Sony kills off pre-installed anti-shatter films on Xperia Z2 and Z2 Tablet

When I picked up my Sony Xperia Z at T-Mobile a number of months ago the very first thing I noticed was the pre-installed screen protector. In the beginning it wasn’t such a big deal, then it started to scratch up and the clarity of the screen started to dip. Oddly enough, the Xperia Z used Gorilla Glass, so the anti-shatter film, while a nice idea, wasn’t really all that important. It took me all of a minute to peel it off slowly, both on the front and the back. The only difference afterwards was the front lost the SONY logo. Why on earth that was stuck under the film is beyond me as none of the T-Mobile branding on the Xperia branding on the back was.

Regardless, the anti-shatter film isn’t the greatest and slowly, but surely, starts to make the phone look less spectacular. Once removed though, it was like a whole new device again. Even though the glass underneath had been hidden from the real world since its construction and had a funny feeling. Simple solution was an install of a tempered glass screen protector. More so for the smooth feel of its face than protection.

Sony has been pre-installing these anit-shatter films in the factory during manufacturing and plenty of people don’t even know they are there. Sony seems to be listening, and sub-sequentially, watching, all the people peeling them off and have changed their tune. In a meeting at MWC today, Sony confirmed to AndroidCentral that the anti-shatter films will NOT be pre-installed on the Xperia Z2 or Tablet Z2.

Anyone looking to get the next iteration of Xperia device won’t have to worry about voiding the warranty peeling off the film. Of course if you root and hack and ROM, that is a different story. Any current Xperia owners out there also peel that film off nearly immediately?

Source: AndroidCentral