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I now have a MATTE iPhone 3GS!
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I might give it a try this weekend. I was going to follow this tutorial to make the silver bezel a brushed metal look anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLSeVx_q1I&feature=player_embedded
I'm going to stick a small piece of painters tape in the camera hole to prevent scratching the camera.
I'll let you know how it turns out.
I finallly got fed up with my Incase Slider case. I love the feel of the device without a case, but it always felt way too slippery, hence the case.
whenever I had it naked, I found myself always fretting over the back of the device, so I put this Wrapsol Matte skin on the back.
Now, not only does it give the iPhone much needed grip on the back, but an awesome matte look too!
whenever I had it naked, I found myself always fretting over the back of the device, so I put this Wrapsol Matte skin on the back.
Now, not only does it give the iPhone much needed grip on the back, but an awesome matte look too!
The film is matte, not clear. You won't see the majority of scratches. Sanding the back of an iPhone IMO is ridiculous.
I uhh... forgot. Oh, of course, you're a Demi! No wonder you thought of that!What are we talking about?
I personally prefer up and down, but I went swirly when I got to the top.
From my personal experience, superspiffy is completely correct.
After getting the same result multiple times, I decided that for some reason, after you complete the procedure, it feels just a bit sticky, but smooth nonetheless.
No, OCD is trying to take the hairline scratches out of your plastic phone with sandpaper. LOL
I'd rather get a NEW phone for FREE whenever I get a crack than have to deal with grinding away at my old one.
No, OCD is trying to take the hairline scratches out of your plastic phone with sandpaper. LOL
I'd rather get a NEW phone for FREE whenever I get a crack than have to deal with grinding away at my old one.
Scammer.
Do you just say your battery life is less than half?
When you said that I immediately thought of something else. And then quickly realized we where talking about a phone.
I know the inside of the case is also black. If my suspicions are correct, it is probably dip coated. Nonetheless, I have a scratch on the back of my 32gb 3Gs and it is white underneath.
Actually... it's clear plastic that is painted from the inside, so don't worry about rubbing the paint off... it's not coming off.
Is anyone concerned about the resale value of the phone?
When I got my 3GS, I was able to offset the cost almost 100% by selling my 3G on eBay. I took good care of it and polished out any minor scratches that had occured. I can't help but think that this would significantly reduce the value of a used iPhone.
Now, If you're talking about an iPhone that had deep scratches, and this managed to hide them, then I guess it's just the lesser of two evils.
When I got my 3GS, I was able to offset the cost almost 100% by selling my 3G on eBay. I took good care of it and polished out any minor scratches that had occured. I can't help but think that this would significantly reduce the value of a used iPhone.
Now, If you're talking about an iPhone that had deep scratches, and this managed to hide them, then I guess it's just the lesser of two evils.
Can someone else please try this and post pictures? I really badly want to get rid of the gloss on my iPhone 3G. I'm sick of the fingerprints!
Also, when you say it's sticky after... is that just at first or does it stay "sticky". How sticky is it? Please don't turn this post into a bad joke... you KNOW what I mean.
Also, when you say it's sticky after... is that just at first or does it stay "sticky". How sticky is it? Please don't turn this post into a bad joke... you KNOW what I mean.
I didn't say the phone got sticky after the mod, I said that stock glossy iPhones are both slippery and sticky at the same time. The gloss makes the phones super smooth and also super slippery on top of also making the phone into a grease magnet. So over time, the phone develops a weird inconsistency... slippery in some places, sticky in others when there's too much grease build up. Does anybody know what I mean by this?
Sanding the phone down to matte gets rid of the gloss and the phone is less likely to build up grease, resulting in a smoother (but less slippery) and also less sticky feeling.
UPDATE: So I took my matte phone to the Apple Store for the screwed up camera lens cover. The Genius felt the difference instantly and he could tell that it's been sanded. He said that he's never seen any mod like that before and he admitted, that he liked the feeling of the matte better. Then he started showing the phone to other Geniuses and the uniform reaction was always something like, "wow! how'd you do that?"
He told me the only way to "fix" the lens was to buy the replacement, so I agreed. I figured I already reimbursed much of the cost by trading my old 3G for the 3GS + a little cash, so I could deal with paying a little more cash to get a mint, fully functioning 3GS.
So my matte 3GS is probably being boxed and carted into a secret underground Apple research facility ala Raiders of the Lost Ark. Expect matted 4G iPhones next year
I didn't say the phone got sticky after the mod, I said that stock glossy iPhones are both slippery and sticky at the same time. The gloss makes the phones super smooth and also super slippery on top of also making the phone into a grease magnet. So over time, the phone develops a weird inconsistency... slippery in some places, sticky in others when there's too much grease build up. Does anybody know what I mean by this?
Sanding the phone down to matte gets rid of the gloss and the phone is less likely to build up grease, resulting in a smoother (but less slippery) and also less sticky feeling.
UPDATE: So I took my matte phone to the Apple Store for the screwed up camera lens cover. The Genius felt the difference instantly and he could tell that it's been sanded. He said that he's never seen any mod like that before and he admitted, that he liked the feeling of the matte better. Then he started showing the phone to other Geniuses and the uniform reaction was always something like, "wow! how'd you do that?"
He told me the only way to "fix" the lens was to buy the replacement, so I agreed. I figured I already reimbursed much of the cost by trading my old 3G for the 3GS + a little cash, so I could deal with paying a little more cash to get a mint, fully functioning 3GS.
So my matte 3GS is probably being boxed and carted into a secret underground Apple research facility ala Raiders of the Lost Ark. Expect matted 4G iPhones next year
So the question is: Are you going to "matte" your new 3GS? Also, if you do... would you mind taking photos of your progress or possibly a video of it?
That's exactly what I discovered. Add to that, the feeling of always 'babying' the exposed back of the phone too, and it quickly became a nightmare, whenever I used the device in it's naked state.
Sanding it down, would be too extreme for me, so I added the Wrapsol back skin, as stated in a previous post. I cannot reccommend this enough, as it solves all of the quoted/stated issues above.
I'm sure Steve has his top men on it.So my matte 3GS is probably being boxed and carted into a secret underground Apple research facility ala Raiders of the Lost Ark. Expect matted 4G iPhones next year
Top. Men.