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(More customer reviews)After purchasing a Droid X at Verizon and letting the Verizon sales rep apply one of the three (in the package) store bought Verizon screen savers, I didn't think too much about it except he did allow a small bubble to exist, so I simply re-did it myself at home. No problem after getting it laid down almost perfectly. The finger moves smoothly, there is no issue with touch sensitivity, and it is as clear and transparent as it can get. So why the splash Masque?
One thing bothered me about the Verizon screen protector. It's illogical. You have a glass area within an indent that measures 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches, but their screen saver is only 2 1/16 x 3 11/16 inches, big enough to cover the live part of the screen but leaving an uncovered border around the perimeter. So what's the big deal? Maybe you'll never scratch the border area (but you could), and the purpose of the screen protector is to protect the viewed area from scratches, isn't it?
If you have a choice between two options, one to cover most of the glass and the other to cover all of the glass, and it doesn't cost any more to go with the full coverage, and the full coverage option is perfectly smooth without drag or resistance, and it is perfectly clear, and there are no bubbles when applied, and there are also three in the pack in case you don't get it perfect the first or second time, why would you stay with the Verizon screen protectors? You wouldn't.
But before I discovered the splash Masque on Amazon's site (you will see that the splash Masque has glowing reviews overall), I looked at other options. I went to a Best Buy, where they only offer the Zagg Invisibleshield screen protectors for a variety of devices, including the Droid X. While at Best Buy, the sales rep made a compelling reason for buying Zagg (which, by the way, provides only one in the package, uses a wet solution during application, requiring up to 24 hours to dry completely, and costs twice as much as the splash Masque package of three). The sales rep showed me the Zagg applied to one of their demo phones and I felt a resistance when sliding my finger across, but I figured it was something you got used to and didn't matter in the end since so many Zagg screen protectors are sold. I bought one and went home. Before I was going to open the package and apply it, I decided to do more online investigation of reviews for the Zagg and others. The Zagg had mixed reviews. Others that I explored also had mixed reviews. This splash Masque, however, skewed heavily towards very favorable reviews. You can read them here.
I decided I'm not even going to try the Zagg, which I could have returned after trying if I didn't like it. Why bother? I already knew that there was more resistance than the perfectly smooth Verizon screen protector, and there were many reviews of the Zagg that were not favorable, and it cost twice as much for the Zagg as it did for the Verizon or splash Masque screen protectors (and you only got one instead of three). And splash Masque had such good reviews. So I ordered the splash Masque screen protectors for my Droid X and received them yesterday. I applied one. Very easy, no liquid needed, only a few minutes to apply, fits the glass perfectly, including the rounded corners, zero resistance, perfectly clear, perfectly sensitive to the touch -- how much more can you ask for in a simple product like this? It does what it is supposed to do, just like the Verizon screen protector. But, more logically, it covers the whole screen, and that makes all the difference.
I don't write reviews often, especially if the points I would make are already covered by other reviewers. In this case, the choice to go with these splash Masque screen protectors was such a good one that I wanted anyone considering screen protectors to understand that this is THE choice to go with. Chances are good that you will be able to return the used Verizon product since they have a good return policy on their accessories.
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