Matt Horne / Android Authority
🗣️ This is an open thread. We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup.
Most of us have a tale of breaking or losing a phone that brings us pangs of regret. For example, when I was a teen, I walked into the sea with a phone in my pocket. That was the end of that device, but at least I had the naivety of youth to blame. However, I destroyed my phone in my sleep recently, and the only way I’m going to feel less of an idiot is by hearing your embarrassing tech fails.
It wasn’t my finest hour, but if it will encourage you to fess up, I’ll share my cringe-worthy episode.
What’s the worst fate a phone has met on your watch? 33 votes Broken in an accident 30 % Lost and never recovered 0 % Stolen 9 % Water damage 15 % Touch wood, I've never had any phone drama 45 %
I didn’t even know where my phone was when I woke up, much less that I destroyed it. I’d had it when I went to sleep, but it wasn’t on the bedside table in the morning. I checked the usual places, then the places I knew it couldn’t possibly be, just in case. No sign of it.
I was stumped. Find Hub showed it last pinged in the vicinity of my department, which was both reassuring and deeply unhelpful. I wasn’t drunk the night before, and there was no one else in the apartment. There was one other possibility so stupid that I initially rejected it on principle, but I had to face it.
Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? Set us as a favorite source in Google Discover to never miss our latest exclusive reports, expert analysis, and much more.
You can also set us as a preferred source in Google Search by clicking the button below.
I can be quite an active sleeper, and picking up my phone in a near-unconscious state isn’t unheard of. I had also decided to combat the heat the night before by sleeping on the opposite side of my bed to usual, which is next to the open window. I realized I must have picked up my phone in my sleep and put it back down into thin air, blissfully unaware of the phone-icide I just committed.
... continue reading