Cell Phone Destruction

This just in:

The number one cause of cell phone breakage is dropping it. No surprise there.

The number two reason is because your pants are too tight.

A survey of 300 retailers Sweden found that squeezing handsets into snug-fitting pants is the second leading cause of broken phones. Apparently, the phones simply can’t handle the pressure and screens break or covers bend or crack.

To put it in perspective, tight pants break more phones than dogs, children, rain, snow, acts of forgetfulness and throwing phones to the ground in a rage, according to a report on the survey by cell-phone news Web site Cellular News.

No word on the hazards of Spandex or Lycra.