Thing is... if u drop a flip case, its likely to be in the open position.

Based on my CSI on youtube, other forums etc.. my purely theoretical findings are:

Tempered glass

- Definitely a no-go as the air gap between the glass and screen will affect touch sensitivity. Also if phone is immersed in water, water will get into the gap.

Screen protector

- There's some that claims 9H scratch resistance blah blah blah but at the end of the day, its all bullshiat. PET material is PET material... no matter what coating you put on top of it... its still what it is and scratches more or less the same. Chicken with makeup also will never be phoenix.

In short, my pick will be Spigen Curved HD simply because of the area circled in red. I'll get to why in a moment.



Case

TLDR version: If a case is easy to put on and remove... then it's probably not very good protection. If a case is compatible with PET screen protector that covers the whole glass, then its probably not very good protection too.

IMO is that the best screen protection for the S7E in addition to the corner...is a case's raised lip. The higher it is... the better the chances at the screen not hitting the floor.



Equally if not more important, is how tight the corners clips onto the phone.... especially important for the S7E since that's the only place it can clip on.

If it requires some force to clip the case in place... it's will also lift full coverage screen protectors but it also means that it will require the same amount of force to dislodge it when your phone falls face down!!

Hence there's where the spigen curved HD screen protector comes to play. The circled area is not covered with SP... nothing to lift... can fit the tightest fitting case on it.

If you think about it.... those cases with good reputation for protection like Speck and Otterbox are generally pretty hard to put on.

As to which case, it depends on how much thickness and wideness (affecting one hand operation) that you can tolerate.

Currently I'm using spigen ultra hybrid as a thin case for everyday office use and neo-hybrid when out with the kids.

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Jun 8 2016, 01:45 PM

Most spigens (get the hybrid material ones) have between 0.8-1mm lip.

Slim armor has 1.2mm lip while the tough armor have 2mm lip

Yeah its confusing. The naming also abit weird.

Neo-hybrid - not really hybrid material but tpu held with plastic bumper. The bumper provides a more secure fit.

Neo-hybrid crystal - same as above but transparent tpu instead of black

Crystal shell - no hybrid in its name but its tpu coated with polycarbonate with beefier corners.

Ultra hybrid - the above without the extra bit in thd corners.

Liquid crystal - soft transparent tpu. Non hybrid

Tough armor - thick tpu. 2mm lip with clip on plastic back and kick stand

Slim armor - thinner version of the above

Rugged armor - black tpu with faux carbon insert for looks.

Slim

A while ago, I watched this on youtube... @ 3:00



And came across the non- Lux version of the x-doria defense for the S7 Edge today so I just bought one just to try it out.



Most interesting is they claim that it exceeds MIL-STD and its tested to 2M drop on concrete instead of the regular 1.12m on plywood.



How it looks on hand



The back



This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Jun 9 2016, 04:15 PM

The sell-point to me is that the aluminum frame covers quite a bit more of the edge that most other cases and it adds rigidity to the whole thing making the case very hard to dislodge in a fall.

Also feels very secure on hand with a weighty feel.



Compared with Spigen Ultra Hybrid (top), Spigen Neo-Hybrid (middle)



The downside is that..

1) It adds quite a bit of width to the phone making the S7edge feeling more like an Iphone 6 Plus.
2) The buttons feels spongy and hard to press. Whether it will loosen up with use... that I dunno
3) The earphone cutouts are pretty small



edit: Update 14 June 2016
- I've noticed that the metal frame does somewhat interfere with the S7E's signal reception. Was out in the woods yesterday where signal was very weak (only gprs, let alone 3G or 4G). Case on and case off effects the signal by one bar.

To be fair, it's not noticeable 99% of the time

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Jun 14 2016, 11:04 AM

Was curious about the supcase as well but its not available offline in my area so cannot touch touch.

Its primarily an android security patch for1 june. Check your software info if ur already running the latest else it should be coming.

It doesnt effect the phone itself but water might get between the TG and the phone screen hence u might be staring at a puddle of water that u cant easily remove.

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Jun 11 2016, 10:51 PM

Yup

I went with spigen curved hd SP to protect against minor scratches.

Use a case with raised lip that doesn't easily get dislodged.

Having tempered glass will of course will be great but at the end of the day, there's only so much that a <0.33mm piece of glass can do to protect your phone.

Repost

edit: Original post has pictures https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=80304004

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Jun 14 2016, 11:25 AM

No problem.

Which screen mode you're on?

Not accurate to compare using adaptive right? Try using another mode that doesn't change and compare with another phone side by side since lighting can also affect our eyes perception.

Usually the difference is due to different panel vendor used but samsung only use their own amoled screen.

Symmetry or commuter?

I think the issue is whether the sc has the equipment for testing.

I'm located in Taiwan. Got mine for ~NT590

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