£130m worth of mobiles are damaged or lost at festivals each year

The UK festival season is in full swing right now, with the likes of Wireless, Global Gathering, and V invoking superstars from around the globe to perform to thousands of merrymakers.
And with such an excited atmosphere, revelers will look to their mobile phones to capture the moment with videos and photos, updating friends on social networks, and regrouping should someone wander off.
Given all of that, mobile network giffgaff has found one in ten festival-goers have lost or wrecked their phones at festivals this year, and when combined with thefts, this results in £130m worth of damages – equivalent to 650,000 phones.
Data also shows around £14m worth of call credit is wasted, while a quarter of people would have to pay out £300 on a lost or damaged device.
However, mobiles were only the third item on the missing list, trailing behind 22 per cent and 19 per cent for lost clothes and friends, respectively.

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