[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] gavin-phelan:
http://dbrand.com/

Hi everybody. I bring to you today a little review and background information that was giving to me by dbrand.inc and i have there permission to open and maintain these threads.

The dbrand inc are a canadian owned and operated business , established on 11.11.11 although they may have not been around long they are certainly making a name for themselves, a positive one at that!

Upon receiving my carbon fibre skin i was amazed by the little sketch i asked for of a lambo amazing!

The precision of the cuts is just unbelievable and they fit easy too your phone and can easily be taking back off and put back on the piece of white backing supplied ( so dont throw it away!)

Like me many of you probably know dbrand from there great success on the nexus 4 phone and you know that there humour and customer service is outstanding there even here on Xda [MENTION=5091753]dbrandSkins[/MENTION] and will happily help you with anything.

The following was giving to me from dbrand as a little background information about the challenges of making the s4 skin;

We measured the outer limits of the back piece more times than we did for any device in dbrand history. While most heavyweight device manufacturers are trending towards unibody aluminum designs with straight-edge form factors, Samsung seems intent on sticking with a poly-carbonate (fancy plastic) material on a shell with curved edges. The 3M adhesive which is on the back of all skins we manufacture is strong. It adheres nicely to aluminum/glass, and removes just as well (as you may know from experience with our Nexus 4 skins). The same cannot be said for polycarbonate surfaces with curved edges. The plastic shell, a shell which is quite thin, has very little structural integrity. When you apply our 3M vinyl skins to an aluminum or glass surface, you can remove it and re-apply it as needed during initial application. When applying to a polycarbonate surface, the adhesive bonds *very* tightly with only the slightest contact of of adhesive-to-plastic. In all honesty, it is moderately difficult to get a flawless application on your first try. While applying a skin does require some form of dexterity, our goal is to have the entire skinning process be as painless and simple as possible for the consumer (a major reason that we produce concise how-to-apply tutorial videos). We actually just released the GS4 tutorial video, which can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/dnbMlMBrg6E.

We strive to offer edge-to-edge coverage on all our devices. With the Galaxy line of phones, it simply isn't possible without having a complex and exponentially more difficult installation procedure which involves a hairdryer and surgically-precise application abilities. Anything less would result in a skin that hangs off the edge, collects dust, and peels up at the first entry/exit from your pocket. Our solution was to provide a skin which looked aesthetically pleasing, matched the shape of the phone perfectly, and still offered flawless cutouts for the camera/flash and speaker cutouts. It doesn't go edge-to-edge, but it transform the look of your phone and provides genuine scratch protection. It looks great, you can check it out on our magical mix'n'match purchase interface here: http://dbrand.com/purchase/galaxy-s4.

The front piece was not without it's own challenges. While we normally don't provide front pieces, we do like to offer it if the surface of the device is flat (a characteristic which did not exist with the Nexus 4). The issue with the GS4 front piece was that the border on the left and right were far too thin. This resulted in a skin which was difficult to align vertically straight. An even larger and more important issue was the structural integrity of the border. An average user wipes their screen free of grime/dust/fingerprints/sweat often during the day. This wipe is usually on some part of your clothing, whether it be your pant leg or your sleeve. With such a thin border, we found that even the slightest snag of the skin on your clothing would result in a ripped frame piece. If the frame didn't rip by some chance, the grime would collect around the inner edges. This was simply unacceptable. Our solution was to offer separated top/bottom pieces. Aesthetically it is very nice, but functionally it is much better. Cutouts for the sensors/LED/earpiece and front camera are all flawless, just as you'd expect. On top of that, the cutouts for the menu/back capacitive buttons are deadly precise, just as you'd dream they could be.

Hopefully this will provide you with some solid information and insights into our inner workings and get a good thread started over on the GS4 forums! We'll be over there for sure once you make the post.

Now picture time

2012 vs 2013 black carbon

FINAL WORDS

I'd like to thank dbrand for letting me do this.

I'd recommend these skins to anyone regardless of what phone you have these as the name says "We are the boss of vinyl skins™"

I only had the black carbon fibre for my s4 but I've many for the nexus 4 and yes the rest are just as stunning as this carbon fibre,

The selection includes

Carbon fibre

°black

°white

°ferrari red

Titanium

°black

°silver

True colors-which are scratch proof

°red

°orange

°yellow

°green

°blue

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