I Paid $42 for Apple to Install a Screen Protector and I Ain’t Even Mad

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I Paid $42 for Apple to Install a Screen Protector and I Ain’t Even Mad

Installing a screen protector yourself is one of the worst things ever, possibly worse than stubbing a toe. It’s so bad that I went to an Apple Store and paid them $42.75 to do it for me. I regret nothing.
Anyone who has ever tried to install a screen protector knows exactly what I’m talking about—you can never truly get it aligned correctly, and specs of dust always seem to make their way underneath the screen protector right as you go to lay it down.
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I eventually threw in the towel and went to an Apple Store, where I knew they had special little doohickies that can install a screen protector perfectly every time on your fancy new iPhone. The results are always fantastic.
[h=2]A Closer Look At Those Special Little Doohickies[/h]The screen protector applicators that you see at Apple Stores are actually of Belkin’s design, called the ScreenCare+ Application System.
It’s as easy as setting the iPhone and the screen protector into the slots (which line everything up for you), closing the shell, and then yanking off the protective films. A trained seal could probably do it.

The ScreenCare+ system is proprietary to Apple Stores, although T-Mobile stores have something similar from Belkin as well. Unfortunately, the public can’t buy these devices for themselves, so us peasants are stuck doing it the old-fashioned way.
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[chscag]

I just several weeks ago purchased a Zagg Hard Glass screen protector for a new iPhone 8 and the nice lady at Best Buy put it on for me for free. And the Zagg Glass Protector did not cost anywhere near $42.75. But I guess if you want Apple stuff, you have to expect to pay Apple prices!

 

[Slydude]

I have one of those on my current iPhone. The nice folks at the local Verizon store put it on for me when I upgraded phones and like you I didn't pay anywhere near $42 for it. I had one on my last phone. When I went to turn it in the screen was in pristine condition after they cleaned off some dust that had gotten between the glass and screen protector.

 

[chscag]

Those Zagg hard glass screen protectors really work. My wife's older iPhone 6s+ looked like a disaster but when we pulled off the Zagg Screen Protector, it looked just like when we bought it. We now have a pristine 6s+ that we will probably give away to a friend or relative.