I have an iPhone 5S, I also have an Zagg tempered glass screen protector and I wanted to know if anybody has had any luck installing an Otterbox defender with the zagg tempered glass, I only ask because I want a Defender and don't want to buy one if the screen protector won't fit in the case, thanks
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Otterbox Defender and glass screen protector
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Last year, I bought an Otterbox Defender for my iPhone 5 purely to protect it when I went on holiday for 2 weeks. My 5 had (and still has) an original SGP Glass T.R glass screen shield (not the current slim designs but one of the original thick designs) installed and I was also worried that the Defender would not fit.
When I received the case , my worries were indeed confirmed as the Defender would not fit over the glass screen shield (the plastic parts of the case would physically fit over the phone and the screen shield however, due to the thickness of the glass screen shield, the clasps on the Defender would not stretch enough to close together so the case did not fit properly).
However, as I bought this over the web and had no intentions of sending it back, I took a screwdriver and very gently applied pressure to the clasps, on every side of the Defender (I think there is one on each side, 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom) so that I stretched the plastic a little. I had to be careful as if I applied too much pressure, obviously the clasps would snap and render the case useless!
I basically kept doing this until I managed to get the Defender to fit and close over my iPhone 5 with the glass screen shield - which it did. This does produce a gap, however, where the top plastic case meets the bottom plastic case (obviously due to the stretched clasps) but when you then apply the rubber portion of the case, it covers up the gap so you can't actually see it.
Last year, I bought an Otterbox Defender for my iPhone 5 purely to protect it when I went on holiday for 2 weeks. My 5 had (and still has) an original SGP Glass T.R glass screen shield (not the current slim designs but one of the original thick designs) installed and I was also worried that the Defender would not fit.
When I received the case , my worries were indeed confirmed as the Defender would not fit over the glass screen shield (the plastic parts of the case would physically fit over the phone and the screen shield however, due to the thickness of the glass screen shield, the clasps on the Defender would not stretch enough to close together so the case did not fit properly).
However, as I bought this over the web and had no intentions of sending it back, I took a screwdriver and very gently applied pressure to the clasps, on every side of the Defender (I think there is one on each side, 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom) so that I stretched the plastic a little. I had to be careful as if I applied too much pressure, obviously the clasps would snap and render the case useless!
I basically kept doing this until I managed to get the Defender to fit and close over my iPhone 5 with the glass screen shield - which it did. This does produce a gap, however, where the top plastic case meets the bottom plastic case (obviously due to the stretched clasps) but when you then apply the rubber portion of the case, it covers up the gap so you can't actually see it.
Thank you for your reply, the original one that you mentioned had a thickness of .55mm and the Zagg has around a .4 or .35 mm thickness so that should help a little, that really does help me decide on whether or not to get a defender because i really want the navy blue and gray one
just picked up the defender with the zagg glass screen protector it fits perfect, no bubbling or anything, fits great! I'm happy! just pop out the built in protector and you're golden!
Does the zagg glass get any damage from the defender ?meaning were the glass is underneath the plastic part of the case ?
Cool thanks, by the way have u checked out the symmetry case ? It's not bad wish they had a clip for it.
I have that too..I have both the symmetry and now the defender, both extremely great cases
