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Belkin Halts Sales of 'InvisiGlass Ultra' Screen Protector for iPhone X Following Widespread Customer Complaints
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Has to a bad batch or something. I mean reall. I have dropped, tapped, banged, etc., the phone around and no issues. I always hated plastic screen protectors but the glass ones are pretty great.
The bare screen is fine, too, unless you’re working around the garage, outside, or gym.
I’ve had mine on since launch day and have zero issues. Tech 21 Impact Clear + Belkin Invisiglass Ultra. Great combo.
Good of Belkin to own up to their quality issues.
I fortunately don’t have any cracks after installation at the Apple Store. I did, however, notice a flaw about half an inch above the side button a week later. It looks like there’s a tiny chip on the edge beneath the top layer. I’m guessing it’ll fail with the right drop/impact, not sure when (maybe never).
I fortunately don’t have any cracks after installation at the Apple Store. I did, however, notice a flaw about half an inch above the side button a week later. It looks like there’s a tiny chip on the edge beneath the top layer. I’m guessing it’ll fail with the right drop/impact, not sure when (maybe never).
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In shopping malls, kiosks would "armor" your phone by putting some thin, exterior all over it. The guy would demonstrate by taking house/car keys, and viciously scratching a demo phone all over. IIRC, it cost $30 to $60 (which varied by phone.
Fact is, if you really like something, then you're willing to sink more money into it.
That is what I would assume. My girls are always playing with my phone without any issue. Still looks like day 1.
That sounds like informercials, the more you pay attention to it the more you’re convinced. I do believe those things does works just as the way they demoed. But obviously it’s also works just fine buying a cheaper one from Amazon. Like I said just like informercials they just need little convincing and the rest is your decision. Like you said you’re convinced enough then hey you’ll pay for it, it’s your money afterall. But for $60 that cost few cents to make which is true in a lot of things. At one point Apple stopped selling those screen protector in their stores. I guess the profit margin is so irresistible for them.
Agreed. Ive done the Apple Belkin install for pure convenience - can’t beat some options online, though.
I can vouch for Spigen GLAStR slim from amazon - 2 for $8.99 w/ Prime shipping
Have one on my 8+ and one on my wife’s X.
Each obviously has a spare god forbid anything.
A matte iPhone screen? Urghhh
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At very worse at the end of a years usage there will be some micro scratches you can only see under the right (wrong?) light and not at all in normal usage - yet you can see that cut out around the speaker all year with a screen protector (plus the edge around the screen it creates...at least they don't have the cut out around the home button anymore)
while these screen protector feel,fit and invisibility are great. It apoears that the durability leaves something to be desired
Give me a break Belkin.$40 for a screen protector and you still can’t give us quality. SHAME ON BELKIN.
Belkin should be synonymous with Quality and Durability
Lastly. Update your people about what’s going on. So that when a customer calls we get a quick and satisfactory solution
Give me a break Belkin.$40 for a screen protector and you still can’t give us quality. SHAME ON BELKIN.
Belkin should be synonymous with Quality and Durability
Lastly. Update your people about what’s going on. So that when a customer calls we get a quick and satisfactory solution
I bought one of these for $1 at the dollar tree store and it lasted 2 years. For quality cases and protection, Belkin is a mixed bag. Some products are ok and priced ok... this was not one.
Never understood the purpose of glass screen protectors. Never used them and probably never will. It always amuses me when someone shows me their cracked glass screen protector as evidence that it saved their actual screen from damage. Yes it could have saved your screen from getting scratched but then any screen protector could do that. ALL of the glass screen protectors will crack and much more easily than the factory glass on most smartphones. This Belkin fiasco only strengthens the argument that glass screen protectors are a joke.
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It’s like in Super Mario when you’re big and you can take 1 hit without dying.
And you can restore that hit point with spare change vs hundreds of $ to replace the actual screen.
Back when iPhones had an Home button, you had to suffer a sharp (or at least raised) step around said button, if you installed a glass protector. It was not OCD-proof, your finger would hit it.
Now with the X, if you install a real full surface glass protetctor, you could forget you have it on. It’s “free” in terms of drawbacks. Especially if you use a case with raised lips that prevent you to hit the edges of the glass protector with your finger when swiping from bottom, top or sides.
So there’s no better time ever to use a glass protector.
It isn’t at all like that. The screen protectors are softer and far more scratch prone that the actual screen. It’s like buying vitamin C because you think it’s going to keep you healthy. It isn’t going to make you healthy, it just makes you mentally feel better about yourself. A drop to the device on the corner that would shatter a screen isn’t going to be held together like glue, it’s going to break. A drop onto a stone isn’t going to prevent a hole being cut into it, it’s just going to make it shallower. Either way, you need to replace the screen - plus be out the cost of the useless screen protector that looks ugly and feels terrible.