7 Easy Ways to Protect Your Mobile Phone
Statistics tell us that around 88% or people don’t leave home these days without their mobile phones. Given that most of us rely on these ubiquitous devices every day losing one can be a disaster.
As mobile phones have become increasingly small and lightweight they’ve become easier to lose, drop or misplace. In 2008 around 200,000 mobile phones went into washing machines, around 600,000 were dropped down the loo and 55,000 were left in the back of taxis.
We must also consider the very real possibility that a phone may be stolen. More than 2 million mobile phones are stolen in the United Kingdom every year. This equates to around one every 12 seconds and this figure is on the increase.
Initially, when a phone is lost, there is the cost of buying a new one. But there may also be phone bills accrued by a thief between the time the phone was stolen and the time it was eventually disabled. There are also the problems that can be caused by losing contact details and other data from the phone.
It is estimated that fewer than 2 in 10 mobile phone users keep their phone SIM card data backed up to a separate device. Even though most modern mobile phones come with software that makes it simple to transfer data from a phones SIM card to a computer relatively few people do this routinely.
So what steps can we take to help keep hold of our mobile phones?
- Firstly, don’t make it easy for a thief to steal your mobile phone. Never ever leave your phone unattended in your car and always store it securely.
- Make certain to record the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number from your mobile phone. This is a unique number applied to each and every mobile phone that can be used to disable the mobile phone in the event that it is lost or stolen.
- Most moble phones can be configured to only operate after a PIN has been entered. While it can be a nuisance to have to enter a PIN each time you want to use your phone this simple step will stop a thief from running up significant call charges on your account.
- Another recommendation is to switch your phone to vibrate mode when in busy public places in order not to attract attention when your phone rings.
- You might like to engrave your name and your car registration details onto your mobile phone and its battery. An alternative is to use a system for attaching unique serial number stickers (as provided by trackitback.com) to your phone which will help identify your phone if it is lost or stolen.
- Get into the habit of backing up your SIM card data as often as possible. As a rule, if you are adding new contacts and appointments or notes to your phone every day you really should be backing up your phone data every day.
- Finally, make certain that you have some mobile phone insurance that provides the protection that you need. Not all mobile phone insurance policies are the same so make certain that the one you choose provides the protection that you need.
Hopefully you and your mobile phone will not become one of the future lost or stolen statistics.
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