One in two consumers stuck with defective gadgets, survey shows

One in two consumers are stuck with more than one high-value product that was inherently defective, according to a survey by LocalCircle.

The items include automobiles and gadgets like smartphones, laptops, consumer electronics like television, white goods, electrical appliances, etc.

LocalCircles conducted the survey and received 28,000 responses from consumers residing in 355 districts of India. The bulk of the respondents were men at 63 per cent while 37 per cent were women and 49 per cent of respondents were from tier 1 districts, 29 per cent from tier 2 and 22 per cent respondents were from tier 3, 4,