How to avoid getting your phone eaten by an elephant!

Whether you are a fan of the iphone or not, you can probably agree that, while it looks chic and high-tech, it doesn’t look all that tasty. Well one elephant that is the star of the latest viral online video would disagree! In the video the hungry elephant can be seen grabbing the phone from the hands of a girl who is filming her friend feeding the cheeky animal and devouring it. It seemed that its anodized aluminium shell helped it slip straight down though, as the phone is later seen ringing, then being retrieved from a heap of dung.

Now, whether this video is a hoax or not, it still seems that the girl had it coming, waving her expensive phone in the face of an unpredictable wild animal! “I would never be so foolish” I hear you say… But would you? Hundreds of people have their phones taken straight out of their hands by opportunistic thieves every week. Mobile phone theft has risen by a staggering 25% in the last three years with, on average, 264 phone robberies reported to the police every day.

People on their phones in busy public places are easy targets and often find them snatched away before they even knew someone was approaching.

Pickpocketing is the most common form of mobile phone theft. One in six of those who have had a phone stolen say it was taken from their bag or pocket. Make it difficult for thieves to remove your phone from your person with the Mi-Zone 2-way proximity alarm.  The Mi-Zone works with your handset or tablet and can be attached to anything you consider valuable or worth protecting. You can choose from 3 security settings: Low, medium and high, depending on the range of the security zone you wish to create and as soon as your belongings move outside of the selected zone, a flashing alert and audio alarm will be activated on your screen. Just keep your Mi-Zone tag by your side or in your pocket, and it will alert you when your handset or tablet is moved away from you.  You can also use it to locate missing handset/tablet by pressing the button on the tag for 10 seconds and, as long as it is in range, the alert will activate on your phone or tablet allowing you to pinpoint its exact location.

It may not protect your phone from hungry elephants but it will give you the upper hand against an opportunistic pickpocket!