I think the best screen protector for the Optimus V is the clear plastic film it originally came with. It's almost always perfectly applied by the factory and is a perfect fit. The only thing you have to do is to cut off the tab on the upper right, preferably as close to the edge of the screen as possible so you don't even notice there's a screen protector on it. There's an indentation between the screen and surrounding plastic, so I used an xacto knife to slice the tab off there. But you can also peel it back a little and cut the tab off with a scissor - more risk of developing a bubble this way though. Better than leaving the tab on though, as the tab won't stay down over time and will eventually catch onto something and peel the film back.
I even leave the plastic film on the battery cover (once again cutting off the tab) to protect against wear.
Best of all, it's free.
do you leave all the manufacturers stickers on your PC and laptop and Televisions as well?
in all fairness, I used my V without a screen protector for 3 months. I let it get fairly abused. used the screen with sandpaper dust on my fingers. and you know what? its pretty damn durable. no scratches yet. only if I turn the screen completely off and hold it at extreme angles into a light source can i see faint marks, but i think its just my eyes tricking me because I wipe the screen and there gone.
after an incident where my phone flew out of my jacket on my bike, and again where it flew out of my hands boarding the train, I decided to get a case.
I bought a optimus S rubber case, its slightly too tall vertically, so the top and bottom arent as snug aginst the phone as id like. however it fit my friends optimus S perfectly. I could not find a major difference in the phones by holding both though. it was weird.
also, I bought a screen protector ( so I could cover up the LG and Virgin Mobile logos cleanly ) and it was made for an optimus S.
firstly, its too small all around, leaving a major gap between where the protector ends to where the actual rest of the glass part ends. and its taller vertically then it needs to be. assuming it was made with a 2mm distance from the edge of the glass at all points. which it kinda looks like is how it was made. but if so, it wouldnt be taller up and down.
weird little things like this.
you would think if both the phones use the same hardware and same case style, and the same network (so they could use the same internal radios) then LG would save money by just re using the optimus S parts (glass screen, same body size, etc)
why would they spend extra R&D making a shorter case and using plastic instead of glass? sure the palstic is nice and hard to scratch, but they already manufacturer the glass, just increase the output.
ok rant over.
point = optimus S parts ive tried dont quite fit the V