Monday, August 29, 2011

Study: iPhones, Backups and Toilets


Retrevo.com's got an interesting new Gadgetology study titled iPhones, Backups and Toilets, What's the Connection?  

The study focuses on cell phone security and who is the most unprepared. Here's some highlights:
  • 39% of Android owners haven't done anything to prevent someone from misusing data on their cell phone if it were lost or stolen (compared to 30% of BlackBerry owners and 26% of iPhone owners).
  • Only 32% of Android owners think their cell phones can get malware and 27% don't know.
  • 36% of iPhone owners think their cell phone can get malware and 30% don't know.
  • If they lost their cell phone today, only 18% of Android owners would use a recovery service to get their cell phone. back, compared to 28% of BlackBerry owners and 37% of iPhone owners. 39% of Android owners don't know how they would get their cell phones back, compared with 31% of BlackBerry owners and 26% of iPhone owners.
  • BlackBerry (62%) and iPhone (61%) owners are the most likely to have password protection on their cell phone, compared to Android owners (only 49%).
Retrevo also asked: Have any of the following ever happened to you or someone you know?
  • 36% of people said they had, or knew someone who has "Dropped a cell phone in a toilet".
  • 31% of people said they had, or knew someone who has "Had a cell phone fall in a pool, lake or other body of water".
  • 44% of people said they had, or knew someone who has "Dropped a cell phone on the floor and had it break".
  • 30% of people said they had, or knew someone who has "Spilled coffee or other liquid on a cell phone".

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