wraggster
March 22nd, 2013, 22:22
So, if you're buying a Galaxy S 4 at launch, you'll likely have a smashed screen by the summer solstice.
MobileInsurance.co.uk (http://www.mobileinsurance.co.uk/) surveyed more than 2,500 UK mobile phone owners to find all respondents have broke a handset in the past two years, while most insurance claims are made in fewer than four months of ownership.
Indeed, 37 per cent said their phone had been scathed in three months or less, which was the most common answer, while 51 per cent of devices given as Christmas (2012) gifts have already been smashed, lost or stolen already.
Just nine per cent had insurance at the time of damage, loss or theft, while 65 per cent were unaware that most insurance policies can only be taken out on devices under a year old, believing they could insure the phone at any time.
Jason Brockman, director at MobileInsurance.co.uk, said: "To see that more than half of handsets given as gifts at Christmas are already broken, or have already been lost or stolen, is a big shock indeed. Most people are usually careful with their handsets in the initial weeks, wanting to keep their shiny new toy in tip top condition. After a little while though, phone owners tend to get careless.
"Most people assume you can insure a handset at any stage of owning it, but it’s difficult to find anyone willing to offer an insurance policy on a handset that’s over a year old."
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/most-mobiles-are-damaged-within-three-months-of-ownership/020928
MobileInsurance.co.uk (http://www.mobileinsurance.co.uk/) surveyed more than 2,500 UK mobile phone owners to find all respondents have broke a handset in the past two years, while most insurance claims are made in fewer than four months of ownership.
Indeed, 37 per cent said their phone had been scathed in three months or less, which was the most common answer, while 51 per cent of devices given as Christmas (2012) gifts have already been smashed, lost or stolen already.
Just nine per cent had insurance at the time of damage, loss or theft, while 65 per cent were unaware that most insurance policies can only be taken out on devices under a year old, believing they could insure the phone at any time.
Jason Brockman, director at MobileInsurance.co.uk, said: "To see that more than half of handsets given as gifts at Christmas are already broken, or have already been lost or stolen, is a big shock indeed. Most people are usually careful with their handsets in the initial weeks, wanting to keep their shiny new toy in tip top condition. After a little while though, phone owners tend to get careless.
"Most people assume you can insure a handset at any stage of owning it, but it’s difficult to find anyone willing to offer an insurance policy on a handset that’s over a year old."
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/most-mobiles-are-damaged-within-three-months-of-ownership/020928