The anxiety you feel when your phone drops accidentally is palpable, and many of us have experienced the dismay of finding your screen smashed when it happens. Vodafone is set to change that with the introduction of a $0 first screen replacement for those who sign up to Vodafone Device Care.
Priced at $14.99 per month, Vodafone Device Care will offer subscribers a $0 screen replacement for the first one, instead of the standard fee of $45.
The announcement comes ahead of the iPhone 16 launch, with Vodaofone surveying their customers and finding almost 1 in 5 Australians (19.1%) are living with smashed screens, choosing to live with them rather than paying the rising cost of replacing it.
Apple users finding it especially tough, with Vodafone finding that more than a third (35.2%) of the responders are spending up to $250, with almost 12 per cent saying they’ve forked out up to $500 to fix their smashed display.
The survey found that ‘more than half of Australians (54.9%) have shattered their phone screens up to five times in the past year’ – that’s an expensive habit.
How exactly are Aussie’s smashing their display? According to the survey, the top ways are:
- Pocket Plummeter: 70% dropped their phone while taking it out of their pocket or bag
- Social Stumbler: 17% were texting or scrolling on social media when it slipped out of their hand
- Selfie Smasher: 13% were snapping a pic when their phone slipped out of their hands
- Screen Stomper: 6% had their phone screen stepped on or crushed
- Run Club Fumbler: 6% dropped their phone while going for a run
- Baby Bumbler: 5% had their kid drop and smash their phone
If you’ve got butter fingers, or just want some peace of mind, you can check out Vodafone Device Care for your phone, tablet or wearable over on the Vodafone website.