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Stealing a phone is the fastest means of making money, much better than taking a wallet that might turn out to be empty.

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Talking on your phone in a public place is like holding a £100 note to your ear.

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Industry insiders estimate that one in 10 mobile users worldwide have had their phones stolen at some point.

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Based on estimates only 5% of mobile theft is ever reported.

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Violent crime associated with mobile phone theft is increasing.

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48% of mobile robbery victims are under 18.

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Children are 5 times more likely to become victims of mobile phone theft as adults.

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One third of all robberies involve only a mobile phone.

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Mobile providers are making a profit when you´re phone is stolen.

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The world's most expensive handset costs £700,000 and is encrusted with 50 diamonds. No chance of an upgrade then!!

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25% of young people claim to have dumped someone by SMS message.

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Who says women are the chatterboxes? Men talk on average 16% more than women on their mobile phones.

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Over one trillion text messages were sent via mobile phones worldwide in 2005.

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Over one billion mobile phones will have been sold worldwide by the end of 2006 (812 million were sold in 2005)

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Industry insiders estimate that one in 10 mobile users worldwide have had their phones stolen at some point

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With 61 million mobile phones in Britain, it's a huge industry worth around £14 billion a year.

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Over 2 million mobile phones are stolen every year in the UK.

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Mobile phone theft costs UK £390 million a year.

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Mobile phone theft now accounts for around 45% of theft reported on the London Underground.

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Industry insiders estimate that one in 10 mobile users worldwide have had their phones stolen at some point

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Police have rumbled dozens of mobile phone owners who try to fiddle their insurance.

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Mobiles taken in Britain have been traced to Ghana.

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In Tiptoe Lane, London the stall holders say they get their stolen mobile supplies from Finland, Dubai and Italy.

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Londoners are twice as likely to have their phones stolen as individuals from other parts of the country.

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In London a phone is stolen every 27 seconds.

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The Nokia 6230 is the most frequently stolen handset in London in 2006 making up 15.4% of all thefts.

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In the whole of the UK a phone is stolen every 12 seconds.

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People in the Philippines send more text messages in one day than people in the UK send in a year

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Solicitors in Swindon have received hundreds of requests from people who have asked to be buried with their mobiles in case they are still alive.

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Roughly 600,000 phones get flushed down the toilet yearly in Britain.

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Roughly 400,000 phones are dropped in drinks yearly in Britain.

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Roughly 200,000 phones are accidentally put through a washing machine in the UK every year,