You can make your Samsung Galaxy S8 transparent, but there's a catch

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You can make your Samsung Galaxy S8 transparent, but there's a catch
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When it comes to the gadgets we use the most, sometimes a little extra transparency can go a long way — just think about how long it took for us to find out what went wrong with the Galaxy **te 7 (http://mashable.com/category/galaxy-**te-7/). Literally making phone casings crystal clear, though, might just be taking the sentiment to the extreme. *

YouTuber JerryRigEverything (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWFKCr40YwOZQx8FHU_ZqqQ) did just that and decided to create a transparent Galaxy S8, à la those classic, clear Game Boy Colors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_Boy_colors_and_styles#/media/File:Game-Boy-Color-Purple.png) gamers loved in the mid-90s.*

SEE ALSO: The Galaxy S8 blew up Samsung's record for pre-orders (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/galaxy-s8-record-setting-presale/)


First, he ******* the back casing, which, as iFixit (http://mashable.com/2017/04/18/galaxy-s8-teardown/) **ted in its teardown of the device, is a tough task to complete without causing any damage or *****s. Then he used paint and epoxy remover to strip the paint and give the back of the phone that see-through look. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/27/galaxy-s8-transparent/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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