More than 2 million smartphones lost, destroyed in 5 years | iTWire

Posted by Steven Kirby | Aug 14, 2017 | Australia, Data Loss, iTWire, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, User Error | 0 |

Aussies lost or destroyed their smartphones at a rate of 1,370 per day – or 2.5 million smartphones in the last five years – and, it seems, millennials are the worst offenders.

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