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iPad 2 more likely to be accidentally damaged than original

Nothing could be more sad than a cracked iPad screen. Especially if it's your own fault that the screen's cracked ...

March 19, 2012 / 16:20 IST

Nothing could be more sad than a cracked iPad screen. Especially if it's your own fault that the screen's cracked. According to a report by SquareTrade, a warranty company, upon analysis of 50,000 iPads covered by the company, customers report damage to the iPad 2, 3.5 more times than the original iPad. Furthermore, 10.1 percent of iPad 2 owners covered by SquareTrade reported damage within the first 12 months of iPad ownership. The company itself predicts 20 percent of the iPad 2s that they cover to be damaged accidentally within 2 years of ownership, versus the 5.5 percent of the original iPad.

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first published: Mar 19, 2012 04:12 pm

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