Jul 19

Hands On: Wrapsol Scratch-Resistant Film for Smartphones

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If you don’t have a case on your smartphone–or at least some kind of protection for your screen–well, you’re asking for trouble. A great alternative to a bulky case is a scratch-resistant film; I’ve always been a fan of the Invisible Shield. Today I’ve officially converted to its competitor: Wrapsol.
To the eye, Wrapsol is basically the same product; it’s a transparent film that you stick onto your phone. Invisible Shield is extremely powerful. You can literally take a key to your LCD and nothing will happen.  Wrapsol claims to be equally as powerful, but adds two more features. First, application is quicker and easier, as it requires no liquid sprays (as the Invisible Shield does). Second, the film has built-in shock protection, so it can guard your device against drops as high as a few feet.

Application was pretty simple and straight forward. It didn’t involve much more than peeling the film from paper and then sticking it onto my Motorola Droid.  The package includes a rubber brick meant for pushing out air bubbles. I did a really sloppy job at pushing them out, but a week later all of the air bubbles disappeared on their own (as seen in the images.) 

I can’t testify that the second claim holds up, as I had no desire to
drop my own phone. But there’s a bunch of videos online that demo this claim.  If I do drop mine by accident, I’ll update the post; but the videos are pretty convincing.

A smartphone Wrapsol package costs roughly $30 dollars. The company offers film cut to the dimensions of many different products, not just smartphones.

I took a lot of photos of the application process, which you can see
after the jump. 

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