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Mobile Phone Loss
When you lose your phone it is a horrible experience
That creeping feeling as your eyes widen as you suddenly realise you have lost your phone.
Where were you when you last had your mobile phone?
Where did you last see it?
The reality is that if you really just do not know where your phone is, it is quite an isolating and lonely experience because you suddenly feel a bit vulnerable, maybe you feel like you going a bit mad.
Don’t worry – it happens to the best of us.
And when you do inevitably lose your mobile phone you do not want to then be in the even worse situation of having to pay the full purchase price of usually many hundreds of pounds to buy a replacement mobile phone.
This is what mobile phone insurance is for.
Be aware that not all phone insurance policies cover loss. Our’s does.
Top Tip
Here is a great piece of advice to avoid losing your phone. Get into the habit of always keeping your phone in the same pocket wherever you go, no matter what you’re wearing. This will train your brain to always expect that little bump in your pocket – and your brain will then tell you – from the back of you mind “hang on, something’s not quite right” and you will quickly realise that your phone is not in your pocket and can hen quickly go back and get it
Everyone we know who has religiously got into this habit has saved themselves from losing their phone on many occasions.
So use this tip to avoid losing your phone – and make sure you have a loss-cover mobile phone insurance just in case.
Phone Insurance – Mobile phone LOSS?
Let’s be honest – we’ve all lost our car keys at some point or other…
Whether the kids ‘honestly’ didnt hide them, or you had a good night the night before – or you’ve just plain lost them. It’s enfuriating and quite crippling especially when you realise you’ve lost them just before you HAVE to go out and be somewhere.
It’s quite similar when you lose your mobile phone.
It’s when you HAVE to make a call that you realise you’ve lost it – running round the house or office “got to call them, got to call them…”
TIP-TOP TIP:
To realise as soon as possible that your mobile phone is missing, we recommend that you always, always, always keep your phone in the same pocket no matter what clothes you are wearing.
This way, your brain gets trained and tuned in to your phone always being there… or not.
So if you choose to always keep your phone in your front right trouser pocket (a wise favourite) then if it is suddenly no longer there, a nagging little demon at the back of your mind will tell you about its absense from your thigh, far sooner than if you kept your mobile phone in different places every day.
Your mind is a wonderfull thing like that. Use it to your advantage.
Now mobile phone insurance is an obvious answer to mobile phone theft, but in tandem with having phone insurance, there are some fairly obvious (and maybe some not so obvious) steps and precautions to avoid losing your phone in the first place:
1. Always keep your mobile phone in the same pocket in your clothing. Then you will always subconsciously be aware of the bump in your pocket.
2. Keep it hidden and covered – not so much from a theft point of view but so it cannot bounce out or fall out.
3. If you can live with it, get a chain and attach it to your phone. Maybe keep your keys on it or something similarly noisy. Then you are more likely to hear if your phone falls out of your pocket.
4. Attach a sticker to the back of your phone or get it engraved with some contact details along the lines of “If found please contact…” If you can, offer a cash reward. It doesn’t have to be much – maybe £20 or £30. Just enough to tip someone who might maybe be considering doing something else with your phone (maybe they innocently found it but are considering selling it on eBay) – to convince them to help you out and return it.
5. If you have kids, dont let them play with your phone. Or if you do, make sure you check where they left it regularly. They will probably swear blind they didnt lose it…
These are the main points on how to avoide losing your mobile phone. Sure, phone insurance is a wise way to protect yourself because you can’t always be 100% certain you wont lose your phone or have it stolen or damaged. But prevention is better – and more painless – than cure.
Next we will look at how to minimise the pain if your phone IS lost.
What about everything on your phone?
How can you best get your phone back?
