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Protect Your Phone, Protect Yourself From Germs

  Think about the last time you cleaned your phone, I mean really cleaned it, not just scratched the crust off of the screen protector. Just guessing, it’s probably been a while. Time Magazine cites a University of Arizona study that finds most phones carry 10x more germs than the average toilet seat. Ew! There is a solution! Antimicrobial phone accessories that can actually stop germs from ever getting nestled into your phone. Take a look at the antimicrobial cases, screen protectors, and screen cleaners we have available: Gadget Guard’s Universal Liquid Screen Protector kills germs to keep screens safe ITSKINS has built Spectrum, Supreme, and Hybrid series with IMPACTHANE technology and is able to reduce the population of microbes on phones by 99.99%. Speck has partnered with disinfectant company Micrcoban for the Presidio Pro and Sport cases to keep them well-protected from germs and disease. Tech21 is part of the…

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Beyond Smartphones: Gadget Guard Black Ice Liquid Edition

It’s no secret that Gadget Guard is synonymous with screen protection. It’s what they do, and they do it incredibly well. Recently, VoiceComm began offering Gadget Guard’s Black Ice Liquid Edition screen protection, which is a standout. Instead of a standard screen protector that amounts to a slice of fitted glass for a specific device, Black Ice Liquid Edition is a “coating that is put onto a device’s screen to fortify it by using nanotechnology.”

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Tricks of the Trade-In

Spoiler alert: iPhone 7 and 7 Plus have been released. A total shock, right? Of course. What we didn’t expect, however, is that major carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon to be exact – are offering “free” iPhone 7 handsets if consumers trade in an eligible device. These may be the most generous incentives to upgrade we’ve seen in the smartphone era, and may be in place to combat users who are holding onto their phones longer and longer due to the dissolution of subsidized smartphone plans. The terms of each promotion differ to an extent, but each carrier seems to require eligible devices be in good cosmetic and working order in order to qualify. This is great news for anyone who took your advice and purchased protective accessories such as a case and screen protection, but other consumers may be out of luck— this time. However, you can ensure that they don’t make the same mistake twice.