Following my post (post #504 : https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1799334/), over the weekend, I received Ultimate Shield's Titanium Glass screen shield to try out.
Here are some pics of the product before installation:
As you can see, the glass screen shield is surrounded by an titanium alloy frame. When I first removed the shield from the packaging, initially, I thought the frame was just plastic, but on closer inspection, it is indeed a soft metal frame (it is pliable if you bend it -just to make you aware) with the glass screen shield fixed to the frame.
The glass screen shield itself is what makes the thing adhere to your phone - meaning that there is no adhesive or anything on the actual frame itself.
So, onto the installation! Its pretty easy to install this to you phone. Just peel back the protector on the shield, align the top earpiece holes and the home button, and lower it onto the iPhone 6. As you can also see from the pics, all the holes have gold/brass coloured accents. Not sure why this is - but personally, I think it would have looked better without this colouring but it is what it is!
Here are some pics after the installation:
The shield and the frame are quite think, I think, and it will add a considerable thickness to your phone. The home button becomes quite deep (I found myself using my nail to press it instead of the ball of my thumb, in order to compensate for the thickness.)
The colour of the frame also blends quite nicely with the space gray iPhone 6 - not sure how it would look on other different colourerd iPhones but I'm sure that Ultimate Shield probably have different coloured frames.
Looking at the phone from a face down perspective (pictures 1, 2 and 5), the shield looks seamless with the edge of the phone (which looks really good!) however, when you then view the phone from the edges (pictures 3 and 4), you can see that it is not so seamless.
There is no overhang of the shield on the phone (like there is with some other glass screen protectors) so that it definitely a good thing. Sensitivity of the protector is also good although, I did have trouble getting the bottom corners to adhere properly (you can see this in the last pic - bottom left corner kept wanting to peel back up).
I didn't get the chance to go out and about with the shield so can't unfortunately comment on any signal issues but I'm guessing that the shield will not cause any issues!
To summarize:
I will say that all in all, it is a good product. It certainly makes the phone stand out and look unique. If the gold/brass accents were black or silver (to match the rest of the case) it would have looked even better. If you can get past the added bulk that this screen shield offers, then it is a good product and highly recommended.
Check 'em out at : http://www.ultimateshield.co.uk/
Here are some pics of the product before installation:
As you can see, the glass screen shield is surrounded by an titanium alloy frame. When I first removed the shield from the packaging, initially, I thought the frame was just plastic, but on closer inspection, it is indeed a soft metal frame (it is pliable if you bend it -just to make you aware) with the glass screen shield fixed to the frame.
The glass screen shield itself is what makes the thing adhere to your phone - meaning that there is no adhesive or anything on the actual frame itself.
So, onto the installation! Its pretty easy to install this to you phone. Just peel back the protector on the shield, align the top earpiece holes and the home button, and lower it onto the iPhone 6. As you can also see from the pics, all the holes have gold/brass coloured accents. Not sure why this is - but personally, I think it would have looked better without this colouring but it is what it is!
Here are some pics after the installation:
The shield and the frame are quite think, I think, and it will add a considerable thickness to your phone. The home button becomes quite deep (I found myself using my nail to press it instead of the ball of my thumb, in order to compensate for the thickness.)
The colour of the frame also blends quite nicely with the space gray iPhone 6 - not sure how it would look on other different colourerd iPhones but I'm sure that Ultimate Shield probably have different coloured frames.
Looking at the phone from a face down perspective (pictures 1, 2 and 5), the shield looks seamless with the edge of the phone (which looks really good!) however, when you then view the phone from the edges (pictures 3 and 4), you can see that it is not so seamless.
There is no overhang of the shield on the phone (like there is with some other glass screen protectors) so that it definitely a good thing. Sensitivity of the protector is also good although, I did have trouble getting the bottom corners to adhere properly (you can see this in the last pic - bottom left corner kept wanting to peel back up).
I didn't get the chance to go out and about with the shield so can't unfortunately comment on any signal issues but I'm guessing that the shield will not cause any issues!
To summarize:
I will say that all in all, it is a good product. It certainly makes the phone stand out and look unique. If the gold/brass accents were black or silver (to match the rest of the case) it would have looked even better. If you can get past the added bulk that this screen shield offers, then it is a good product and highly recommended.
Check 'em out at : http://www.ultimateshield.co.uk/
