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Clear skins?
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I put the Matt one on my pacific blue the weekend. Didn’t like it. I also had the gloss sides and the joins overlapped and looked terrible. Also there were marks underneath the glossy bits when on the phone so not clear at all. Looked like the glue.
I had overlapping issue too but they sent me replacement and they were perfect fit. I never buy gloss.
I'm surprise no one posted any picture of a clear skin yet... I received the Slickwraps Matte Naked on Friday and installed it on my iPhone 12. As far as I can tell, it's a dry install and once your fingerprint is on the adhesive side, it's pretty much there permanently (look at lower bottom). Honestly dislike that it is a "texture" matte skin and not a smooth clear matte.
The camera lens protector is from Pulen (purchased from Amazon, came with the screen protectors).
I probably had better experience with the so-called "hydrogel" matte screen protectors from Aliexpress or eBay, but those just take too long to ship.
The camera lens protector is from Pulen (purchased from Amazon, came with the screen protectors).
I probably had better experience with the so-called "hydrogel" matte screen protectors from Aliexpress or eBay, but those just take too long to ship.
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It's not necessarily a dry installation, you can use water and a little bit of soap, I always do that if they don't include a spray liquid.
Same experience with them. Great customer support but the skins quality was not that good, the Slickwraps glossy feels so much nicer than the one from Xtremeskins
I purchased both matte and gloss from both Slickwraps and Extremeskins... Unfortunately, I didn't take pics of all of them along the way, I probably should have.
Slickwraps Gloss - I didn't like it at all. Too slippery and just didn't dry right or look good.
Slickwraps Matte - Excellent fit and cut, just enough texture to add grippyness. Only reason I took it off was because without the apple cutout you couldn't see the apple logo at all. (Not a big deal, but since Extremeskins has it that way I wanted to try that.)
Extremeskins Gloss - same as Slickwraps.. just very slippery and didn't dry right. I'd rather go with a tempered glass back but couldn't find any that went all the way around the camera.
Extremeskins Matte - Thats what I have on now, for now.. The cutout around the camera isn't as good as the Slickwraps was, but it does have the Apple logo cutout. I just put it on last night so its not fully dry yet, assuming it dries as well as the slickwraps matte did I'll end up keeping this one on for a while.
The pics are of the Extremeskins Matte w/ cutout. I used a wet application for all, both Slickwraps and Extremeskins sent their version of the solution with the skins.
Slickwraps Gloss - I didn't like it at all. Too slippery and just didn't dry right or look good.
Slickwraps Matte - Excellent fit and cut, just enough texture to add grippyness. Only reason I took it off was because without the apple cutout you couldn't see the apple logo at all. (Not a big deal, but since Extremeskins has it that way I wanted to try that.)
Extremeskins Gloss - same as Slickwraps.. just very slippery and didn't dry right. I'd rather go with a tempered glass back but couldn't find any that went all the way around the camera.
Extremeskins Matte - Thats what I have on now, for now.. The cutout around the camera isn't as good as the Slickwraps was, but it does have the Apple logo cutout. I just put it on last night so its not fully dry yet, assuming it dries as well as the slickwraps matte did I'll end up keeping this one on for a while.
The pics are of the Extremeskins Matte w/ cutout. I used a wet application for all, both Slickwraps and Extremeskins sent their version of the solution with the skins.
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Thank you for sharing this. I just ordered a Slickwraps naked matte and one of their ‘woven metal’ ones the other day. I’ve never used them but the sale price made it an easy decision to try it.
His long did it take to receive your slickwraps? I’m hearing inordinately long wait times.
I have installed xtreme skins clear matte around the camera and on the stainless steel sides on my 12 pro max. Looks awesome. And no more fingerprints. I go caseless.
Does the matte require using the wet solution or is it self stick? I too am primarily concerned about the stainless steel sides getting scratched - especially around the lighting port - and looking for a good option just for that. The phone will be in a silicone a apple case but from previous experience, sometimes little particles can get in and scratch.
This skin doesn’t protect the edges. Aren’t you concerned that it will peel off more easily in the pocket?
Same! I’ve used them in the past for my previous iPhones and it offered protection. I was hoping they would make the pieces like how they did for the iPhone 4/4s/5 and I was excited to get it, but nope, and no replies on my email as well.
any pics of the previous matte back skin? I really don't want the weird matte texture ive been seeing with a lot of these. More subtle and not like leather would be best.
Do you by chance know if these are compatible with cases? How much thickness does the clear skin add?
I’m only looking at only doing the back. Thanks.
Sorry for the delays in posting an update.. I never get notified of pending messages on here for some reason.. Anyway, heres an update of the Extremeskins Matte back that I posted above. All of the blemishes/imperfections that were there after a day or 2 have completely disappeared and this has looked perfect. I couldn't be happier with it.
I love the cutout for the Apple logo and it fits perfectly. I do think at some point the edges may peel up - I had that with pretty much all of my previous films of this material in the past, but for now its flawless and is exactly what I was looking for.
I love the cutout for the Apple logo and it fits perfectly. I do think at some point the edges may peel up - I had that with pretty much all of my previous films of this material in the past, but for now its flawless and is exactly what I was looking for.
