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Cannot find grippy skin. Do they exist?

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Miles of Lief

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First off I want to say that I find it absolutely amazing that there are so few phones with a more rubberized or soft tacking material backing. I've had the Moto X for the last two years and that phone has the ultimate back from a feel and grip perspective. Windows phones do it too I think. So now fast forward and I take the plunge to a Galaxy S7 and I am just shocked that people are in love with this premium build/material crap. Same thing with Iphones and all the premium devices. How is this possible? Clearly the majority of the world has never owned a device with a backing like I described above or the phone makers would be forced to make more as people would be demanding it. Once you've had a device like that you never want anything different. Who the heck cares about premium materials when they literally slide out of your hand! They are worthless devices!

No I will never use a case ever. So now I go and try to order a skin that has grip and they are impossible to find. I ordered DBrand skin and it has absolutely no grip - so that was a total fail.

Anyone have any ideas? I am completely frustrated and just simply want a paper thin skin that feels like tacky rubber or silicone or something grippy. This has to exist for the S7.
 
I agree 100%. I had the LG G4 prior and really miss the leather back. I also ordered a skin from dBrand and was hoping it would help (apparently not). The search continues.....
 
Hilmar2k - I would return it without opening it. Very disappointing since their website sort of leads you to believe their skins are grippy. Although I had to dig really hard to find any mention of grip on their website.
 
I also agree 100% and I think I may have the solution. What about using the same spongy, rubberized grip that you find on tennis racquets or golf clubs. Sporting Goods stores sell rolls of this type of grip tape. So I'm thinkin all I'd have to do is buy a roll, cut it to fit the back and sides of my S7 and boom, sweet grippy-ness
 
wrchad23 said:
I just installed the Dbrand matte grip and it is a lot more grippy than it was. I like it a lot.
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Yep, I've used Dbrand on my Note 4 and they work & look great! They fit really good too. I just ordered some the other day.
https://dbrand.com/shop/galaxy-s7-edge

What I ordered:
PurpleCarbonSkin2.jpg
 
Now that I've had the Dbrand skin on my phone for a week, not only does it look great, it fits perfect and the phone is not slippery anymore. Perfect.
PurpleCarbonSkin5b.jpg

And I don't have to stare at all the logos and writings on the rear anymore
LogoJunk2.jpg
 
The rear glass is the dumbest rear material know to man. Especially with the branding all plastered about. Metal isn't much better quite frankly. We only have ourselves top blame as complaining for premium materials got us here. That said, I have the dbrand black matte which to me looks better than the glass with branding. Then I have a barely there case mostly to help hold the edges witch are otherwise constantly false touching. I probably should have just waited for the next Note I guess, but the way I have it now seems fine. The only thing I would have done differently is raise the edges of the "barely there" case just slightly to protect from a glass to ground flat fall.
 
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