[Galaxy S III Accessories] tqgia2:
Well ladies and gents, just got my Amzer Shatterproof screen protector today, here are my initial thoughts: (refer to update for final thoughts)

40 dollars shipping is ridiculous (to Australia). It arrived in a large padded envelope which I think is rather poor for that price. I made some noise and had it discounted to 20 dollars but even that seems to dear for a padded envelope.

Not quite sure what to make out of packaging, photo's for you to judge to yourself...

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/1.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/2.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/3.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/4.jpg

Now for installation, followed instructions perfectly (supplied on packet) it was a dry install so I did it next to a running hot water tap. It all went smoothly until I tried pushing air bubbles out with their supplied card. For some reason there are hideous marks left by air bubbles as they travel towards the edge. It looks bloody terrible and I don't know whether or not to take it off, planning on leaving it on overnight and hope its a bit like zagg, disappearing as time goes on.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/5.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/6.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/7.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/8.jpg

Excuse the quality of the last 4 photos, taken from a very old camera.

There is also a noticeable scratch on the underside of the screen protector or something that's caused a line of discoloured pixels in the last picture.

Also, in my attempt of trying to push residual air out of these blemishes, I used my fingernail to apply pressure in hope that the blemishes would go away with proper contact to the screen (the card they provided wasn't doing anything at all). Turns out that fingernails scratch this screen protector, would have thought it was a little more resistant than that since my cheapo ones don't scratch from my fingernail... So blemishes didn't go away and the protector is scratched too... :(

Pros:

-Full screen coverage, no gaps on the side.

-No orange peel effect and while it isn't like my naked phone, its rather smooth.

Cons:

-Shipping was ridiculous to Australia, might be better to other places

-Getting rid of air bubbles seems to leave residual marks. Seems like you have to be a master and apply with no air bubbles for it to look good.

-Scratches rather easily and noticeably

-Not "self-healing"

Overall Verdict

Given that I had paid 50 dollars for this, (would have been 70 if I didn't complain), very dis-satisfied with this screen protector. A premium priced product shouldn't have these issues, my 1 dollar screen protectors didn't look like crap when I pushed air bubbles out, and its unacceptable that these have this problem. This is my first and probably will be my last purchase from Amzer.

Would love to hear if anyone else has had the same issues and me.

and...

Feel free to ask questions! if it doesn't clear up in the next few days I'll take it off, try find something else to put it on and do a drop test or scratch test to see if its really "shatterproof"

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Edit

Just to clarify: Protector itself cost 30 dollars, shipping was what sent it to the exuberant prices listed in my post.

Update: Also, there seems to be 0 improvement after: waiting/playing with phone/some more hopefully pressing. This thing looks so ugly I might have to take it off tomorrow to avoid showing it in public

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Update

: 24/10/12 (the day after)

Ok so I woke up this morning and the marks from last night were still there. Hating the idea of wasting my money spent on this I decided to run an experiment:

Turn something that was meant to be a dry install and make it a wet install.

The packaging describes a dry install, and I wasn't given any solution for a wet one... so I found some left over stuff from my Zagg Invisibleshield and went to work. After a bit of fiddling around and lots of spray (make sure phone is off when you're trying this), here are the results

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/9.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/10.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/11.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32846000/12.jpg

Sorry I didn't think of taking a photo this morning when it was looking crappy, you guys will have to trust me that it was terrible still... but the improvement after my experiment is remarkable. It isn't perfect, my camera can't capture some of the small blemishes under the protector but they are pretty much small enough to ignore, as is the dust that I can't quite get off the edge. Also you guys can see from picture 11 the scratches from my nail I was talking about. The screen protector also doesn't seem to be self healing,a few of the points where I had to force air bubbles out with my dry install still have "dents" so that could annoy some of you here.

Final thoughts? Given my crappy experience yesterday I would still probably not recommend this, especially if it stays a dry install. However in future if they change it to a wet install, that or you have a bottle of Zagg solution lying around and have already ordered this, it could be a good thing. I'm kind of happy with it now, I've now got a full screen coverage that I could use for a few weeks unless it gets terribly scratched and it is quite smooth to touch. Amzer need to work on their product pricing to make it much more reasonable... that and to increase scratch resistance of a product that is supposed to withstand bricks, hammers and the like.

Disclaimer: If you already have this and are trying a wet install, I by no means will take responsibility if you damage your device or if it doesn't work for you. This was my last hope and it managed to work (maybe by luck). If you do perform a wet install, do so at your own risk.

Update 27/10/12

Amzer have finally responded to my emails and after checking that I did follow all their installation instructions, have kindly offered to issue a replacement since they assure me it should not have this issue. Will let you know how my replacement goes