For all who didn't already know...I have a Full Body Invisible Shield on my Black Zune 80 from Zune Originals. Which I loved the IS made my zune scratch proof at the cost of loosing the sleek feel of my zune, and a semi-ugly applied IS on my zune. But still made my whole zune experience a whole better.
But sadly today my IS is no more. Heres the story...
Like most Saturdays I get the responsibility to baby sit my 10 year old cousin. And like any other Saturday I normally hand him my zune and let him watch some anime/cartoon movies and videos that I have on it. Normally nothing happens to my zune, he just sits their for hours watching vids, listening to music and just plays around with my zune. But this Saturday my little cousin pulls the IS right off my zune 80!
I walked in on him taking the IS right off my zune 80 just as he was about to pull the back piece off. But yeah I got mad of course!!! Screamed at him and he just says sorry and walks away to play with his ds lite that he brought with him.
So I sat their on the floor staring at my half naked black zune 80 originals...and I'm like dang..it looks so much better.
The feel of the zune 80 is so nice, the screen looks cleaner and crisper. After about 30min of just sitting their admiring how much better my zune felt and looked. I ripped the back piece Invisible Shield off my zune 80. Oh yah just a note the IS kind of ripped the soft texture feel of the engravings on the back of my zune. So in other words it kind ruined the feel of it, you still perfectly see it just feels kind weird now not like it did when I first touched it when I opened it up in it's zune originals box. Also you can see an imprint of my zune originals engraving on the Invisible Shield also you can see my serial number and those litttle numbers and symbols at the bottom of your zune on my shield..weird..
But yeah so in the end my little cousin rips my IS investment right off my zune 80. And I love my zune 10 times as much now. I mean yeah it may not be scratch proof anymore but I take good care of it anyways. My zune feels smaller, sleeker, the screen looks better. Plus that poorly misaligned full body IS that I slapped on it just ruined the look of my zune.Also the rubbery texture of the IS wasn't something I really liked. Over all I don't care that my IS is gone now. Zune looks better now..
In a month or two I'm going to be asking for a replacement IS.Why wait so long you may ask?? Because I don't want an IS on my zune right now.
But yeah people won't be handling my zune now either, I won't put my zune in my pocket either now too. Because of the whole lint getting on the zune thing.
But yeah lost my scratch proof investment...but love my zune 80 originals 10X more.
Few things I noticed about my zune after IS came off:
1) That little plastic shiny thing on the top of my zune that's for the wireless is kind of loose....I can push it down and it goes back up after I let go. Hard to explain. Won't be sending it in to MS though..
2) Their was a little scratch on my zune screen before I put the IS on it. And now it's gone my zune screen is scratch free. Weird right??...
3) The IS messed up the feel of the engravings on the back of my zune. It's a kind of bumpy, tacky(sticky) weird feel. Unlike before when it was like this soft feel. And my engravings looks weird at a certain angle in the light. You still see it perfectly it's not like the engraving is gone. Everything is their just the feel of it is weird...
But yeah Bye Bye Scratch Proof Zune....
I still suggest an IS for all zune owners! Just a note to zune originals owners thinking about getting an IS to slap on their engraving. The IS will ruin/change the feel of your engravings over time. I had my IS on my zune originals for about 2 months. Not sure but I got a theory that if I left it on longer it might of messed up the engravings I'm not sure though...could be wrong.
Happy Zune-ing!
Edit: Oh yah theirs one thing that's bothering me too..with out my IS dust/lint gets stuck between the little space between the zune screen and just device casing. And theirs already one piece of lint that I can't get out. I tried everything...oh well. Still love my zune now..can't keep it perfect for ever.
Another Edit: If you have any questions about if the IS left residue or how hard it was to take it off just drop me a
pm. Also by the way no residue on only the back piece which was because I didn't get all the water out apparently...also it was kind of tough to take it off.