Each time I have lost a phone, I have gone into a post traumatic syndrome for atleast a week and spend some good time rebuilding my lost phone book on my old & faithful Nokia 6610. My Nokia 6610 is the only phone i have managed to save for long time of 6 years .
My 6610, because of its current condition gives me the surety that any cunning mobile thief will have to spend some good amount of bucks to get it into enough good shape so that it can be sold, which makes this phone a very bad option to steal in financial perspective. Using this phone, though is terrible experience for me but still gives me enough peace of mind that I can use it while I am at public places. After all I have nothing to loose but a small plastic box that can barely make calls and has to be hooked to ventilator (read vintage charger) for most of the day. So loosing this phone will be me having revenge from the thief rather than vice versa :-)
I have lost so many phone that I may seem like a last person to take advice from, but believe me that having so many diverse experiences in this field make me as good as honorable Mr. A. Raja who can give you perfect advice as to what not to do while taking a bribe. I learn mostly by doing mistakes and learning from other people mistakes. Each of these incidents have taught me some valuable lessons on how to take care of your mobile phone and look out for .
To be continued...