<img style="float: left;" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/sep/the-guide-logo.gif" alt="" width="150" height="36" />Screen breakage timeline
Screen breakage within months of buying a phone was a major concern with more than 50% customers reporting screen breakage in the first eight months.
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Other issues included speaker defects, microphone damage, camera, display problems, software issues and others fragmented across the remaining 63%.
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58% Breakage pattern
37% Broken screens
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While technology advancements like gorilla glass and other screen protection methods such as tempered glass have reduced screen damages, it has emerged as the most vulnerable part in a smartphone with around 37% of repairs done by the company involving damaged screens. A related study found that 36% Indians continue to use their phone with a cracked screen despite cutting their fingers due to the high costs of repairing screens.

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