Clarivue HD GLASS Screen Protector

farfromovin said:

Couple questions:
1) Does it stick firmly all the way around the edges?
2) How much of a gap is there at the edges?
3) If you have a white background, say on a webpage, can you see any discoloration? Almost like colored pixels? Some SP's do this.

I appreciate your review thus far!

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Sorry for the delay.

1) For my personal one, I do notice a small pocket of air along the edges. They range from 0.5 mm 1mm in size. I'm not sure if it was because I had pried it back out again so many times or not - you don't really notice it as the screen protector extends past the AMOLED screen and these air pockets are outside of the screen area. The only areas where it shows a pocket is to the sides. My previous eBay plastic screen protector did this as well. I do not believe it is possible to get it 100% flat, unless they cut the glass to cover a smaller portion of the screen. I believe the very edge of the screen is curved by Samsung, so it really may not be their fault.

2) They cut the glass very well - there is a 3mm gap left from the edge of the phone to the glass surface. The glass screen protector extends past the screen 0.75mm on the left and right sides. There is about 1.5mm clearance in the home button area and speaker grille and front facing camera. There is a larger gap on closest to the top and bottom edges of the phone.

3) There is no discolouration at all - it looks like a very clean ultra clear plastic screen protector until you touch the edge of the screen protector. That's when you notice the thickness of the glass. It does resist grease better than the plastic variety, so it stays optically clear longer. There is no Anti-glare effect, and it does unfortunately reflect the light very well as well. It behaves and looks like the bare gorilla glass.

When I have a white background, it looks fantastic - no defects or discolouration - until you find a dust particle or oil smear. I have 1 dust particle that is only visible in a white background and it looks like a hot pixel, so I will most likely leave it as is.

Having used a glass protector now, I cannot see myself going back to the regular ones again. Aside from the extra protection, the glass makes cleaning the screen much easier. I find that the oils and fingerprints tend to smear all over the plastic ones unless you use some kind of liquid or alcohol solution first. For the glass, a simple wipe will easily clean the screen.

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$39.99 MSRP use code 'glass' for 25% off ($29.99)

Let me know what you guys think, I am pretty tempted to give it a try... oil and fingerprint resistant.

(after it's in the cart it automatically deducts the 25%)

AlphaNoble said:

Any chance you could post some pictures?

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Here's mine on my phone.

Just got mine in. Tried to install it their way and i had all kinds of bubbles. So i took it back off, sprayed a spritz of alcohol on the back side, laid it back down, and slowly worked out most of the alcohol. Then I took a blow dryer to it. Worked out WONDERFULLY. Just be careful if you try to do it that way... that thing will slide around on you like crazy until you get the alcohol out.

simbany1 said:

Any updates/reviews on this. Post seemed to have just stopped. Interested in getting an idea on how the Clarivue HD is working on for whoever has it. Bought the MIME, but I feel like sensitivity was affected when typing. It didn't register the keys all the time. Contacted MIME and they send to send it back for an exchange or refund. Put one of my extra iSmooth sp's back on and I'm happy for now. Just curious about the Clarivue.

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I'm pretty pleased with mine - I didn't realize they included a sealed wet-wipe (supposedly anti-static and anti-dust formulated), so I ended up with dust particles after I wiped the bare surface down with a Microfiber cloth and rubbing alcohol. Since I figured I had nothing to lose - as I had an obscene number of dust particles under the glass, I decided to pry it out again and wash it using liquid hand soap and water.

Basically I ended up applying it like a Zagg protector using 99% Alcohol in a spray bottle as a liquid base to a) reduce dust particles and prevent water spots, b) shift the Clairvue into position. I ended up with a pretty decent job - there is only one tiny dust particle - small enough that it isn't visible unless you pull up a white background. There is no air bubble surrounding it and it only showed up a week after the initial application.

My friends who also purchased the same protector applied it successfully without the issues - as they were forewarned by me about the wipe, so I guess the wipe really does help in the installation.

They also included 4 plastic buttons for the home button - to make it easier to press the button down - it came in White, Black, Blue and Grey. The issue with these buttons is that they seem like they're for the S3 and not the Note. It still works but its definitely not the proper shape of the Note II button.

There may be a small loss of sensitivity (maybe 1%?) - but I'm not 100% certain as really hard to tell if its the app or the phone. S-Pen functions fine. The glass is really, really smooth compared to plastic ones - well worth the extra cost. Also resists oils very well - requires fewer wipe downs compared to the plastic ones.

I would definitely buy again - and I'm only including what I went through to apply it since I failed to install it correctly - yet it is recoverable and not all is lost. The adhesive layer is strong enough for some washing. I probably wouldn't pry it out now though as the adhesive has probably cured a little bit. I don't believe it's supposed to be reusable.