You know what the biggest scam is?
Cell phone screen films. Seriously. I just bought a Samsung Galaxy 4G infuse, which is a very impressive phone. (Just having something with a battery life longer than an hour is impressive after my ageing iPhone.) However, the stupid thing came with a screen protector. I know normally a screen protector would be a good thing right? No one wants a scratched screen and if a thin sheet of plastic is all it takes…
Unfortunately they put a little tab on it.
I blacked the outline with a marker to make it more apparent. So as you use the phone the tab catches on things and eventually the protector starts peeling off. I could have cut it, but I could tell from the plastic it would not cut well and would leave a milky white indentation.
So I bought a case from Incipio and that came with a protector as well. So I thought “cool I will just replace it”. I took off the old one, cleaned the screen to make sure there was nothing on it and attempted to stick the new one on. And then tried again, and again and again. The screen protector was such a match to the screen that half a millimetre out and the thing wouldn’t sit properly. While I struggled with this dust and other shit got underneath so by the time I got it seated properly there was at least a half dozen air bubbles under it. Eventually I was like, fuck it. and bought another screen protector. (now in for $40 of screen protection)
The newest one, from ZAAG required peeling, spritzing with some solution, and then peeling again. Of course this protector is so thin that if you breathe, someone walks by, a butterfly is in the room, it gets fucked as well. So while the best of the three it still looks like shit.
So all in all I have had three protector, all of which looked like shit but I need to protect my $600 dollar investment.
TL;DR
Why the fuck don’t manufacturers put the damn screen protectors on for you when they make the damn phone?
They don’t put put them on, because they can’t!!
Most have a curve which makes them peel in a week.
Seriously my friend had one put on professionally, It was a fucking awful job. Bits of dust, bubbles, an absolute joke!
These plastic bits of tat are so shit. Designed to rip people off.
they scratch easier than the screen, so whats the point?!Either have a slightly scratched screen, or a screen that has bubbles, dust AND scratches & looks fucking awful! – I’ll take a slightly scratched screen. everytime I see these on a phone I have to laugh..:) Put one of these on & Instantly make your phone 10 years older – great!