"According to the elucidation, most of the screen damages occur in the front facing side of the phone and it is designed to resist head-on impact. It's now continuing to crack away to itself. As a remedy, most screens (including the 6P's) have a very small plastic shock ring between the case and the screen."He further said: "The strength comes at a cost though—due to the strong attraction of the glass particles to one another and compression of the whole, the glass develops lines of internal torque and stress, leading to explosive results if the glass is impacted or pressed from the wrong angle.This will be the second Nexus smartphone that has suffered from a similar consequence after Nexus 4, which had a full glass rear body. A recent report points out that most smartphones sold these days are just not durable enough. A possible reason cited by tech websites and experts, is the impact of temperature on the glass panel—the glass (Visor) expands as it heats up and shrinks rapidly while on a cool surface like granite or marble. I'm by no means an expert, but the method used to temper Gorilla glass involves giving the glass ion baths to strengthen it.

The Huawei-manufactured Nexus 6P might be the latest addition to the lengthy list of defective handsets to be manufactured in recent times. It was sat on a table next to me when I heard the glass snap, leaving a little snowfall of shavings on the table under it. For me, and the cat.(Photo Credit: Reddit) He said in his post: "Well that was a surprise."The root of the cause is still blurred, as Google have not yet given any official statement.This will be the second Nexus smartphone that has suffered from a similar consequence This will be the second Nexus smartphone that has suffered from a similar consequence Mumbai: With smartphones getting unimaginably compact these days, it seems manufacturers are facing serious problems in fitting in all the components with out any flaw. This makes other glass portions of the device vulnerable. The Nexus 4 later received a hardware revision, which ensured that the full glass back panel was not in direct contact with the surface below.Another Reddit user explained in a post: "This could be caused by the method they use to temper the glass.If this issue keeps escalating, Huawei and Google might find themselves in a tough situation, as there are many other hardware issues that need equal attention. Nexus 6P’s visor does not appear to have one of these. Several Nexus 6P users are reporting that the handset’s glass panel camera covering is cracking unexpectedly.Even giants like Apple had been subjected to a lot of criticism for a plastic tray Manufacturers ‘bending’ problem on the Apple 6 Plus.One user has even pointed out that he kept his device screen up on the table and the glass just cracked spontaneously without him even touching the device