Screen Guard for 5800... worthwhile?

Yeah, I've got one on mine and it works fine. I just got an ordinary one, so it should be alright. 😊 The stylus it comes with seemed to scratch my screen protector a lot, so i'd be worried if you didn't have one

kaiz0r wrote:Yeah, I've got one on mine and it works fine. I just got an ordinary one, so it should be alright. 😊 The stylus it comes with seemed to scratch my screen protector a lot, so i'd be worried if you didn't have one

thanks m8, I have ordered one off fleaBay

I thought that the screen would scratch a lot when I first got my 5800 and so I immediate bought a screen guard. I got the Proporta one that can be remove and reapplied.

After using it for a while I found that the screen guard made the screen less easy to read when in daylight. It made the screen look a bit hazy or fuzzy even when clean. I had applied it correctly and the screen underneath was spotless.

I have now removed the guard and I can see the screen a lot better now. It has been a couple of months of regular daily use and the screen has no scratches or marks. It is actually quite tough and if you use your finger or the supplied pointer I would be surprised if it scratched much if at all.

Did you see the report on AAS that showed Rafe (I think it was Rafe?) using a pointed knife on the screen! Not recommended for sure but it proved a point (pardon the pun!! :rolleyes😊

So, does the 5800 need a protector? Depends on your usage I suppose but for me so far the answer is no.

SnaxMuppet wrote:I thought that the screen would scratch a lot when I first got my 5800 and so I immediate bought a screen guard. I got the Proporta one that can be remove and reapplied.

After using it for a while I found that the screen guard made the screen less easy to read when in daylight. It made the screen look a bit hazy or fuzzy even when clean. I had applied it correctly and the screen underneath was spotless.

I have now removed the guard and I can see the screen a lot better now. It has been a couple of months of regular daily use and the screen has no scratches or marks. It is actually quite tough and if you use your finger or the supplied pointer I would be surprised if it scratched much if at all.

I received my 4x screen guards for �0.99, and what a waste of money. All 4 resulted in bubbles, creases or marks once applied (and I have applied quite a few screen guards in my time).

On a good note, the screen guards, once removed, left the Nokia touch pad extermely clean. I think I will risk not applying a screen guard to the 5800.

Thanks to everyone for their comments. 😉

I bought a Martin Fields screen protector together with the phone, and boy was I happy to never have used the stylus without protector: the stylus that came with the phone had a hard particle at the tip and scratched the protector at his first use! The stylus is really crap, it should have a rubber tip, not a hard plastic tip.
The protector was easy to apply, no bubbles, has no glue, is removable, and even has parts to protects the camera lenses.
It wasn't cheap, but I am really happy with it and I don't feel the screen sensibility decreased noticeably.
On my previous phone (not touchscreen) I had a Vikuiti screen protector and was very satisfied with the optical quality.

i bought a very cheap one, maybe $0.90 and it's quite good actually. Scrolling is a bit bad but still, the screen seem to be holding on nice and no scratches. Recommend some kind of protection.

For what it is worth I almost never used screen protectors with my Palms and don't with my 5800. I have no problems with the stylus. The screen itself seems to be quite scratch resistant and, I suppose, with all this time of using a stylus with a naked TX 😮😉 that I've learned how to get what I want with a little gentle prodding.

To my mind, if the beautiful screen is part of why I bought the device, why do I want to muck it up with a layer of plastic.

But that's just me. 😊

I too feel the same about the great looking screen and I am quite pleased that I no longer use the screen protector. It looks so much better without the protector.

To be totally honest, it really doesn't need one anyway. I haven't found anything scratches it including the supplied stylus. Still good as new in spite of daily use.

I bought the expensive one from Proporta. I liked it. It went on very easily and came off easily too for cleaning and reapplication. I still have it but just don't use it. If I need one in future for another phone I would still pay the extra.

SnaxMuppet wrote:I too feel the same about the great looking screen and I am quite pleased that I no longer use the screen protector. It looks so much better without the protector.

To be totally honest, it really doesn't need one anyway. I haven't found anything scratches it including the supplied stylus. Still good as new in spite of daily use.

After several weeks of use, I am in agreement... the soft touch-sensitive screen on the 5800 does not seem so vulnerable to scratches as the hard plastic/glass of previous Nokia's.
I am no longer planning to buy a protective film.

Thanks to all who replied to my query. 😉