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Mobile Mishaps? Asurion Has You Covered! *Giveaway*

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I wish that I could blame the fact that I can be a bit clumsy on “mommy brain.”  But the truth is it started long before I had children.  When my husband and I were dating, he was always amused at the things I’d do or say. He has always been the more sensible, grounded one, leaving the quirkiness to me. Until the day he washed his cell phone in the dishwasher.  Funny enough, I was the pregnant one at the time.

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While that was a major mobile mishap, I’ve dropped more mobile phones than I can count. Before I became an iPhone user, I owned a Palm Pre Plus that I absolutely adored. It had a built-in camera that took awesome photos, a navigation system through Verizon that helped me get wherever I wanted to go seamlessly, and a combination touch-screen/key pad.  And then the day came when I dropped it for the last time. When I called Verizon, they told me that it would be more expensive to fix the screen than it would be to get a new phone. That was the day I became an iPhone user.

Mobile phones are expensive and highly breakable. I’ve taken some precautions to keep my phone safe from my clumsy hands (and my children’s) including outfitting it with a case from Otterbox. And while that case offers protection from drops and such, it doesn’t ensure that I won’t lose my phone, or worse, get it stolen.

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According to statistics compiled by Asurion, 60 million phones are lost, stolen or damaged each year.  The company offers consumers protection against lost, stolen, damaged, or malfunctioning electronic devices such as mobile phones.  Additionally, they offer security to ensure that the content you store on your phone remains private. Depending on the protection plan you sign up for, you could receive a next day replacement and hassle-free support for items like mobile phones.

Have you ever lost a cell phone?  Dropped it in the tub? Had your child damage the screen?

You can learn more about Asurion’s protection plans and mobile apps by visiting their website or GottaHaveMyMobile.com.

Win It!  One of you will win a $40 Amazon gift card. Simply leave me a comment with your mobile mishap! Comments will close on September 26th, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST.

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660 Responses to Mobile Mishaps? Asurion Has You Covered! *Giveaway*

  36. A mobile mishap I had was when I was getting out of my car I dropped my phone on the concrete. I thought for sure it was broken, but luckily it only had a few scratches and still worked fine!

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  50. My son loves to take my phone swimming whenever he gets his hands on my phone… in the toilet, swimming pool, bath tub, sink, you name it!

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  93. The worst mobile mishap for me so far has been dropping it in a sink full of sudsy water
    champ_ion76(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  112. well i have had 2 phones lost…both no fault of me! once i asked my son to put my phone in my stroller carrier for me…who knows where he did put it…gone forever. The other time my husband folded up the stroller without removing my stuff and my phone must have dumped out in the fold and lift process…gone forever

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  118. While helping buckle my kids into their carseats, I had left my phone ontop of the roof of my car. I forgot about the phone and went about my errands. When I returned home, I saw my car laying in our street, smashed.

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  130. one of my phones was dropped into the tub once….had to drain the tub, try to dry the phone & forget about my bath for awhile!

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  182. I forgot my phone outside on the table & my puppy thought it would make a good chew toy. I ended up finding it under the back deck. Completely messed up.

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  197. While I haven’t had a mishap yet, my grandson managed to drop his in the toilet. Only quick action from his mother and lots of rice saved the day.

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  234. My mobile mishap was dropping my phone on the porch and completely cracking the screen – I had just received it a week before! Thanks for the chance! 🙂

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  244. My hubby dropped his phone and the screen shattered. I’m just glad it was his work phone so that they had to replace it. thank you!

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  259. Yes, I dropped my cell phone during a pool party with friends once- never could get it to work and had to buy another one.

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  278. Thankfully my iPhone has never broken and I’ve dropped it at least 50 times, ,my cases however weren’t so lucky. I have been through 4 cases and #5 is broken currently.

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  295. My mobile mishap happened when my husband drove off in the car when my iPhone was on the bumper. I never found the phone.

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  314. i once lost my phone sitting on a couch in ikea. It just slipped out of my pants and when i realized it ten minutes later and returned to retrieve it, it was gone 🙁

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  327. My mobile mishap was when my darling sweet 2.5 year old daughter took my cell phone and buried it in the sand pit!

    alsatia23 at hotmail dot com

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  342. I’ve never had a problem with my phone, but my sister unknowingly dropped her cell phone while getting out of her car in her garage. The next morning, she ran over it backing out of the garage!
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  364. Mine was thinking I’d dropped or lost it in a grocery store, and I actually got a store employee to help me look for it-turns out it was on the front seat of my sister’s car, that I had just gotten out of.

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  376. I had mine in my pocket the pants I had on we’re nylon and slippery. Needless to say it fell in the toilet, just had got it new,that day. Followed on pinterest/ Vicky Watkins

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  378. Let’s just say I have done it all. So many times that my carrier dropped my warranty coverage. Including dropped in the toilet (twice!), lost it, dropped and cracked the screen, it seems I have really bad luck with my phone

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  389. My iphone has a cracked screen right now. My daughter was clearing off our desk and my phone was “pushed” off. It was an accident and she felt terrible!

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  413. When I had one I dropped it in the bath tub not a good thing to do! Thank you for the great giveaway!
    Latisha D
    tishajean@ charter.net

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  428. my worst one was when the Iphone first came out I bought an unlocked one off of ebay for tmobile for a lot of money and it slipped out of my pocket while getting out of my car I didn’t notice and stepped right on the screen it was like a six hundred dollar accident

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  444. I suppose the worst was dropping it in the toilet. Of course, I had to file my claim with Asurion!

    wolverina401 at gmail dot com

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  446. I accidentally dropped my phone into the cat’s water bowl. Even after letting it dry overnight, I ended up with the “White screen of death”, which meant I needed a new phone. Poo!

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  453. I’m almost too embarrassed to admit it but I have dropped my phone into the toilet or it has fallen out of my back pocket into the toilet more times than I wish to disclose! Ugh, it seems to always happen to me. Now I try to avoid bringing my phone into the bathroom at all.

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  485. I dropped my phone in the toilet once and it took me a good long second to reach in and fish it out as it swirled around! I seriously thought about leaving it in there!

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  488. Ive cracked my screen a few times by running into a table with it in my pocket. Haven’t had many claims. I know I would the day I drop my phone insurance.

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  512. I dropped my phone on a pebble rock paved driveway and completely shattered the screen. STill works but has some problems now of course.

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  513. As a teenager I dropped a mobile phone out of a high speed amusement ride! Scratched up but still worked.

    bcmama2012[at[yahoo.com

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  518. I gave my niece (2 years old) my phone with a toddler app. She was loving it. Then we went walking (she was in the stroller), She must have let the screen lock come on, she wasn’t interest and decided to throw my phone into the street. It would have been ok if it stopped on the street but it skipped right into a storm drain.

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  528. I had my new iPhone for about 3 weeks, when I left it on the bumper of my car, and took it for a ride. I realized it about 3 miles in, but it was long gone. I walked up and down that road for hours, but never found it! Bummer!

    coriwestphal at msn dot com

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  540. My daughter had put her cell phone in the side pocket of her cargo pants and snapped the pocket shut. She forgot it was there and not only did the phone go through the wash, it also went through the dryer. Totally dead phone, didn’t even try to pretend to light up.

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  543. i fell asleep in the recliner with my phone on my chest…..i woke up from a nap and closed the recliner….i heard craaaaack…i closed my cell phone in the metal bar of my recliner

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  558. I had my phone in my hand and my son kicked a ball and somehow it hit my phone perfectly to where my phone fell out of my hand, hit the ground and shattered.

    Lyndsey.rullman at hotmail dot com

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  561. In June, I left my phone at the IMAX. Luckily someone turned it in. It was my daughters birthday, and it had all her photos on it.

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  566. Once i got into an car accident and when i stepped out of the car my phone fell out of my lap and into a puddle. So my car was totaled and I didn’t have a phone to call anyone

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  577. My daughters friend always played with my phone so I decided to mess with him and lock it. It was a blackberry and I didn’t know that blackberry has a “fail safe” that if someone gets the lock code wrong 10 times, it wipes out your entire memory. So I let him play with my phone and when he gave it back, it said “memory wiping” on the screen…OMG! I pulled my memory card and battery and took it directly to sprint. The told me once it starts wiping, there’s no stopping it. WTG Blackberry :/

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  580. My phone slipped out of my hoodie pocket and fell to the ground. I closed the car doo and reached for my phone, and the moment I realized I had dropped my phone I said “wait!” to get my boyfriend to stop the car. The second I was finished saying “wait!”, I heard a crunch – he had ran over my phone.

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  581. Never had a mishap because I don’t use a cell. I have one for emergencies, but I never use it, never bring it with me…

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  608. ive lost my 1 month old smartphone at a plane. My baby was crying at the plane’s landing. I got concerned not knowing the phone slipped under the seat. I tried recovering it at the Lost and Found of course they said they dont have it
    amramazon280 at yahoo dot com

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  612. my worst mobile mishap was the time my husband had my phone in his pocket and he ran over it with the lawnmower because it fell out and he didn’t notice

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  618. I haven’t had any dire mishaps yet — just dropped a phone in a fountain once on vacation, but it survived the plunge.

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  650. Fortunately, the worst thing that has happened has been an occasional drop on the carpet. No damage. It gets far worse treatment being banged around inside my purse.

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