[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Questions & Answers] ema93a:
I have the same issue, I bought the device in the official Xiaomi store in Spain in August 2018. I put tempered glass from day one and I always took good care of it. The microscopic scratches started appearing below the main glass after the first year of use. They have a regular pattern of tiny parallel lines that grow inwards of the screen as time goes by, so it looks like a manufacturing problem to me. I have seen other people complaining of the same on official Xiaomi Spain forums but I didn't do anything about it because I needed my phone at the time and it didn't disturb the experience that much back then. Funny thing is that I can see individual red, green, and blue artifacts on the edges when the background is white.

This is how it looked 6 months ago:

[IMG="6 months ago. Photo 1."]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3WWe_KM8L52SLI2kbGROWLLl4MRY3S_ZEeQSH8K-bvwvTt-duCNOb9yG0dX9kuI8wNZgQJN0xByqkJiNaUZZV_ZQUHeRSPyfx0Y7wqI_tx_70xhjeSa6oqfg3YQdPTMTPZ698w9aP01GqBk-76NNCwLK8FT3UsFyYF_Bc2mUbgprT4v3_MNEMy_BVEVZ3UKjrHshAjxEh9MYh3lQ3owylCmrCjGJIHWErsCUjm_EzTLxGYf8r6HWiIfmf9IDDSSo1fjgBvSqlYOdl1Ju4cviglQ5hEbDJsy5VHcej0XDAPqie1APpGcr_0-3VDF2mcxKSJLsljUTb6p7kw5a_uDkmO8-Zc4KKCsmfSLi7kx_cTkvz00lYll94SEXSojhYXzSfyrGNsakrK_8l6Zx7T_T05cfZAIqJiuCVjE_m9JOBkZtDzWSXP1OdmTQJ3TwE2l8G9bSH4lfVvzZrOy_gnijlzhuyHTvi2_gneay03XwfoUs_OFH1elGpL5NQHuSgXlLeflxVL98eftLOiK_s3rnI5x7NB5HSFQBEwyq8ASPIKTbScPGEev0uythJyaMA6B6v7kpj6Dh2Vn8tcICLg36WkLQsOpkfIMLpuXeXsD5ta4PALCYclgNJf0mgr57KIBNwhe4mATrhz8CmV01WNqn8W8oG4fO2Sc30UKD_SGh0a2Op4nnHkw2jdsM2yOdb9s=w1308-h1960-no?authuser=0[/IMG]

[IMG="6 months ago. Photo 2."]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oNfTVNtiYPTXpPstgXudHy_0nyO-GsBrnNx8d4LVlrFupN9sS-tmsWo-73DfFGv28_4CxWplQM5Vo9ynP32FCDLBR8BqbqUS9PFQPXUXJOgvqIr7cBCMC9ar5xtEyi25lIpVVq0E-KlTaBB-LR9l-SlK6XkQhWzl5g20H-RhPzCx9USmSiTnj6EFILnXwUiW7x5cO4ST5Xh8AlkzQoUT1KQPgiYA1GRJD-cSwt8pQ2XZB1z0uhZYR7GCptFCGMxxzDj8p5UKuVdJ2W1K3FZBQ_ajaaZoXjnsnEFGuYSYkF3VMeWJR7FuyCzIKP_QYK-Sbl4d56pEURzSWWT_aKMpDsaiapwr_9tdam7GU1zeJDrEslad5jADgpgHYuuc23oz0-guVRUSF0deCyUmqCYvv0TkRY4an6UUlva6qhDf3rxltLGDGOI7Zx93CNJ8ns1xZSJDwC68lGpXYccz254WlS4l2eAys2ePxfZh3Owq3AblkdjaoWe2MutOMC87vXDQqkOzc3uy7k2mK0igTmTvkfI1t8MY9-vAS2AAK6ze9tG7_vtObz2XtNCc0RopSbOf72XgRnxoisQ4a0VFbi4ACtF45nmXv2bh6p5qKOk7FM1f4tWdPtG0ogbJ7rutcTzOIfrNMOeLbFzeFqlxqoSuYINHbaWz2jBZ1879Asb6wa4DgGKmf_zmec-Zj93bBrg=w1308-h1960-no?authuser=0[/IMG]

[IMG="6 months ago. Photo 3."]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TPKfc79dX_VPw66M4UpWQlsm_g8fFv4hSdlECsWsD-TfsQUFFeXkKVFhwKwzRt0MGTxiz09Su3A3mbAXYMLz4jY1mgc5DYZsQJ5Ps1Y6IGTL7Js0p3crONIu7Gic5kFw-oJLpaYf7eG5gkkRKzq7nZhF26DKHhjF8nySfgXgAzNtFWOx5MaxI4yJQerQNWACKg9URbHOiPxAdd2U7STzWWTaOEbOczhJkCWVrFjWoSHDHstsaxOFmUV0nUlaYUsN46wdfEfFDRqgtAR-iOXd15qaE-khuybo9sYQvR9qCV2IeCUxek1Gv54RxSLOjlqJ_bdap-KAHsbz3nNyFL_bwpVMhSmcklK1OQPQ4ugUH6ey2jE-vngAeAX2kt4XgibBbuWWI2COhqee2XEAw7CCqbLLwK3czhAV79bDooU2Cy4EQkPmTVfMg1un1bMS7pfuxs837MhCd_hGP7wMbvguYeQI82fZDrmnP29ndhSNxWL2IxBaTMPuWj3ysYNuFVc01IgTbjjbHxjzIWqGEfwKzjSPLIvvLKNMphvifcq1yz-ANyxEJefO9FPuCE_bkgdWERYzW5LdtvMcpNy8MudA4REyYmMEshghPohPK9HHv15I95Q8-1EHTDZl1IgsnhYQYe019Eth_kfkMnhUzapgcBUDkq9SH-Tk7ozSMD3b9lwDOgbLZEQ4hNMNUuS_t54=w2940-h1960-no?authuser=0[/IMG]

This is how the phone looks now:

[IMG="Now. Photo 4."]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mynYHhVBHes3Um93ni4J9KhxBefLBiIJEw9UwIwcmAyWXYAUgzaNy6mrI-hMzpKFA8FEvPLp9pgm3YnQNi9PzDEa0DEorZfMrvBR-dEvzc1emyuWWoha7EF3J4RzSdguqN3F5WM8ArtYbuvNgnr7QFEhBdmoYiNfMYqX_jXcfz9nm4nrwALThUPRygAoyh3Uiz_rtQZSSm825bC76Ox_z-K3DGII3FPuayj1z3XFZpt_LnN_40YK3KFPilww59bL7J5Y9FHEll190cVrBsQyKdbwMemnrDiPsXP4qDHuEGOK7iBQFalPbb-GMcgu03g67nf8yVSbvepW1qy7_eStJq8ZNsRx-DL6eaada9rnTJRAZzDfta995FG24avWND30qBB0nAuhZILfjzroyCerRn7fPjxQi2ukthPo9L8az9ToeYm6RH9XACRu69-5hLgS38FAZPJ4N-okh9_XBsBDyqBRfLEvp1P41u0W6Jbte9LR-QBrV0Xyc2pVMw-EBXY44W_D5JXEEwfn5DslNxdw_2PkJG1V7SvmU2Xd8l8wOs2aMQ34-jbFmAknj4UKNky0cYroL0B4GqQriR6dKtJpm4yvMtFsxROju5dM5kiwub0PvP85eDXDv3eN0EOOnsw_IOZ394JU3Hl1UhRnQEPa7FaaD3I0DOQDG0-93-QNm_mGrFoBjeapTMA_4EYVWiQ=w1308-h1960-no?authuser=0[/IMG]

[IMG="Now. Photo 5."]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zgUmyxh0HHzO3sB1bX-rA5wyCbq5xKQA29kZVBlFuNflAo6iCLDphl3W9hP6lxPfREdgFl0BPo2txhhTDsoh--CgOJ5Y1YQAurj0Ma0c7G8LWBIilftBFNxI6nsD28i1oowZAsIBbXFtAZWXDoH21_9Z51LsUUhhRctaP-m_ZX5jO_0jEGDW5wb_tclGRF36y3BF0cXBxYIMqNV6sXoR6jC-bvQ2IOMZdY2jDkNIZ7NNvg-q9AbbYY5VADKGtCUCZSM0pvmu7YzmmcSfUjKnYoJGmcL5kxVc9W11UWmn1LoG2US2SLWrN3QdPMBlSClRw11tTRcOZxODS8edql7EutMkoLiFaY7exg_4NgV3lfBh6_hThsj0cNHCzPvl3VaXbc5yJnFOlqVHSuPClfrs1yW-XYmFF3B5MM8vuJ-7u00DdKmknxMwenFVWaDjgTki_PAAOc668r3TBHG3dHf-LBFAtQZOUFOIIqI1LDwDnqfsiTvMtxiDI56F5b0vZSKgi_76GgCwtX2z4c9oRMIKvEfEruhpUYlXVL6nv12ZCZkPQt_y-54Q_nWhoS2bdKrB2L4SAlNIJ6JZ4md-ze5vv6FNYISjIj2yILcb7BYy-49g1TRXZtWjVmc7Y7IqrbFCdc_Q9lw1-2ccHx6ikEcxUi2tvHFqYbQt2JyRLDCxnIckrMkaFU-mbtWGtk2zvMM=w2940-h1960-no?authuser=0[/IMG]

[IMG="Now. Photo 6."]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/17UvRdLDDdlt0AtPmM8nTFtDvwJgiowlkJyObvx4aM9zgUX_mA1Xg01MVdptkcUi9RxUqaqSaVZaNzOFH9Ev3_xAUXHTVcwTolgqOHcESN7pc2Xd8M5VMcWu_varxVG3bznltAezDvTfZeyUSaSkaQ5WpyQ4JWnrhS0V3NkYCwYIVP20qJwhA1r02H7lGBS2P6HB3k8BlyTbogXYucdwb3qxXdLf-VsRkSHukm7ISx_mtb8P6QincviIUxjO-U8hIkFaFGwfjmkLvQSte8RaPiWflV0a07dSatRBJens8IHggTPGtKqwwzxn9wVQTWva70WGsfZdpZtWjH-GqvsgGt8rQ0ev3An9w5XZFUbPVjG23-Iip4Prx9s4cl4nUY3_uTpsY91cUi_UWWai4uZvtJgChKmHzNHx99PbRwpfkz6lcHybGr9fqFbKyMzrn2pjAj7d2Jtl1jMwV5aF7F918daY9exHBQ3AeXt1MdmF7DhR_ObErD9ggJGf4xz-lFw8RUKWE53A0rRWojlre7KhlyrS2_JV8sElInjmAhslHujefu3ICUIWz_PfwWSkbUlrCgPxhQogchGb8znRvU1jm6wOZfLCICCMaV3OE_QcsPz2jmbZr-U3EbMk0BeQsoJllFelQpxjOmms-qzUQ-f5mQhDJ7M1W6gPUhoTUl7-1Hp_DaVgIgsxaSq764SxqC4=w2940-h1960-no?authuser=0[/IMG]

One thing I know for sure: I'm not buying any Xiaomeme products ever again (no matter what type) because buying cheap ends up costing more as our buggy updates have shown us :crying: