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Last updated: 23 September 2017

Interesting Facts about Lost Mobile Phones

April 17, 2012 By Lalit Kumar 2 Comments

An infographic that gives amusing information about lost mobile phones. Cell phones worth billions of dollars are lost around the globe every year.

Security companies Background Check and Lookout Mobile Security have published interesting information about people losing mobile phones. Sample a fact: 4 mobile phones are lost every day as people accidentally drop them into the Niagara Falls!

  • $7 million worth of mobile phones are lost every day around the world
  • Two third of lose takes place between 9:00pm and 2:00am (drunk people forgetting phones in bars? Or mugging?)
  • During the Cologne carnival; about 30% more phones were lost than within a week!
  • Lookout Mobile Security located mobile phones worth $2.5 billion in 2011. Most of these were Android based and were found within the USA.
  • You should be more careful when you visit apartments, pizza outlets, coffee shops and fast food restaurant as these places are among those where people tend to lose their mobiles!

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Last updated: 23 September 2017 | Published on: 17 April 2012 | Authored and Edited by: Lalit Kumar and Team | Filed as:

Filed Under: Mobile Phones

Lalit Kumar is the Principal Author and Founder of TechWelkin. He is a web explorer and he enjoys finding useful information on the Internet. He loves to put things together to create a bigger solution. Lalit is passionate about technology, languages and literature. You can contact Lalit via email (techwelkin [at] gmail [dot] com) or Facebook (facebook.com/techwelkin).

Comments

  1. Pawan kashyap says

    February 20, 2017 at 3:40 pm

    Lalit Ji,

    This is a good initiative, well really worth… giving a clear perception about losing your valuable Mobile..

    Regards,

    Pawan K.

    Reply
  2. Sharad Singh Sankhla says

    December 29, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Lalit Sir,
    Your articles are very useful and intresting.

    Reply

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