Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Weirdest iPhone insurance claims revealed

The most bizarre insurance claims for lost and damaged iPhones emerged today as ‘I dropped it from a hot air balloon’ and ‘my dog chewed it’.

Other unusual claims include ‘I lost it while skydiving’, ‘I dropped it in a blender’ and ‘It fell into the kettle’.

The weird and wonderful claims came to light in a study by gadget insurers www.protectyourbubble.com. It also emerged one in five iPhone users have made an insurance claim during the past 12 months.

Most common claims were for cracked screens, lost or stolen iPhones and iPhones dropped in toilets or baths.



Top 10 most bizarre iPhone claims

1. I dropped it from a hot air balloon
2. I lost it while sky diving
3. It broke when my son used it as a table tennis racket
4. I lost it while building a sand castle for the kids
5. I accidentally buried it in the garden
6. It fell into the kettle
7. I dropped it in a food blender
8. My dog mistook it for his favourite toy and chewed it to pieces
9. Juice from a defrosting piece of meat leaked into it
10. It flew out of the car window

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