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dbrand you may know them from their incessant savagery on Twitter it's something I personally admire they love roasting people it's something I look up to and it's worked out pretty well for them so far check out how many followers they have and this isn't just a result of their excellent marketing strategies it's because they make excellent products I'm here to tell you that in this video this is not sponsored in any way by D brand I'm not being paid for this review I'm not being compensated in any other way that I can think of and this skin was purchased by me out of pocket so if I was dissatisfied by it I would tell you upfront but I'm not dissatisfied by the installation process was a bit tricky you'll see that here in a second but the end result is it's just beautiful so that's what I want to get to next installation it was not an easy process and I didn't expect it to be I always wondered how these people managed to get their skins perfect on their laptops and phones I always see pictures being retweeted by D brand on Twitter and I'm like how are they doing this how are these people doing this it's not D brand doing them a lot of these a lot of these pictures are retweeting are just customers who purchase the product and then take pictures of the end result the customers themselves are applying the skins and now that I've done it for the first time I'm actually impressed by what some of these people were able to do granted D brand does include step-by-step tutorials for all of the products they offer they're linked on their website as well as YouTube so you can check those out the one for the galaxy s7 I've linked in the video description if you are curious here's a sample of that video typical D brand humor is included have a listen begin by installing the camera skin using a Glock 17 now that that's out of the way let's apply the back piece remove the skin from the 3m paper and reattach as shown align around the camera flash and top border once aligned properly apply pressure to the exposed portion next remove the 3m paper reattach as shown and turn the phone upside down so apart from the fact that a heat gun or hair dryer is recommended for particularly the corners of the skin from getting these wet to wrap around the contours of the phone they recommend using some sort heatgun for that and that's because it's difficult to get these skins to stretch over curved surfaces as you can imagine so that was something I didn't expect going into it but I had one on hand I just borrowed it from a friend it was a girl I don't I don't own one myself even though you probably think I do I will admit though this took about three or four tries to do particularly the back skin that's the one I started with first and you know some kind of going in this cold turkey I was looking at the tutorial but they make it seem so much more so much more simple than it actually is they'll say you know make sure this is aligned properly and then press firmly to secure the skin over the phone and then they'll move on to the next step well that's the part that takes the longest to do so make sure you pause the video and get this right because if it's not right it's going to bother you especially if you're someone like me who's very OCD about things being perfectly aligned if you have trouble doing that if you don't have you know very precise hands and you can't hold things still this installation will be difficult point-blank thankfully though no major red flags on my fourth attempt there is one bubble right there you probably can't see it though even with the camera zoomed in up close it's very small and that's just the result of me removing the skin three or four times to get it aligned properly like anything else especially screen protectors that you have to you know be very particular with on smooth surfaces you will get bubbles if you continue removing things and reapplying things the adhesive weakens all that you should take into consideration just make sure that you align it as as closely to the contours of the phone as you can the first time and you won't have to deal with what I dealt with I'm just I got impatient because I I kept thinking I had it right and then I start to lay it down and pull it back and then sometimes it would stick anyway and you know problems arise okay my brother is here I'm going to see if he can point out the flaws he's been looking hard for about 15-20 seconds now obviously I know where they are because I'm the one who put it on there but to somebody else who sees the phone for the first time with the skin on with a little bone yeah I found the bulb in yeah I found the bomb part I mean clear my feet thank you yeah at the time actually I wasn't going to count that ones upon if you want to be picky where it's off-centered is down here look at the home button down there that's where you'll see it see how at the top-left is up kind of away from the button and that's the only other issue I had the only other flaw but apart from that it turned out decent I'd say I what do you think like an 80 85 out of 100 90 90 alright getting may alright I'm getting an a cool the only other thing worth mentioning especially for phone skins that I didn't think about going into this is the fact that the skin itself is slightly thicker than a piece of paper and this might vary from texture to texture the d-brane offers but because of this you can certainly feel where the screen on your phone ends and the skin begin so the screen is slightly recessed into the phone it doesn't bother me but it's not going to be a smooth surface like you might expect on a random naked phone I guess you could say so something else to keep in mind other than that I do think you will be 100% satisfied with the skin the application is a royal pain it just is but the end result I think is worth it I do it all over again on another phone I got hands down in fact I don't think I'm never going to own a phone that's not skinned ever again because this looks beautiful it's just unique granted a lot of people have this white marble that I have here but it's not a typical galaxy s7 anymore I love that I love being different that's what dbrand is for D branding your phone and making it look the way you want it to look if you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you feel the complete opposite or if you hate everything about life be sure to click the subscribe button if you haven't already stay tuned for stuff this is Mel as our studio thanks for learning with