Over 40 per cent of Greek smartphone users managed to damage their phones in stumbling incidents over the last two years. In the same period, 39.8 per cent of Italian and 38.9 per cent of Spanish smartphone users had slipped up when using a phone.
The least clumsy country was Poland, with only 24.3 per cent of users reporting having had an accident in the last two years, followed by Belgium (24.9 per cent) and Switzerland (26.3 per cent). German mobile phone users came a respectable 12th in the list.
Greeks have spent over 700 million euros in the last seven years for repairs or replacements of damaged smartphones.
More than 50 per cent of accidental damage occurs at home, while 15 per cent of owners damaged their phone after they forgot it on the car roof.
Thirty per cent of damaged smartphones were owned by people under 45 and iPhone users were 23 per cent more likely to damage their phone.
Source: SquareTrade, Greek Reporter
