

Like I said, I'm waiting for the physics lecture, not some vague and general hair brained theory.
 

Calling names now? The only time I've ever shattered a screen is when it falls face first, flat, onto something like concrete - a very non-uniform surface that likely had something that poked up and hit the screen directly. In any case, I'm done arguing. Believe/do whatever you want.
 
Still waiting for the physics lecture......you just gave me some half assed armchair lecture.

FYI, the force of the impact isn't spread across the screen first genius. The screen is attached to the body of the phone, any force from an impact needs to spread through the body, to the screen, and then be transferred to the protector. The chances of landing exactly flat on the face such that the protector distributes anything is slim to none. Some corner, edge, or side will take the impact first. Landing on an pointed object is a different story.

You're confusing a screen protector held on by a VERY weak silicone layer with a layer that's chemically bonded to it. Slapping a screen protector on the glass is not the same as bonding laminate through heat, chemical, and pressure and it certainly does not change the composition of the glass. While this weak bond does dampen the shock wave slightly it's so negligible that it's not even worth measuring. Glass is an amorphous solid, meaning it's comprised of groups of materials and in-between those groups are cracks. Dropping your phone creates a wave that sheers the dividing line between those materials causing larger and larger cracks to the point that the screen reaches its limit and fractures. A weak silicone bond does virtually nothing to prevent this propagation.

Where a screen protector does help is the daily bumps and grinds that cause micro scratches that weaken the screen that diminish the fracture toughness of a screen but even this is so minimal I doubt it even makes a difference in terms of the way most breaks occur.

Like I said, I'm waiting for the physics lecture, not some vague and general hair brained theory.

Do tell me how the force isn't spread across the screen protector first when it covers the entire front of the phone and is somewhere between .25-.4mm thick. I guess impacts magically ignore glass now and just go straight through though. I also don't know if you've ever dropped a phone or not, but in most cases the only time the screen breaks is if it actually falls straight on it, in which case the screen protector will shatter rather than the actual screen. Dropping it on the back generally won't do anything to the screen.

I don't think you know which screen protectors we are taking about here. One of those flimsy plastic protectors isn't going to do anything for drops, but the thicker glass ones will.
 
Do tell me how the force isn't spread across the screen protector first.
In order of attachment: Frame -> Screen -> Screen protector. What hits the ground first? And don't say the screen because the likelihood that it falls perfectly flat is the same as hitting the lottery.

Still waiting for that physics lesson........
 
Calling names now? The only time I've ever shattered a screen is when it falls face first, flat, onto something like concrete - a very non-uniform surface that likely had something that poked up and hit the screen directly. In any case, I'm done arguing. Believe/do whatever you want.
Good ol' subjective arguments......
 
In order of attachment: Frame -> Screen -> Screen protector. What hits the ground first? And don't say the screen because the likelihood that it falls perfectly flat is the same as hitting the lottery.

Still waiting for that physics lesson........

Still waiting for you to learn to read. Side/back impacts don't cause the screen to shatter in most cases. The screen WILL shatter if it falls directly on the screen in which case the screen protector WILL take the damage and shatter but not the actual screen. How difficult is that to understand? It seems you just go butthurt that I told you to google physics and are just hung up on that.
 
Side/back impacts don't cause the screen to shatter in most cases./quote]Hahahahahaha. No screen will ever fall perfectly flat on a surface. There's always a concentrated point on the edges somewhere. You're fooling yourself if you think a phone that goes flipping through the air will land flat on the screen and perfectly distribute the impact.

It seems you just go butthurt that I told you to google physics and are just hung up on that.
I'm not butt hurt at all. If anything it seems as if you're scrambling with half assed explanations because someone offered a more in depth explanation and as it turns out you can't back up your claims that it's all about physics. Here's a tip, if you tell someone to learn physics to explain something at least be able to do it yourself. Otherwise you come off sounding like an idiot.
 
I haven't used one since the iPhone 4. In general, scratches were more of an issue than shattering thanks to most cases having a lip. I've never seen a shatter on flat ground with a lipped case...although I'm not saying it doesn't happen. Usually when it does, it's when it falls face down on a rock or uneven surface. In that instance, a plastic layer won't help either.
I don't carry mine with my keys or anything, so it hasn't been necessary.
That said, those glass ones are pretty nice and aren't obvious. If I were to get one, those would easily be the route I'd go.
 
I like the Halo screen protector brand sold on Amazon. I recently learned of a great tip for applying screen protectors. Fill your bathroom with steam and seems to clear the air of dust so your actually able to push the air bubbles out. Glass protectors work great too and in every case if your screen curves near the edges you're protector will probably unstick from the edges unless they made it smaller on purpose.
 
I just buy tempered glass from Xtremeguard now. I tried the expensive ones and found that the Extremeguard ones are just as good if not better. Once you use tempered glass you will not want to go back to a normal screen protector.

Just Google " Extremeguard coupon " as they run 80%-92% off coupons so the glass is under $5 and when they run extra specials they are typically around $2 or less. Just sign up on the site and you will get the coupon codes directly.
 
I mostly prefer KingAcc screen protector, these protectors help to avoid chipped and sharp sides also boasts 9H screen hardness.
 
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