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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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A-moos-ing excuses for lost phones

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Cud you believe it? One farmer claimed to damage his phone when he used its torch to examine a cow's rear during calving. Photograph: Agresearch Institute/AFP

Typically the need to replace a mobile phone is because it has been lost or stolen. But research into insurance claims shows that there are some rather bizarre incidents out there. The Daily Telegraph reports that one farmer claims to have damaged his iPhone by using it as a torch to see inside a cow's rear during calving. A couple lost their phone overboard re-enacting scenes from the film Titanic and one woman accidentally baked her handset into a Victoria sponge cake. Who knew?

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