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Motorola unveiled on Tuesday in New York City the new DROID Turbo 2 smartphone. The handset features some upgrades from 2014's original DROID Turbo.
But the most outstanding feature of the device is its Shattershield screen to protect the device from developing cracks on its display when accidentally dropped on the floor or other hard surfaces, reports Android Headlines.
Whenever phones suffer from broken screens, it is inevitable that the unit becomes useless and the owner has little choice except to buy a new unit.
As part of knowing more about how important a shatter-proof screen is to phone owners, Motorola conducted a survey on 6,000 adults from six countries to know how pervasive the problem of cracked phone screens is.
Survey results say that 50 percent of the respondents have experienced a cracked screen. By country, about 34 percent of Americans had the experience, while among Britons, it is 38 percent. In Brazil, the rate is 50 percent, in Mexico 64 percent, in China 63 percent and India 65 percent.
Half of the screen damage was caused by the phone falling from their hands, 32 percent fell from pockets and 27 percent from laps when the owner stood up. About 5 percent admit the cause of the cracked screen was they threw their gadget at something, and 7 percent damaged it while taking a selfie.
But one interesting finding of the survey is that 23 percent of smartphone owners, despite having a device with a cracked screen, continue to use it, including swiping, touching and tapping the device even if the broken display cut their fingers.
Although everyone who had the experience wanted to avoid injury, 42 percent said the cost of having their units repaired temporarily prevented them from having it fixed.
Gizmondo tested Motorola's claim that the Shattershield withstands so many drops. It dropped the new unit 70 times. According to the tech website, the DROID Turbo 2 screen was only scratched, not broken, the bezel took a beating and the SIM card tray came out. But most importantly, "nothing happened that affected the functionality of the phone."
