I cannot find any protective cover over the screen. There was none when out of the box. But, it could still be there, but doesn’t appear to be and if it is, which I doubt, I’ve no idea how to remove it. Around the speaker area, the speaker hole is perfectly aligned, so I think there is no plastic shipping cover.
I checked for a plastic cover using a plastic tipped tool and it doesn’t find anything. Looks like it is not the case.
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