Android phone repair cost telcos billions

From Reuters:

Costly hardware failures are more common on Android devices than on Apple Inc iPhones and Research In Motion Inc BlackBerry phones, which have strict control over the components used in their devices, WDS data showed.

Cheaper Android models, costing as little as $100 to make, have helped Android emerge as the dominant platform in smartphones…

I returned my iPhone 4S because the screen, in landscape mode, turned slightly yellow. Apple replaced the unit in about 10 minutes.


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