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iyiyi

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Jan 13, 2013
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Hey guys.
This is driving me nuts. I've tried several of the highest rated screen protectors on Amazon for my 4th gen 40mm watch and all are terrible. None of them cover the whole screen, and they all peel up after a day or two.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a really good screen protector? Thanks
 

bbednarz

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All of the wet application ones are going to peel, there is no way around it. The only ones that are decent are the glass ones and I dont believe they have made any for the Series 4 watches yet, I could be mistaken. My advice is to learn to live with the small surface scratches, they aren't that big of a deal and honestly they look better than most all screen protectors.
 

j0nblayz

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spend little more and get apple care, best screen protection. For the amount I’ve spent on screen protectors trying to find one that works, I must have spent close to what apple care costs. This time around I just bought apple care with my s4. This way I can just enjoy the watch and towards end of the 2 year term I’ll just replace the screen if required and also a new battery.
 
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staggerlee41

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Armorsuit is pretty much edge to edge on my S4 44mm and is the best I have used. The trick to getting the wet application protectors to stay put is getting a good application and letting it cure before you wear it. Take your time when you apply it, don't rush wearing it and you should be good to go.

I have a S2 and have had a screen protector on there for 6 months plus before I changed it--due to the protector taking some dings, not because it was peeling. It is also not edge to edge.

Even if they peel, I'd rather deal with that than deal with what could happen should I damage the face. As careful as I am, I still manage to knock it into walls, corners, tables, etc.
 

caspergirl

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May 15, 2010
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As i wrote in Another topic
there is ONE company for screen protectors. I’m not in anyway affiliate with the company but I do appreciate quality. There are totally invisible. No problem with screen sensibility etc I literally forgetting that there is a membrane. Better than Zagg (I had it too in my previous watch) but in considerably lower price
Ps. If you have 38mm watch you can perfectly use the 40mm. NOT A TEMPERED GLASS

https://mediadevil.com/products/apple-watch-40mm-series-4-screen-protector-clear-magicscreen
 

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bigboy29

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After multiple applications of IQ Shield and Tauri film protectors and after all of them started to look like crap after a week or max two weeks of use, I installed the Zagg glass protector. It does cause some screen sensitivity issues especially if the watch is on very tight (it's strange but Zagg guy at the mall explained to me it has something to do with electric field and it is true the problem is not happening if the watch is a little looser on the wrist).

It is therefore not perfect but it is the way to go, I think.

Note - I wear my watch no matter what I do; rock climbing (chalk on fingers and screen) changing oil on my car, cutting wood during home proects / getting sawdust on it... whatever... I have the watch on. Dust inevitably gets under edges of film protectors and they come up. YMMV.

I chipped the Zagg glass screen protector 2 nights ago when rock climbing by scraping the watch on the wall and plan to have it replaced after the next chip.
 
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