There used to be a hard plastic screen protector on my Note to protect the screen applied at the factory. I knew there was one on this Note and intentionally left it on and recently my screen got damaged and I had to send it to Samsung Care service center. It was returned with a soft plastic cover stuck on and now I'm attempting to find a hard plastic or tempered glass screen protector.
There are literally dozens of different brands and a number of them have very bad user reviews!
Can anybody with a Note 20 Ultra with beveled edges recommend a great screen protector? I would even settle for a very hard thin plastic cover like mine was shipped from the factory with.
Also some shoddy brands that bond to the screen are reported to be impossible to remove for replacement as well. I want to avoid those brands as well!
I don't own a Note 20 Ultra. My last one was the Note 8 and I bought the S22 Ultra recently. It seems that ZAGG, the people behind InvisibleShield doesn't offer tempered glass screen protectors anymore. Instead, they offer some kind of hybrid glass screen protector that seems little more than a plastic cover. I bought one, the cheaper Fusion Curve D30 thinking it was a tempered glass and it wasn't until I opened it and remove the film out of the protector that I discovered it was not glass. For the price I was paying, which was much more than what I paid for the tempered glass one I got for my Note 8, I was expecting tempered glass. Not impressed so I returned it for a refund. I ended up getting a tempered glass one, but since the retailer applied it for me, I actually don't know the brand.
If a hard plastic protector is fine with you, I'd still recommend whatever ZAGG offers since they do offer a replacement warranty. I have never taken advantage of them and simply just bought a replacement whenever I cracked my screen. The glass is solid and I have unfortunately dropped it on many occasions and it protected it.
Thanks for the info! When I got my Note 20 in late 2020 I suspected it might have a cover from the factory. I also purchased a protective case from Samsung as well and while placing the Note in this plastic case I discovered the same cover on the back and 👍I left it on going one step farther and leaving all the ports and openings covered as well even while in this protective case! You see I switched from Apple and their older phones are HORRIBLE!!!!! They have ZERO water resistance, the charge port is quite simply put, total garbage with that stupid little tab and dirt and moisture enters there along with the port not lasting long and the necessity of jiggling it with the charging cutting in and out and this is why I left that protective plastic on!! Okay now comes the time to transfer my data and everything else from the Crapple diePhone and I simply carefully peeled the covering off the port and once done placed it back. I started looking for a screen protector and was informed the same thing was on the screen and also left this on. Oh yes eventually I could see a slight cloudy appearance from swiping but didn't care. I was working in my garage and had one of those plastic tool cases with socket and wrench set standing upright and for only a second placed my Note on its back in the protective case on the cement floor and this tool suitcase flopped over on my new expensive phone😭. The factory screen protector was now obvious but the screen was shattered on one edge with a hairline crack running across. The phone was still very usable with the odd glitch happening and I spent the money and purchased Samsung Care so I was okay other than a few tears and anger of such a needless mishap🤬. I just got my Note back and instead of the same hard plastic cover, it now has a thin soft plastic cover from the screen manufacture. It is pealing with bubbles but while in use they are hardly noticeable. Now this time I won't wait a year depending on the OEM cover that is now not there. If there were inexpensive screen protectors for sale just as good as this original cover I would grab them. There are numerous bad reviews about lousy products, both tempered and plastic with the protector coming off after a day or two, or the fingerprint sensor not working at all and even worse not being able to remove a scratched or damaged screen protector. There were a number of warnings from the product reviews mainly for the tempered glass protectors using a UV light to activate and set the glue and afterwords not being able to remove resulting in a ruined screen. This is the main reason for my enquiry today. There are numerous brands for the same Note 20 Ultra model but some have 1 or 2 star rating with some 4- 4.5 with none with only 5 stars🤣
So sorry to hear about your unfortunate accident. I would spend the money on a tempered glass protector if you can find one. The one I have on my S22 Ultra is an adhesive one similar in looks to what I got for my Note 8 but obviously not a ZAGG InvisibleShield as it just sticks to the glass. So far it seems to be okay. I don't try to remove or test how well it sticks. One issue is that probably the protector is a bit thick so the fingerprint sensor isn't working as good but for me, it's okay because I have the face detection so it unlocks when I look at it. Or I can unlock with the PIN. I can deal with that, as long as I hope it will protect from drops or cracks.
I think I will probably go buy another tempered glass protector while there are some available in case they, like those for the Note 8, disappear. I am stuck with lots of cracks on my Note 8's screen protector but I just put tape on them so that it's still workable. Looks f'ugly but it works.
