I dunno about that. I've used BOTH of them that came in the package now with the exact same results. I lost the first one when I swapped my first SGS3 for a new one. I suppose anything is possible. I'm not certain but I think these screen protectors are just stamped out a large sheet or roll of prepared plastic along with thousands of other ones. I doubt that each one is individually coated and therefore more susceptible to some sort of error in the assembly process.
Yes, I did read some of the Amazon reviews. I wonder how many of those were written by people who didn't have them for long enough to find out that they are smudge/fingerprint magnets. Or how many of them just don't care or notice that their phone's pristine screen is constantly smudged and or slightly hazy? I can't explain why some people have lower standards than I do or why some people just aren't as observant. (Yes, I realize that sounds pretty arrogant, sorry
) I just know that if you saw the screen of my phone you would absolutely agree with me that the anti-smudge/fingerprint coating on it has failed big time.
By the way, if you read back in this thread you will see that I'm not the only person who feels the same way about them. Another guy said he "Thought I was crazy" when he first read my complaint. Then the next day he realized what it was that I was talking about. Do you think we both got shipped some of those "Defective" ones or is it possible that some people are just more tolerant of smudges?
Please don't take offense to this. I'm not trying to insult your taste, standards or powers of observation. I'm just pointing out what to me is more likely than the chance that he and I got some of the very few "Defective" screen protectors that were stamped out of sheets or rolls of otherwise perfectly fine screen protectors. And that it's unlikely that this alleged defect only shows up after it's been used for about a day.
Yes, everyone has a different standard of what they think looks good. Hence my saying "To each their own".
I'm just not willing to expose half of the edges of my expensive and breakable phone to hard concrete/asphalt just because I want it to look slightly different. I just don't see that much difference between covering only 90%+ of the phone leaving only the top and bottom edge uncovered, and adding just a small amount more TPU and covering those relatively thin strips. At least not so much that I would say that I really like the slim case but think the slight increase in plastic makes it "Ugly as sin". That small amount of added plastic is quite the tipping point for you I guess. To me the dividing line between "Ugly as sin" and "It's fine/I like it a lot" isn't quite such a razor's edge. Again, to each their own. I'll take function and slightly more plastic over the very real (for me) alternative any day. I also bought the phone for it's function and it's appearance was second. Not that I don't want it too look good too, just not at the cost of smashing it on the pavement. Yes, I have dropped my Droid X (Thoroughly covered in glorious TPU) from 4' to 6'+ to the pavement probably a dozen times in the 2 years that I've had it. I keep it in my shirt pocket but sometimes it likes to escape.
As far as being "Embarrassed showing off to my friends" goes, I don't know what to tell ya. We're just different I guess. Even my 16 year old daughter isn't that sensitive to what her friends think.
Personally, I wouldn't want to hang around people that would make me feel embarrassed for something as trivial and practically invisible as a tiny amount of extra plastic on my phone. I
would be embarrassed if they knew I thought they cared about such things though.
My people are a simple people...We live in caves, kill what we eat and eat what we kill. And our phone cases are made from the bones and skins of the animals we kill so that we may honor their sacrifice.
Benny (AKA Grog the Caveman)
