Aye I received my "FLOLAB NanoArmour ONETIME PRO for iPhone 17 Pro Max Screen Protector, Anti-Reflective,PolarSpectra Anti-Rainbow, Tempered Glass, Ultra Clear, Infinity Edge, Easy Install, Reinfored-Edge" screen protector today, and as promised, here's my quick impressions!
The screen protector appeared to be installed inside the installation frame okay, so I don't think I got it on the phone crooked. That's good. It came with 1 giant sticker to remove dust instead of a few smaller ones... honestly I prefer the smaller ones because it's easier to make multiple passes. I like the cleaning wipe it came with, it didn't leave any residue at all and almost made the microfiber cloth part redundant.
I'm not sure the 'cover the whole screen with a frame' method really helps that much lol. It does keep the screen protector clean until you're ready to pull the frame off, so that's cool.
PICTURE QUALITY: AWESOME. Much better than the "unbreakcable" one I was using. Oh my goodness. No The unbreakcable one had some kinda internal reflection that made a page with a black background look less black. The flolab screen protector has nothing, and the AR looks great - it almost looks like I'm not using a screen protector at all.
Feel in the hand: Again, better than the unbreakcable one. No surprise at twice the cost. There was a little tiny bit of adhesive residue from the sticker that attached the screen protector to the plastic film on the installation frame? It made the left side get fingerprints easily lol.
Edges: Sadly, I wish I had the 3D one. This one has the black edges and YES, using that single pixel white frame, one side is always obscured by it. It feels like either the black outline is covering up 2-3 lines of pixels on the left side, or maybe the frame didn't install 100% on-center? There is zero play in the frame though, so I can't see how that is possible. If I tilt the phone around to see the left side? I can kinda see a rainbow effect.
What bothers me even more is how the edges on the non-3D version look. Check this out:
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It's like there's 2 layers, right? And the top layer is bigger than the bottom layer. You can definitely stick a fingernail between the screen and the screen protector with ease.
Okay one plus side about that black border: It'll cover any dust that gets around the edge lol.
Also this feels awesome inside my case! Since it's slightly wider than the screen, I can't really tell there's a screen protector at all. Without the case, unfortunately yes I can because of the way that edge sticks out... but it's really not a big deal.
OTOH because the way the installation frame left the border ever so slightly off to the right ARGGH I can tell the left border of the screen is slightly wider than the right border.
Impossible to capture that in a picture lol
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