BlackBerry® Storm™

[highrange101]

I have done searches on this and many other sites about a screen guard..  Most of my results show "What screen guard is better then the other"

I have also noticed that 50% say to use them, and the other 50% say the storm screen is almost scratch proof and the phone does not need one...  I have seen the scratch test on YouTube...  I have had one on from the day I bought it  (lil over a month)  I know their are people on here that know this thing inside and out. So I just wanted to ask what you folks thought?  I also read on the BB website to remove any screen protector to get the most out of the touch screen..  But im scared to death I will scratch the original screen.. I have been know to be a little rough on phones, athough I do baby the storm more then any other phone I have owned.

Thanks in advance for any information or opinions on this...

[JSanders Resident Expert]

**Disclaimer** I have always been a screen protector fanatic... always had one on my 7100, 8700, 8300, 8310, 9000, etc. Always.

When I got the Storm in December, I began to use it right away and it was a month later that I finally got a screen protector. I never put it on and to this day I don't have scratch one, nada. I keep it on my desk or in the holster, rarely slipped in a pocket.

Message Edited by JSanders on 04-15-2009 05:26 PM

[sdgardne]

Ditto to JS -- well, almost. While I am not a screen-guard fanatic, I too have no scratches on my Storm (had it since first VZW release in late Nov). Also keep it most always in a holster and only rarely just in a pocket. I do, however, have lots of smudges...but that's to be expected...and are easily cleaned off.

[Krypto]

I'd say ultimately it's personal preference.  I have a screen protector, but to be honest, it isn't so much to protect the screen from scratches but to protect the rest of the phone (I actually have whole body protection on my phone).  The screen isn't as susceptible to damage as the rest of the phone in my opinion (like the shiny plastic parts and the nice shiny bezel which can be scratched relatively easily).  I've basically got the screen protection on just to make the phone look uniform (with the rest of the protection) and for a bit of piece of mind.  And I use the whole body protection as I don't want to use any bulky cases (those silicon cases drove me up the wall - I had one on my old RAZR and it use to pick up lint and dust like crazy).

[Litespeeds]

I have protection on my phone too but use automotive paint protective films on all the areas that are prone to scratches and scuffs, not just the screen.  I don't holster the phone and just slip it in my pocket.  Of course I try not to put anything else into the same pocket otherwise you are just asking for trouble.  Can you imagine having your keys and phone in the same pocket?

If anyone is interested in purchasing a screen protective automotive paint protection film, I sell them for $7.50 each shipped within the Continental US or two for $10 shipped.