The silver tab comes off quite easily on its own, it's not connected to the protector the way Nokia's screen films all used to be, so Nokia is actually making the purpose LESS obvious.

I suspect this is because a lot of customers (like myself) quite like having a plastic film to take the knocks instead of the actual screen, even if the screen itself could cope with the required stresses.

I have an E61 which is over a year old, and its film is still neatly in place.


Why would it not prevent dust and grime after shipping?

There are absolutely no loose edges or bubbles, in fact if you remove the silver tab there's absolutely no way of knowing there even is a plastic film there.