A new study has shown that a whole lot of mobile phones were lost around the world in 2011, with American citizens losing handsets with a combined value of around $30 billion, Digital Trends reported.
In fact, in the U.S. alone, around $30 billion worth of mobile phones were lost in 2011.
The report, compiled by mobile security firm Lookout, found that on average U.S. consumers lose their handset about once a year. It based its results on the analysis of over 15 million users.
The report broke down its results by city, revealing that the people of Philadelphia were the most likely to lose their device. Seattle was next, followed by Oakland, Long Beach, Newark, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, New York and Boston.
Philadelphia residents were twice as likely to lose their mobile than New York City dwellers, while those in San Francisco and New York lose their phones three times more than residents of Chicago.
The report’s findings also showed the locations where people are most likely to misplace their device, with coffee shops, bars and offices at the top of the list.
In Chicago, the report said, the third most common place for a phone to be lost was in a church, while in New York City, the top place was in a fast food restaurant.
