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Jacob York

The advice I'd give my younger self, who couldn't stop breaking phones

Dropping a phone on steps.

Whenever I buy a new smartphone, a timer somewhere starts ticking, counting down to the moment I end up breaking it. I'm not clumsy, per se, but I don't replace phones because they're out of date. I replace them because I screw up.

I wish I could travel back in time and give my younger self one piece of advice: Get Verizon Mobile Protect. Whether the problem is a cracked screen, a waterlogged phone or me having accidentally left it in the back of a cab, this premium offering has my back when my unstoppable butterfingers can't hold onto my phone if my life depended on it. Let's walk through my sad history of smashed screens and see how Verizon would have taken care of me.

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