July 13, 2004
Losing a mobile phone, more stressful than a parking ticket?
To promote their phone backup service FusionOne comissioned a poll that shows the stress of losing a mobile phone, reports GeekZone. Is it worst then a parking ticket? Well yes, according to the survey:
- Almost half (43%) of mobile phone owners have lost, damaged or had their phone stolen at some point.
- A third of the respondents (31%) said that most of their contacts are stored in their phone and nowhere else.
"When asked how losing a phone, with all its contacts, would affect them, respondents rated it as more annoying than getting a parking ticket or having a cavity filled, and 17% even thought it was worse than losing a wallet or keys.
Millions of mobile phones are left in airplanes, airports, rental cars and hotel rooms each year, particularly over the summer vacation period when most travel occurs. Los Angeles airport alone reports finding 400 lost phones a month".
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