[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] mike.sw:
Product Page: http://www.skinomi.com/samsung-fascinate-skin-protector.html

(note: the link says fascinate skin but the product is for i9000 international with the lower button)

What's in the package:

http://f.cl.ly/items/8a50274835a46e0afb02/Skinonmi (1 of 9).jpg

• Samsung i9000 Galaxy S Skin Protector

• 1 Installation Squeegee

• 1 Bottle of Application Solution

• Installation Instructions

Front Skin

Ease of install - 5/5 - Pretty easy. Just get your hand and the TechSkin wet, place it on the (clean) screen slowly and use the squeegee to remove all the moist stuff out of the way.

Transparency - 5/5 - Crystal clear if you ask me. Most people won't notice unless you say that there is a screen protector.

Touch - 5/5 - You won't feel slight change in touch response from the screen. The surface itself isn't smooth, but your fingers won't feel it. You won't see it either unless you put the lights on your phone the same way as I do here:

http://f.cl.ly/items/a1747ac42baf070ef7f6/Skinonmi (4 of 9).jpg

How does it feel? - 3/5 - Well this is the only bad thing I can really tell about this screen protector. Due to it's nature, it's very thick skin. This in addition to the fact that Skinomi can't create exactly perfect skin in terms of size for the Galaxy (because they can't or because they want to ease on the installation step) creates very nasty feel when you touch the home button.

Close look:

http://f.cl.ly/items/fd273cd62c42eade1b5b/Skinonmi (2 of 9).jpg

You see the space between the button and the skin itself? well, when you move your finger over that you actually start feeling the skin rubbing against your finger. And after months that you loved you SGS smooth as silk, this isn't a very nice change.

How firmly is it attached? - 5/5 - You can't remove it by mistake. After you let it dry for couple of hours it's pretty much solid. after another 12-24 hours there's no sign for wet marks or anything similar. And unless you installed it wrong, it will stick to the screen until you going to take it off with a little force.

Overall 4.5/5

Back Skin

Ease of install - 3/5 - This one is more tricky. The SGS have some nice curves on it's back plate. it makes the install very long and patient and precise process which I didn't have. At first you need to glue the main back part and the top/left/right/bottom edges. Then, let it dry like 20-30 minutes so it won't move and try to place the corners. I guess I wasn't precise enough when I installed it because two of the four corners didn't stick as smoothly as I wanted, creating nasty sharp edges.

The solution? I just removed them with scissors:

http://f.cl.ly/items/7e070080500fa030ab0e/Skinonmi (5 of 9).jpg

Transparency - 5/5 - Same as before, Crystal clear.

How does it feel? - 3/5 - Same problem as before, but from another side.

The back plate itself is smooth as the original one. But once again due to the thick skin, when you move the fingers across the edges of the phone (near the silver frame) you cant ignore that skin just rubbing back against your fingers.

Note the the thickness in the top left corner of the phone:

http://f.cl.ly/items/b03549124e496679780a/Skinonmi (7 of 9).jpg

Overall 3.5/5

Bottom Line

Skinomi is a good product. I'm not a big fan of hard/soft cased for your cell phone, especially not for such big and pretty cellphones as the SGS.

Skin will protect only against scratches and not hard floors but that's a risk I'm willing to take.

The only thing that's really bothers me with the skin is that it takes that smooth feel that the SGS has. I really likes that feel and I don't think that there's any other phones that quiet feels like the SGS in hand.

Currently I will keep the screen protector but will keep looking for better solution for the back panel.. maybe trying CM Barely There case. But until then my phone will be skinned :cool: