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GPEL iPhone Case & Screen Protector - Round Up Review
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May 30, 2025
Still using the same boring case you bought when you got your iPhone a year or two ago? Isn't it a bit scuffed up,faded and, well, dull and uninspiring by this point? A new phone case is a simple and fun way to bring new life - and flair! - to your smartphone experience, but oh, there are so many different styles nowadays. Tech expert Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ checks out two very different styles of iPhone 7 cases from GPEL, a tight, thin hard shell case, and a two-piece shock absorbing case that'll help your phone last forever. Or at least your next backpacking trip! In addition, Dave demonstrates how to install a GPEL 3D tempered glass screen protector, and talks about why even with the advent of Gorilla Glass that an inexpensive sheet of glass is a smart idea. Learn more about the products mentioned here at http://www.gpelstore.com/
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iPhone cases and a tempered glass cover
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let's check this stuff out Dave Taylor
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here and this time I'm looking at iPhone
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cases specifically for the iPhone 7 but
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I know there's other iPhones out there
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there's newer ones there's older ones
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there's other phones from other
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companies so the good news is GPL which
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stands for green power electronics GPL
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makes a bunch of different solutions so
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we're gonna look at two cases today and
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then we're gonna look at and install
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they're really nice tempered glass 3d
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tempered glass screen protector so this
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is our stunt iPhone 7 and let's start
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with this one this is the New York
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design and this is the ever pure duo 7
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and this is actually called New York
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minute is the name of the design and
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it's a nice little case it's just a very
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thin polycarbonate so it's very strong
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but it adds barely any thickness to your
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phone it's literally 1.5 millimeters
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thick and the only thing I'll say about
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it other than that they have a ton of
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designs and it's really nice is it's a
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pretty snug fit so when you put this on
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your phone it's a bit of work to take it
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off which is why I'm not demonstrating
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it right now I mean it's more than a bit
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of work but that's a good thing because
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you don't want your case to fall off now
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the more interesting case that they have
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is this one this is known as the
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adventurer weave and you can see on the
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back why it's called weave and here's
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what's fun about this is it's two two
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cases in one let me see if I can take
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this thing apart oh I guess we can do it
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this way take my phone out entirely okay
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so now you have the rubber soft
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rubberized insert which is the known as
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the shock absorbing Center let's give it
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some shock it absorbed it awesome more
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interestingly is that the hard case on
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the outside again this is polycarbonate
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shell and it's actually a little thicker
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than this guy but between the two of
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them they do a really tremendous job of
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the you
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impact absorption and the company's
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smart enough to have designed it so that
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when your phone is in it's actually
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slightly you know the case is actually
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slightly above the screen which is super
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important because if you drop your phone
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like that you don't want the screen to
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absorb the impact they also have thought
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through to make sure that all of their
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covers still work and are just fine when
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you put these cases on so props to them
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for thinking about that too so this is
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the adventure we've and it's in this
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sort of dark blue and black and this
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one's easy to put on and off so let me
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put it on you just line up the buttons
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you put the case cover on this is the
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soft part and worth noting and you can
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as you can see in this close-up is that
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the bottom comes up a fair ways this is
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a little unusual as designs go I don't
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dislike it but it's something to know
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before you pick up one of these cases
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and then all you have to do as you can
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see I'm doing here line it up push it in
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done now we're ready to roll and the
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other observation I'll make is they have
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a little cover for your lightning
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connector on the bottom but it's
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designed to push in I often find I can't
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actually push it in so it sticks out a
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little bit so quite frankly what I would
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want to do is I'd want to just cut it
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off now you can make your own choice
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with that you might like having that as
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a sort of dust cover and that's fine one
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more smart thing they've done is they've
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put the cutouts for the speakers on the
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front of the case rather than on the
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bottom or not at all
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so if you have your phone generating
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audio then it actually is pretty nice
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because what it actually does is it
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pushes the audio towards you that's just
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good thinking on their part now before
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we get to the cover let's just talk
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about these again real quick so this is
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the ever pure duo 7 and comes in a pile
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of different designs you can go check
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out their website it's 25 bucks for the
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iPhone 7 they have it for other devices
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too very nice hard case so it's tough
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and then this the 2 layer design and
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let's get my phone out of here while
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we're at it
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so the two-layer design is obviously a
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little more complicated so it's a little
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more expensive and I know I can get my
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phone out of here done totally that was
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how we planned it so two-part piece this
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is $30 for the iPhone 7 again they have
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it for Samsung's they have for a variety
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of different phones which is handy so
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that's very nice we'll put both of these
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aside and I have done one important
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thing before I got to their tempered
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glass screen protector and that is don't
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laugh wash my hands thoroughly turns out
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it's really important when you're gonna
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put a tempered glass screen protector on
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your phone or really any sort of screen
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protector on you want to wash your hands
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don't have any oils on your hands at all
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that is important now I'm gonna actually
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put their real tempered glass 3d full
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cover onto my phone they call this the
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high-def 3d curved tempered glass cover
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and it's a little thicker than most
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because they actually add an extra layer
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of glass and one of the things I like
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about it is it actually has a color so
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I'm going to just open up their package
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and we'll have a look it comes with
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instructions I'll do their instructions
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although I've kind of done a lot of
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these but most importantly let's start
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out by just looking at the cover itself
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and it's all all comes nicely packaged
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and ready to roll
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somewhere there's an opening here it is
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and as you can see this is the black
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case so the edges are black so it
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matches the color of my phone could be
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smart I also have it in white so I have
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played with having a white cover on a
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black phone it looks kind of neat but
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more likely than not you're gonna want a
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white cover for a white phone black
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cover for a black phone now the way they
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tell you to do it is place your device
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on a stable surface this is relatively
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stable I think we're good with that and
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then comes with all these little bits
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and pieces let's just move all this
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stuff away so I have space and to put
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this away here okay now we have a lens
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cleaning wipe and that is what we want
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to use first so this is what they call
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the alcohol wipe pretty sure it's gonna
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be really hard for you to get any
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positive results out of that if you
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wanted to have a beer and this is all
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you have end-of-the-world apocalypse
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this is not gonna end well so but maybe
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if you have other you probably have
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other issues if it's the apocalypse so
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alcohol wipe and the goal is just to get
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every single molecule of dust any
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particles anything at all off of your
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phone which also means in case you
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haven't thought this through
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that it doesn't make sense to do this in
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a dirty environment so if you're gonna
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put on one of these glass screen
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protectors wait until you're in a really
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clean environment don't like vacuum and
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dust and then immediately do this
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because then there's a lot of
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particulate matter in the air it's not
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going to go well so I have wiped it down
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that looks good now they say let's see
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use the microfiber cloth to do a second
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pass we can do that make sure it's as
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clean as we can possibly make it and
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then on this particular piece there's
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actually just a layer on the back so as
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you can see here I'm gonna peel it off
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of its back and now probably the most
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anxiety-provoking part of the whole
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process is to line everything up
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so let's see how I do and what I do is I
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always try to line things up on the top
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where there's the slot for this speaker
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when you're on the phone and then on the
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bottom that looks good and I'm done so
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all I have to do now is take a finger
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and push and the way these work is it's
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kind of magic it just sort of spreads
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out and starts adhering to the surface
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of the phone and it can take a while we
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can speed this up a little bit maybe so
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let's go ahead and help it out a little
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bit and you know it's often the case
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that you need to maybe push down a
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little bit and push out from the center
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if you get any air bubbles or anything
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and ultimately when it's done we should
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be good to go and this is pretty much
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well-nigh a perfect screen cover and you
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can see here actually you can't see here
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here's my phone on you can't see that I
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have a glass screen protector at all so
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I'm done that's all there is to it and I
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can put this back in a case for example
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I can put it back into their case and we
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are a second we are good to go so it
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fits in their case with the screen
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protector on so that's just good
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planning on their part and a little bit
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cozy here but we let's see that's not
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quite on right but you get the idea and
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here's my phone it's all fully
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functional and why have a screen
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protector well honestly I put screen
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protectors on because it's just a little
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layer of insurance do you technically
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need it when you have Gorilla Glass and
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all these things maybe not but the thing
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is is if I'm going to get it scratched
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or something I'd rather get a glass
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screen protector scratched and then
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replace that then to actually get my
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actual phone screen damaged because that
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replacing that is a lot more painful so
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this
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is the GPL iPhone 7 tempered-glass 3d
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screen protector and it will set you
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back 30 bucks in black or white you've
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now seen how easy it is to install
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you've seen these different cases all
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very nice you can learn more about all
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of their products at GPL store.com and
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two more things number one do me a favor
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and sign up for my mailing list no wow
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you can do that too but do me a favor
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and go ahead and click on the subscribe
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button you can also sign up for my
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mailing list I'll put that link in my
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actual description on this video thank
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you that's awesome if you do both extra
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bonus points and number two here's a
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handy tip is if you sign up for the GPL
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mailing list on their website you can
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get a free case one of these cases for
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free just for signing up on their
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mailing list now you want to check the
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small print but pretty painless so check
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that out at GPL store com this is Dave
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Taylor and I'll catch you in my next
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video
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