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Britons accidentially drop 885,000 mobile phones down the toilet each year.
Research by
www.simplySwitch.com the price comparison and switching service said the flushed handsets were worth about £342 million.
Common causes of losing mobiles were falling out of pockets and being knocked into the toilet when being placed on things like the toilet roll holder.
The research revealed 4.5 million handsets were lost or damaged every year.
The most common catastrophes including leaving mobiles in the pub (810,000 handsets), in a taxi (315,000) or on a bus (225,000).
Pet pooches chewed their way through 58,500 handsets last year - and another 116,000 went through a spin cycle with the dirty laundry.
The research found that over a quarter of mobile owners had lost or damaged a handset - with men slightly more prone to carelessness than women.
Karen Darby, from SimplySwitch.com, said : 'Of the 18 million new handsets bought in the UK every year roughly 4.5 million will end up lost or damaged.
'As phones continue to shrink in size, they also become easier to lose, so people need to take extra care.'
Although 40 percent of under-34's admitted to losing or damaging their handset, this dropped to 16 percent among the over-55s.
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Posted: 2007-06-06 13:52:00
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885 000?? are british people forgot what to do with mobile phones? hellooo talk with them, don't throw them in the toilet!!!
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Posted: 2007-06-06 14:06:36
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I bet booze had a lot to do with it too.
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Posted: 2007-06-06 14:22:10
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I lost my first brand new K700 like this...
Had insurance got a new one!
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Posted: 2007-06-06 14:43:56
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my friend saw his going down the drain...
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Posted: 2007-06-06 14:52:00
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Many people loose their phones when they drop them, but thankfully, mine still works. Check this out.
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=131511#post1781795
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[ This Message was edited by: shuja91 on 2007-06-06 14:49 ]
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Posted: 2007-06-06 15:38:03
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In Britain, sewers flood with mobile phones lol!
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Posted: 2007-06-06 19:32:24
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lol, imagine that. You step i the shower and you find out theres been a leak, oh sh*t! Hay theres an n95 in here how cool!
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Posted: 2007-06-06 19:41:33
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i can believe this. i was shocked at the amount of repairs we get it that have taken a trip down the loo lol
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Posted: 2007-06-06 19:47:59
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Picture this:
Just got yourself an expensive, brand new phone (N95, 8800 etc.). You need a poo so (obviously) you go to the toilet. Get your phone out while on the seat and you (somehow) drop it in. Oh, and it might be worth mentioning that the bowl is filled with your waste.
Would
you get it out?
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Posted: 2007-06-06 20:32:26
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