Apparently Australians are some of the worlds most clumsy people when it comes to caring for their mobile phone.

Driving off with the handset left on the car roof is the most common excuse for a damaged mobile, according to a survey of Telstra customer service staff. Number two on the excuse list is damage by water, which includes dropping it in the toilet (!) and taking calls when in the rain. Others at the top of the list are sitting on the phone, dropping it on the footpath and throwing it to a friend or on a hard surface.

On the more lighter scale some have reported damaging their phone by accidentally running over it with a ride-on mower, leaving it on a window sill or car dash in direct sunlight and using it while in the shower with the speakerphone activated.

Well, what to say!? Let’s just hope more of our Aussie friends down-under start backing up their mobile contacts with ZYB on a more regular basis ☺