Best screen protector I've ever used on the Honor 8

[Dconn1975]

However it may be worth a look or research on Google whether how thick a tempered glass is in relation to how well it protects your screen has any real significance or not. I honestly don't think it does. I think with the honor 8 being all glass any of us whether we are using a thick or thin protector will be lucky if we drop our phones on a hard surface that some part of this phone won't be cracked. Just like i know I'm asking for trouble when I don't use a case. The skin I order may give some shatter protection but I doubt it. Then it widely depends on how the phone hits the hard surface on whether the real screen cracks or not. I know with this protector I'd personally be more worried about my back cracking on a drop over my screen as I just don't think it has to do with how thick but rather how you drop it and what you drop it on. But yeah someone do a Google search on whether or not if thickness of a tempered glass protects better than one that is thinner which may give us all the best answer. I like this protector bc it leaves no halo so I'll definitely continue to use it. I however might now since I've spoken about it order a back tempered glass to protect my back from cracking from a drop now. This screen protector I think though is definitely sufficient as I'm sure it's gone through production testing before it was ever released to the public for sale. Plus is kind of pricey compares to other tempered glass on Amazon so I'm betting that it's not thick enough to withstand an average drop and will in fact save your real screen but the back would be what I'd worry about more than the front with this particular tempered glass. If they made one for the back from this same brand I would have ordered it too but I didn't see one. In fact I don't recall really seeing any for the back when searching for this one but it does come with a plastic film protector for the back too. I know I've enjoyed using it but as far as the thickness in relation to better protection from a drop might be best answered by a Google search.

 

[Aljean Thein]

It might not protect the screen though and the screen might crack due to it being thinner. that's the thing. It's a risk. Granted one I am willing to take

I wouldn't mind risking it either. But even having a screen protector or a case wouldn't protect your phone 100%. I've had customers in the past that their phone's screen would cracked instead of the tempered glass. Which I don't get how that happened.

 

[dpham00]

I honestly think you guys are worried your screen will still crack over nothing though. It gives the same exact protection that all the others do. What I'm saying is I don't believe how thick a screen protector is actually is the reason your real screen doesn't crack on a drop. Any real screen with any of the other thicker protectors is still going to crack under the right drop conditions. The screen protector I believe absorbs the impact therefore taking the brunt of the drop hence it cracking instead of the real screen cracking. How thick it is I personally don't believe makes a difference on whether or not your real screen shatters. As long as you have protection of some sort will be enough to save your real screen from a drop and just the opposite. If you drop it just right and hard enough no screen protector is going to save your real screen. If that's the case we all need back tempered glass protectors too due to the back being totally glass. Between the shock absorbtion from your case and the thick or thin tempered glass should in fact be enough to save your real screen.

Here is what bodyguardz says

"3—Determining the Perfect Thickness

To determine the ideal thickness for the BodyGuardz Pure®, we ran extensive tests on varied measurements. We ultimately chose a .4mm thickness, which is about the thickness of four sheets of paper. This is only slightly thicker than most glass screen protectors on the market, but it makes a big difference when it comes to impact protection.

As thickness increases, the strength of the glass goes up exponentially, which means it doesn't take much to add a significant amount of durability.

Here’s some quick math to help you understand: BodyGuardz Pure® is .4mm thick, and most competitors’ glass is .32mm thick. To better illustrate this, we’ll give the Pure® a thickness of 10, and the competitors’ glass a thickness of 8.

To determine strength, we take thickness to the third power. For the Pure®, 10x10x10=1,000. For the competitors’ glass, 8x8x8=512. That’s almost double the strength for just a paper thickness difference."

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...-to-know-about-bodyguardz-pure&token=qTMvqDIu

 

[dpham00]

I wouldn't mind risking it either. But even having a screen protector or a case wouldn't protect your phone 100%. I've had customers in the past that their phone's screen would cracked instead of the tempered glass. Which I don't get how that happened.

There could have been a spec of sand between the screen protector and glass which becomes a concentrated point load on the phone glass

 

[Aljean Thein]

There could have been a spec of sand between the screen protector and glass which becomes a concentrated point load on the phone glass

That's a good assumption. I'd be pissed seeing my screen protector perfectly intact than my own phone display

 

[Dconn1975]

Here is what bodyguardz says

"3—Determining the Perfect Thickness

To determine the ideal thickness for the BodyGuardz Pure®, we ran extensive tests on varied measurements. We ultimately chose a .4mm thickness, which is about the thickness of four sheets of paper. This is only slightly thicker than most glass screen protectors on the market, but it makes a big difference when it comes to impact protection.

As thickness increases, the strength of the glass goes up exponentially, which means it doesn't take much to add a significant amount of durability.

Here’s some quick math to help you understand: BodyGuardz Pure® is .4mm thick, and most competitors’ glass is .32mm thick. To better illustrate this, we’ll give the Pure® a thickness of 10, and the competitors’ glass a thickness of 8.

To determine strength, we take thickness to the third power. For the Pure®, 10x10x10=1,000. For the competitors’ glass, 8x8x8=512. That’s almost double the strength for just a paper thickness difference."

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...-to-know-about-bodyguardz-pure&token=cz9DT0Oe

Ahh, so it does sound like the thickness makes a difference after all. The one I have been using and highly recommend is 0.2 in thickness so it's definitely thinner than the average screen protector. Personally I still think it will be plenty enough thick to protect the screen as I think that any screen protector could fail due to just the right drop and impact as it's not a guarantee that any of them give you 100 percent protection. That is good to know though and something to consider. I've used the one I've been recommending for quite a while now but I've never dropped my phone so I have no way of saying for sure if it's enough to prevent your real screen from cracking. The way that I look at it is more from a protection from scratches to the screen over the protection against a drop because every drop is different. You never know how your phone will hit when it drops and therefore any screen protector could potentially fail. I like not having a halo on my screen too so this particular screen protector is definitely my choice for the honor 8 over the tons of others I have tried. I think even though it's a little thinner it will still give you some sort of drop protection which is good enough for me personally. Plus it protects from scratches which would drive me crazy just as the halo does too so I'll be sticking with the one I recommend but now that you have disclosed that thickness does indeed play a factor in protection that now I can't say the one I use and recommend is the best hands down anymore but if you want average protection that leaves zero halo then I'd get the one I use which is the thinner one. It's the only one I've seen on Amazon to be this particular thickness but it also states that it gives you high impact protection which now sounds to be subjective. That's a tough call but I'm going to stay with the one I've been using due to the no halo it gives you and I still get some form of protection but just not at the highest level. Depends on what's more important to you about the halo I suppose. I remember using some that gave the halo and I just didn't like it all that much so when I discovered this one I have been recommending it thinking that that all screen protectors gives the same amount of drop protection. Now that being said I'd change to a thicker one if I could find one that didn't give you the halo but I don't think that exists. I believe due to the less than typical thickness the one I have has is why mine leaves no halo. So it now depends if the trade off is worth it to one or not. It's worth it to me but then again I've never dropped my phone and I especially hope I don't drop it just right on a hard surface now. I should knock on wood lol. I like mine much better than any of the others I've tried so I'll stick with it. If anyone finds a thicker one out there that does not give you a halo please let me know!!

 

[dpham00]

That's a good assumption. I'd be pissed seeing my screen protector perfectly intact than my own phone display

Oh most definitely,that would suck. But there's got to be an explanation as to why it happened

 

[dpham00]

Ahh, so it does sound like the thickness makes a difference after all. The one I have been using and highly recommend is 0.2 in thickness so it's definitely thinner than the average screen protector. Personally I still think it will be plenty enough thick to protect the screen as I think that any screen protector could fail due to just the right drop and impact as it's not a guarantee that any of them give you 100 percent protection. That is good to know though and something to consider. I've used the one I've been recommending for quite a while now but I've never dropped my phone so I have no way of saying for sure if it's enough to prevent your real screen from cracking. The way that I look at it is more from a protection from scratches to the screen over the protection against a drop because every drop is different. You never know how your phone will hit when it drops and therefore any screen protector could potentially fail. I like not having a halo on my screen too so this particular screen protector is definitely my choice for the honor 8 over the tons of others I have tried. I think even though it's a little thinner it will still give you some sort of drop protection which is good enough for me personally. Plus it protects from scratches which would drive me crazy just as the halo does too so I'll be sticking with the one I recommend but now that you have disclosed that thickness does indeed play a factor in protection that now I can't say the one I use and recommend is the best hands down anymore but if you want average protection that leaves zero halo then I'd get the one I use which is the thinner one. It's the only one I've seen on Amazon to be this particular thickness but it also states that it gives you high impact protection which now sounds to be subjective. That's a tough call but I'm going to stay with the one I've been using due to the no halo it gives you and I still get some form of protection but just not at the highest level. Depends on what's more important to you about the halo I suppose. I remember using some that gave the halo and I just didn't like it all that much so when I discovered this one I have been recommending it thinking that that all screen protectors gives the same amount of drop protection. Now that being said I'd change to a thicker one if I could find one that didn't give you the halo but I don't think that exists. I believe due to the less than typical thickness the one I have has is why mine leaves no halo. So it now depends if the trade off is worth it to one or not. It's worth it to me but then again I've never dropped my phone and I especially hope I don't drop it just right on a hard surface now. I should knock on wood lol. I like mine much better than any of the others I've tried so I'll stick with it. If anyone finds a thicker one out there that does not give you a halo please let me know!!

Yeah it is a hard call. Halos are very annoying though so I would agree that slightly less protection on exchange for no halo is fine

 

[Aljean Thein]

Oh most definitely,that would suck. But there's got to be an explanation as to why it happened

I didn't take the screen protector out incase the shattered screen might fall off. So who knows why it happened

 

[Dconn1975]

Here's a pic of the screen protector I recommend. No halo at all. In fact you can hardly tell it's on there. Excuse the fingerprints.

 

[Dconn1975]

Here's a better picture of it. It you look very close you can barely see the protector.

 

[dpham00]

Is part of the screen not covered by the screen protector?

 

[Dconn1975]

That's my error when I installed it. As I stated it fits perfectly so you therefore have to make sure you install it perfectly too. When I installed this one I made several attempts and after my third try and just went with it as either my alignment would be off as you have pictured here or something would get under the screen. I'm actually going to order another one with the intent of installing it perfectly but yeah if you're off by a hair then it will expose that part of the screen where you were off line from the install so what you're seeing is my error not the screen protector. As I've stated before it fits with full coverage meaning it covers the entire both sides of the screen when you indeed install it perfectly. I knew I was about to ruin it by applying it then taking it back off so many times so on my third attempt I just went with it. So not to worry it does indeed cover the entire screen and is the best protector you can get for the honor 8 if the part of it being thinner doesn't bother you. That is totally the installers error of what you circled. I really never even noticed that I was that far off so thanks lol. Now I'm definitely ordering another one as now it will drive me crazy knowing. In person I didn't notice until you just now showed me that I was off center in my install.

 

[dpham00]

Ah ok. Hard to tell from the picture that it is full coverage

 

[Dconn1975]

Ah ok. Hard to tell from the picture that it is full coverage

Yeah it's full coverage but it's right on the money full coverage so it does not leave you much room for error. I made a small one and it left a hair of the screen exposed. I didn't even notice it until pointed out to me which I'll end up ordering another one pretty soon to replace this one as I don't want to lift it although I may give it a try. I'm sure I could do it and get it straight and not mess up the protector. I may work on that later today.

 

[dpham00]

Yeah it's full coverage but it's right on the money full coverage so it does not leave you much room for error. I made a small one and it left a hair of the screen exposed. I didn't even notice it until pointed out to me which I'll end up ordering another one pretty soon to replace this one as I don't want to lift it although I may give it a try. I'm sure I could do it and get it straight and not mess up the protector. I may work on that later today.

Cool and thanks again for being the Guinea pig

 

[Aljean Thein]

Yah I can see that it was a little too much on the right. Definitely need to fit it perfectly.or it'll be off

 

[Dconn1975]

Yah I can see that it was a little too much on the right. Definitely need to fit it perfectly.or it'll be off

Yeah when my skin arrives today I think I'm going to install it and take off my screen protector and reapply it correctly and more carefully. I just hope I can get it to stick properly from taking it off so many times. I'll give it a try though bc now I want it to be straight knowing it's off lol

 

[Aljean Thein]

Being slightly off applying the screen protector annoys the heck out of me

 

[Dconn1975]

I honestly think you guys should order this one. It will still give you plenty of drop protection but mainly there is no evidence of a halo. It you're anything like me that's a huge deal. I highly recommend ordering this screen protector. I have no doubt that you will be glad you did and love it.