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Why phones break
Screens get stronger, yet we demand more
W Why Smartphones Break Heal
This Aug. 26 photo shows an Apple iPhone with a cracked screen after a drop test from the DropBot, a robot used to measure the sustainability of a phone to dropping, at the offices of SquareTrade in San Francisco. Despite engineering breakthroughs, screen breakage has become a part of life, the leading type of phone damage. - photo by Associated Press
NEW YORK — Ask a roomful of people to take out their phones, and you're bound to see several with cracked screens. Despite engineering breakthroughs, screen breakage has become a part of life, the leading type of phone damage. In part, we're to blame.
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