Installed the Sapphire Defense today and the bottom line, it's a fail. Went on great, no bubbles, sides stuck down good and everything was just fine for about 1 hour. Let the phone sit for about an hour and when I came back both sides were popping up. Now, no matter how much or hard I push on the sides they will not stay down and the edges are loaded with tiny bubbles now.
Called Zagg and they are sending me a replacement. This could be user error as I have the protector on a c-hair high and a c-hair over to the right. I can tell you there is NO room for error with this protector, it's got to be on 100% perfect or there will be problems.
This protector is crystal clear, very smooth glass like feel and good smudge resistance. Much improved over the iPhone 7 Plus Sapphire defense I had on the iPhone several months back.
I'm going to try round two when the replacement arrives from ZAGG.
I'll leave this one on the phone until my replacement arrives from ZAGG.
My OCD will be kicking my @ss staring at those bubbles along the two sides though. :-\
I'm still not sold on that Whitestone Dome as it does not seem too case friendly.
Here's a couple quick pictures, I can't live with this. :-\