Any recommendations for a cheap tempered glass protector?

Kawaisa

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Is anyone here using a cheap tempered glass protector and is satisfied with it? By that I mean perfect seal on the sides and no dust has gotten inside the screen area. By cheap I obviously mean side adhesive protectors since I have yet to see a generic version of the Whitestone.

I'm asking because they're not all the same. I bought one for my S8+ and it fully adhered to the sides of the screen. No dust ever got into the screen area.

I bought a 4-pack from a different seller on ebay and I would get dust inside within a day so obviously some use better adhesive than others.

I need to pick up something from Amazon or Ebay quickly. I'm using the Ringke Invisible Defender (garbage) and there's too much friction when scrolling or when using the s-pen.

It's like making love to tree bark.
 

Mike02z

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I'm on my third and they all suck so far. I even purchased a 25 dollar one due to great reviews. It fit great but no glue on the screen so there was a HUGE loss of sensitivity and a lot of "clicking". I just bit the bullet and bought the Whitestone Dome Glass.
 

CtrlZThis

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I'm on my second one so far and still not happy. I tried one from Poetic and totally sucked. Sucked so bad they e-mailed me lol and said they were sending out replacements.

I'm using one now that's better than the first one but still not happy. This one's by Wellci. It's not great but it's cheap and works pretty good.

Galaxy Note 8 Screen Protector, Wellci 3D Curved Screen Protector for Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Ultra Clear) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0751FFHMF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_YVZTzbQS3H9G1

I said pretty good.... Not great.
 
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guthrien

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Weren't they able to pull these off for the 7? Kind of concerned, I bought a wet apply which I haven't opened yet. Seems like the dark ages.
 

Kawaisa

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Weren't they able to pull these off for the 7? Kind of concerned, I bought a wet apply which I haven't opened yet. Seems like the dark ages.
I have high hopes for the IQ shield wet apply as I had a good experience with the S8+ version. Hopefully they have a matte version.

The Spigen wet apply isn't very good.

But all of these wet apply ones are going to be terrible given the use of the s-pen.
 
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Torquemada288

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I bought a cheap tempered glass screen protector from eBay hoping it would be ok.
This thread does not inspire hope.
Once my phone arrives, I'll apply the screen protector and report back.
I may be quite angry.
 

ProStreetCamaro

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The ONLY one worth a $hit is the whitestone dome glass. All the others are trash plain and simple. I had it on my S8+ and it was perfect and I expect the same out of the note 8 version. I am waiting for mine to come in actually. Should be here by next monday I believe.
 
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