One
of the essential devices in a person’s life now is their mobile phone. Anyone
of any age has one, I was surprised when I found out a 9 year old was getting
an iPhone!
At least 90% of people cannot go a day without their phone or
leaving the house without it. It has become a main source of communication and
it can feel like you have lost a limb if you have left your phone at home or
even so lost the phone itself.
One of our Co-Founder had recently just got a brand new iPhone 5. They had it around 3
weeks when it went missing. Someone had stolen it and had not handed it in. They
had been without a phone for 9 days now and still could not track where it was
on ‘find my phone’, due to it still not
being switched on, as has two other people that I know of that have lost theirs
recently too. When you have the phone, most of us do take it for granted;
putting it down wherever and leaving it easily accessible for someone to be
able to take it or watch what you do with it.
Having
been without a phone for almost 5 weeks now, a new handset still has not been
replaced. It has felt for them like they have lost a big part of their world.
When telling me they explained how they were not even be able to do simple
things that they usually do such as; being able to receive texts from their
wife to call into the shops or do a small errand when out, no access to emails
other than using iPad in a coffee shop, Wi-Fi hot-spots or in clients offices
and no access to contacts to call from landlines. The iPad did allow them to
set up I message however that precluded them from sending SMS to people not
using apple devices.
These may be general activities but think about the more
important ones that affect personal life, feelings and work. They were not able to do their expenses
through their phone, check their personal banking when needed, search the
internet or even put the lottery on. Besides that imagine not being able to see
the images of his daughters whenever or family to remind him pleasantly during
the day. It has many effects on us that we do not realise. No apps available
such as weight management and health apps, along with Kindle app to read when
alone, having music to be able to listen to whenever and even not being able to
check any travel information when travelling for work.
All
of these may seem like not much to you right now, but imagine not having them
whenever you needed, it would be such a pain!
The
hassle that he went through to get a replacement phone took weeks and still is
ongoing now. Having to speak to insurance companies and go through the hassle
of sorting cover, and not telling them in time creates a bigger problem, but do
people even tell their insurance they have a new hand set within three weeks? They should tell you how long you have to
inform your insurance company of that you have a new device to insure. Passing
on that the replacement phone has still not arrived, what does he use in the
meantime? An old handset, a new handset or get a new sim? All of these cost
extra money on top of getting a new phone and sorting insurance out.
It
has taken so long and nothing is still resolved. His phone still has not been
found or shown up on find my phone. This makes us think; does this really work,
or have people now found a way around it and know how to make the phone not
show up.
All
of this just shouts out that we need a new way to be able to find our phones.
Let me introduce skignz to you as the new way to track and find your device.
Skignz is an app that you can download to your device. It allows you to place
skignz wherever you wish through using google maps. You can then load up skignz
on your device and there will be a skign shown on your phone whereby you can
see the skignz you previously set up and all the information that it contains.
Well
you can also do this for your device. You can place and set up a skignz on your
phone. Through doing this and making it public for anyone to see, if you lost
your phone you would be able to load skignz up either on an iPad or another
device and track to see where your phone is. It is a new way and a new piece of
technology that brings an advancement to stop the need of google maps and
change to skignz. It does exactly the same and better, and saves you the hassle
from having to try read maps and allows you to plan ahead for journeys and much
more.
Instead
of having to go for a while and have the feeling knowing that something is
missing from you, your mobile phone which you are used to having on you at all
times is quite disconcerting. It is like your lifeline to the world and your
media centre all in one!
If
you wish to find out more about Skignz then please use the links below to our
website and social media pages including our blog posts to see how else you can
use Skignz.
If you
got a new mobile device for Christmas this year then make sure it is apriority
that you download and see how it affects and changes your life in a more
positive and stress-free way.
