A new study reveals that blokes are still dropping their phones down the pan with alarming regularity.
Research from mobile comparison website GoodMobilePhones discovered that 31% of the 1,937 people they questioned in their study had suffered some sort of water-related accident with their phone.
Down the pan
Men were found to have suffered most, making up 73% of all reported water damage incidents, while nearly a half (47%) of all ‘Phone. Meet water’ incidents saw the handset dropping in to the loo.
We suspect that failed attempts at multi-tasking – perhaps hampered by an ample influx of alcohol -may have played a fairly large part in most of these accidents.
How to rescue a wet phone
If you have dropped your phone into water (or similarly wet substances), don’t panic – help is at hand!
We have compiled a useful guide detailing the best way to save your precious handset: read it here.
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Given that women sit on the loo far more often than men these figures are surprising!
Unbelievable! It’s never happened to me but I know so many people who have dropped their handsets down the toilet before… I don’t know how you would go about doing it though!
Not to put too finer point on it, I presume they kept their phone in their hand whilst trying to wipe their a***! (or put it on the cistern lid whilst doing same and then knocked it!)