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Tech Armor tempered Glass Do not buy
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Pull it out of the trash. In my experiences Tech Armor has great customer support. Shoot them an email and see what they say. I have gotten replacements from them before and it was relatively painless.
Same deal with their regular plastic screen protector. Not even close to fitting my 6. Junk.
I may contact them. If the replacement is the same size I won't use it tho. Completely ruins the feel of the phone. Might just get ghost armor applied
It's a rigid glass protector. It won't mold exactly to the curve of the glass. None will be able to. You will have to use a wet applied type protector.
The glass is curved so i'm afraid that will be as good as it gets with any rigid screen protector. Actually it looks like it was installed a bit low and should follow the curvature of the home button and not hug it. And to make things even worse (for me), i really dislike any non-rigid screen protectors. Zagg is horrible due to the orange peel.
If you mean mine, yep, it's too low. But, since they tell you that it shouldn't be removed and reapplied, I didn't want to try to fix it.
I love mine. Yes it is smaller, due to the curve. If you were to extend to cover it would easily catch/lift up because of the curved screen. (Mine fits just like the posted pictures)
My case fits well and covers the space that the screen protector doesn't.
Just my 2 cents.
My case fits well and covers the space that the screen protector doesn't.
Just my 2 cents.
Zagg Glass also doesn't fit all the way to the edge
I believe this is due to the curvature of the screens as other have pointed out, it wouldn't be possible to make a pretty rigid glass screen protector bend down along the edges. Kinda sucks, it's either the glass screen protectors or you can get the wet installed skins. I ordered one from Skinomi to cover the sides and back. Gonna see how that looks. But for now this is with the Zagg Glass screen protector.
I believe this is due to the curvature of the screens as other have pointed out, it wouldn't be possible to make a pretty rigid glass screen protector bend down along the edges. Kinda sucks, it's either the glass screen protectors or you can get the wet installed skins. I ordered one from Skinomi to cover the sides and back. Gonna see how that looks. But for now this is with the Zagg Glass screen protector.
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To the OP and everyone else; I have been in contact with the Sr Product Manager at Tech Armor regarding this exact issue (I'm not affiliated with the company but have obtained their products for review).
Below is an email I recorded from Mr. Jeff Wilcox:
"Kamber,
Thank you for this and your other email. I apologize for not responding sooner, but this is one of our busiest days of the year. In fact, in about an hour at 10:30pm on a Friday night I will be getting on a conference call with our factory to discuss this exact matter!
For months now we have known that the screen would have curved edges, but we did not know the exact measurements or how dramatic the curve would be. We truly believe that we have made the best screen protector possible, with the information that was available to us. Apple does not share any information with companies like Tech Armor, so we are forced to rely on triangulating data with various suppliers, and then at some point we have to make a decision to bring in stock.
We are passionate about being able to provide our customers with the best solution we can provide, instead of no solution at all. Will our screen protectors get better YES! Will we offer every single one of our customers a free replacement ABSOLUTELY YES! Again, I just want to stress that we have to make a decision at some point to bring in nothing, or to provide our customers with the best solution we KNOW will work and then improve as quickly as possible once we get our hands on the actual device.
I hope this makes sense, but please dont hesitate to let me know if you have any further questions I can answer. We really appreciate your support!
--
You Play, We Protect!
Jeff Wilcox | Sr Product Manager"
As you can see it is an issue they are aware of and will be replacing ALL screen protectors that customers aren't happy with. Idk know long that'll take but it'll get don't. They didn't get it right the first time but what company stands behind their product like that? Not many that I know if anyways that especially offer a lifetime warranty.
Just wanted to pass on this information. Hope this eases anyone's concerns.
Below is an email I recorded from Mr. Jeff Wilcox:
"Kamber,
Thank you for this and your other email. I apologize for not responding sooner, but this is one of our busiest days of the year. In fact, in about an hour at 10:30pm on a Friday night I will be getting on a conference call with our factory to discuss this exact matter!
For months now we have known that the screen would have curved edges, but we did not know the exact measurements or how dramatic the curve would be. We truly believe that we have made the best screen protector possible, with the information that was available to us. Apple does not share any information with companies like Tech Armor, so we are forced to rely on triangulating data with various suppliers, and then at some point we have to make a decision to bring in stock.
We are passionate about being able to provide our customers with the best solution we can provide, instead of no solution at all. Will our screen protectors get better YES! Will we offer every single one of our customers a free replacement ABSOLUTELY YES! Again, I just want to stress that we have to make a decision at some point to bring in nothing, or to provide our customers with the best solution we KNOW will work and then improve as quickly as possible once we get our hands on the actual device.
I hope this makes sense, but please dont hesitate to let me know if you have any further questions I can answer. We really appreciate your support!
--
You Play, We Protect!
Jeff Wilcox | Sr Product Manager"
As you can see it is an issue they are aware of and will be replacing ALL screen protectors that customers aren't happy with. Idk know long that'll take but it'll get don't. They didn't get it right the first time but what company stands behind their product like that? Not many that I know if anyways that especially offer a lifetime warranty.
Just wanted to pass on this information. Hope this eases anyone's concerns.
I just installed the tech armor ballistic glass. How long before the abrasion/orange peel stick underneath goes away?
Again it's a known issue. Many manufactures had to take a guess on the screen dimensions so they all didn't unfortunately get it right. TechArmor will be providing replacement screens free of charge once the correct ones are made.
mine has not arrived yet, should I not even use it if I wanted it replaced once its re-designed?
As others have said. The iPhones glass begins curving just a fraction of a mm on the inside of the display. This is why the glass doesn't cover it entirely. Unless they go to a curved protector-which they won't-too expensive-the redesign will only change the area near the ear speaker.
There has been talk of another company making a curved glass protector, but non are produced to date. I would go with a standard film protector for now.
I get it will not be perfect but for a company to pull a product to say its being fixed no that they know the exact size, I will take that replacement if that story above is true
I would say go right ahead and use if it you want. They seem to stand behind your product so if your not happy about it once you put it on I would send them an email asap.