Anyone here not using a screen protector for their Note 8?
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It really does depend on which one you get. Some really make touch sensitivity miserable. Others, like the Otao tgsp, are absolutely great, and in the Otao's case remarkably inexpensive ($10). Other good ones can be quite a bit more (WhiteDome, Zagg CE).
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I'm not using a screen protector and as long as I use a dedicated pocket to keep the phone in, I've been golden. Not one single blemish.
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When I got the GS6 edge I got used to having a naked screen.
Then the GS7 edge naked too.
And now the Note 8, naked of course.
It's been great, and I'm not the most careful guy in the world!
Although, I've been using the unicorn beetle case at work. It has a belt clip and a plastic screen protector. The protector is thick and you have to press a bit harder when using the screen with your fingers. But works flawlessly using the S-Pen.
Since I work in construction, I'm okay using it like this. Anyway, as soon as I'm home, have a day off or it's the weekend, my Note 8 gets a different case or stays without one, and a naked screen of course!
Then the GS7 edge naked too.
And now the Note 8, naked of course.
It's been great, and I'm not the most careful guy in the world!
Although, I've been using the unicorn beetle case at work. It has a belt clip and a plastic screen protector. The protector is thick and you have to press a bit harder when using the screen with your fingers. But works flawlessly using the S-Pen.
Since I work in construction, I'm okay using it like this. Anyway, as soon as I'm home, have a day off or it's the weekend, my Note 8 gets a different case or stays without one, and a naked screen of course!
No screen protector on mine. I haven't used screen protectors for several years. The only thing you need to prevent scratches on your screen is a bit of common sense, to be honest (don't put phone in pocket or purse with a lot of other objects, such as keys, coins, etc).
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Got my Note at release and have never had a screen protector on it. Still looks great. Rarely use a case either.
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I bought this when I got my phone: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B074G1W2RC/?tag=hawk-future-21&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU6210354
It didn't have the black borders shown in the photos but I am sure the photos didn't show them then either.
The guide tray makes install a total breeze.
In the 3 months it has been on there have been no issues and both finger and pen response are feather light.
I still have no idea what the dot matrix is all about. Why would you put a grid of dots over the thing? I just know it only ever shows in certain bright light angles with the screen particularly black. But still, why?
It didn't have the black borders shown in the photos but I am sure the photos didn't show them then either.
The guide tray makes install a total breeze.
In the 3 months it has been on there have been no issues and both finger and pen response are feather light.
I still have no idea what the dot matrix is all about. Why would you put a grid of dots over the thing? I just know it only ever shows in certain bright light angles with the screen particularly black. But still, why?
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I think the idea of the dots is to keep the protector slightly raised up away from the glass of the phone screen itself. That maintains a gap large enough to prevent the interference patterns (looks like that oil-on-water rainbow sheen) that you get when a glass cover is spaced just right such that the gap is some fraction of a wavelength of the light colors in question.
I have a Zagg, and it gets that rainbow effect. I don't mind it, it's subtle and doesn't bother me. I can't see it when the phone is turned on and shining up through the layers.
My wife and I both got Zaggs installed by the ATT folks when we got our phones last Sept. Her protector broke when she dropped it face down onto pavement a few weeks ago. It must have struck a pebble sticking up enough that the gap provided by the edge of the case wasn't enough. And that's to be expected. Only if your phone falls into a perfectly clean and perfectly flat floor will the gap from a typical case keep the face of the phone safe.
Anyhow, her zagg broke and came off, but the phone is perfect. I replaced hers with one I found on Amazon that does have the dots. She likes it just fine. There is no way to know if the Zagg prevented her phone face from cracking or shattering. It's all speculation. But it probably at least prevented a bad ding/scratch at the point(s) of impact against the gravel or whatever was on the ground. So it is likely that the screen protector paid for itself.
A couple of weeks later, my note 8 slipped down a crack between the butt cushion and arm rest side of the recliner I was in. I didn't notice it. This is an electric recliner. As I lowered the footrest, I heard a loud pop, and reversed the mechanism. I rooted around and found my note 8 in the works and fished it out. It had a tiny pit in the corner of the Zagg. A few days later, a crack appeared and then spread larger and larger so I took it off completely. I later found a protector at Sam's Club and just bought it. It is another Zagg. I have it on now.
Again, there is no way to conclusively say that the protector saved my phone. But I suspect it did, if only by breaking loudly enough to make me stop lowering the recliner in time!
Had that been the phone's screen, IT would have been what needed to "pop" before I stopped the mechanism.
Both of these protectors came with extensive cleaning supplies and instructions as well as alignment jigs to get the screens on properly. I did both installations very carefully, and they both look and have stayed attached fine.
The curved edges of these Note 8 screens don't work well with a tough case because I can't get my finger down into the crevices at the sides to touch those edges. I don't think these screen protectors make much difference. Maybe if you didn't have these big cases on, you would notice a sensitivity difference along those edges. But the Pelican cases we're using make the curved edges a pain anyhow, so we don't notice any effect from the screen protectors.
With all of the protectors we are using, the touch response of the screens over their non-curved surfaces seems fine, and the S-Pens work fine, too.
Naked is nicer for sure. But I think my protectors have paid for themselves on both of our Note 8s, as have the rugged cases we're using. Yes, it all makes the phones bigger and clunkier. But I just want the units to operate well and last a long time. We both had S2s at the time we upgraded to these Note 8s. So you can guess how long we tend to keep these phones! And both of our S2s were and are in excellent condition. We had Otterboxes and screen protectors on those phones the whole time, too.
So as much as I do prefer the size and feel of these phones naked, I'm not willing to risk going commando. To me, the touch sensitivity seems great even with these protectors. The short times (about a week for each of us) we both were without our protectors didn't make either of us want to continue running naked.
I have a Zagg, and it gets that rainbow effect. I don't mind it, it's subtle and doesn't bother me. I can't see it when the phone is turned on and shining up through the layers.
My wife and I both got Zaggs installed by the ATT folks when we got our phones last Sept. Her protector broke when she dropped it face down onto pavement a few weeks ago. It must have struck a pebble sticking up enough that the gap provided by the edge of the case wasn't enough. And that's to be expected. Only if your phone falls into a perfectly clean and perfectly flat floor will the gap from a typical case keep the face of the phone safe.
Anyhow, her zagg broke and came off, but the phone is perfect. I replaced hers with one I found on Amazon that does have the dots. She likes it just fine. There is no way to know if the Zagg prevented her phone face from cracking or shattering. It's all speculation. But it probably at least prevented a bad ding/scratch at the point(s) of impact against the gravel or whatever was on the ground. So it is likely that the screen protector paid for itself.
A couple of weeks later, my note 8 slipped down a crack between the butt cushion and arm rest side of the recliner I was in. I didn't notice it. This is an electric recliner. As I lowered the footrest, I heard a loud pop, and reversed the mechanism. I rooted around and found my note 8 in the works and fished it out. It had a tiny pit in the corner of the Zagg. A few days later, a crack appeared and then spread larger and larger so I took it off completely. I later found a protector at Sam's Club and just bought it. It is another Zagg. I have it on now.
Again, there is no way to conclusively say that the protector saved my phone. But I suspect it did, if only by breaking loudly enough to make me stop lowering the recliner in time!
Had that been the phone's screen, IT would have been what needed to "pop" before I stopped the mechanism.
Both of these protectors came with extensive cleaning supplies and instructions as well as alignment jigs to get the screens on properly. I did both installations very carefully, and they both look and have stayed attached fine.
The curved edges of these Note 8 screens don't work well with a tough case because I can't get my finger down into the crevices at the sides to touch those edges. I don't think these screen protectors make much difference. Maybe if you didn't have these big cases on, you would notice a sensitivity difference along those edges. But the Pelican cases we're using make the curved edges a pain anyhow, so we don't notice any effect from the screen protectors.
With all of the protectors we are using, the touch response of the screens over their non-curved surfaces seems fine, and the S-Pens work fine, too.
Naked is nicer for sure. But I think my protectors have paid for themselves on both of our Note 8s, as have the rugged cases we're using. Yes, it all makes the phones bigger and clunkier. But I just want the units to operate well and last a long time. We both had S2s at the time we upgraded to these Note 8s. So you can guess how long we tend to keep these phones! And both of our S2s were and are in excellent condition. We had Otterboxes and screen protectors on those phones the whole time, too.
So as much as I do prefer the size and feel of these phones naked, I'm not willing to risk going commando. To me, the touch sensitivity seems great even with these protectors. The short times (about a week for each of us) we both were without our protectors didn't make either of us want to continue running naked.
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No I feel it messes up the look of the glass. I don't use it on none of my the phones I ever owned.
tadpoles
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For you brave souls going naked or semi-naked, do the chances of a scratch not bother you? I wanna be like that one day. ... but a hairline scratch would bother me, especially if I knew I could easily avoid it with a case and sp. I know, I need help.
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Nope. No scratches so far, damn near 7 months now. I'd much rather get a hairline scratch than ruin the aesthetics of this thing by putting it in some ugly plastic
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I use a case but I don't use a screen protector. Years ago with the iPhone I spent a ton of money buying screen protector and trying them out and I never found one that I was as happy with as the naked glass. So ever since I haven't bothered and I think the phone is much nicer to use this way. I am carful where I put my phone and haven't had any major scratches.
I think gorilla glass is pretty good provided you are at least a bit careful. My wife abuses her phone and throws it in a bag or pocket with keys etc and I've never noticed any bad scratches from her doing that either.
I do use a case because whilst I think the glass is pretty scratch resistant, I don't expect it to be drop resistant at all. And the phone is too slippery without a case too so drops are more likely.
I think gorilla glass is pretty good provided you are at least a bit careful. My wife abuses her phone and throws it in a bag or pocket with keys etc and I've never noticed any bad scratches from her doing that either.
I do use a case because whilst I think the glass is pretty scratch resistant, I don't expect it to be drop resistant at all. And the phone is too slippery without a case too so drops are more likely.
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What case are you using (if any)? I don't use a screen protector, never have, and I don't have 1 scratch on my phone. What type of work do you do?
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after going through around a hundred quid on screen protectors for my Note 8's I'm using both without one, some of them work ok....for a while....
the one I keep at home only have a skin on the back and the other a slim LK rubber type case, neither of them have gotten a single scratch in 6 months or how long I have had them.
I work in an office though so not really needed for me plus i'm not careless with my phones
the one I keep at home only have a skin on the back and the other a slim LK rubber type case, neither of them have gotten a single scratch in 6 months or how long I have had them.
I work in an office though so not really needed for me plus i'm not careless with my phones
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