The phrase "a lost phone" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a phone that has been misplaced or is no longer in the owner's possession.
Example: "I found a lost phone on the bus and took it to the lost and found."
Alternatives: "a misplaced phone" or "an abandoned phone."
When you set up your account it automatically backs up your phone data, and you can use Motoblur to remotely wipe the memory of a lost phone.
Flitwick redials the last number and what appears to be some vaguely underwhelming domestic farce involving a lost phone and a confused old lady begins to ensue.
In fact, recent Asurion research found that you're three times more likely to get your phone back if you do this in the case of a lost phone.
It lets you display a message or play a sound on a lost phone and find the device on a map, set a PIN remotely or wipe all your content.
— Apps that allow users to monitor their children or track a lost phone can also allow people who want to spy on their intimate partners ways to do so without their consent, the New York Times's Jennifer Valentino-DeVreportsporeports
And the pilot is a fairly deluxe, good-looking package, even if its wild coincidences and manic globe-hopping — tied to the accidental travels of a lost phone — make it feel like a greeting card version of the film "Babel," down to the kinky-sex-in-Japan angle.
It's a "self destruct" command that would allow a user to send a message to a stolen or lost phone to erase the device's memory.
Blocking a stolen or lost phone via the IMEI will cut off all communication between your phone and your carrier, making it impossible for the phone to be recovered via tracking.
PCMag recommends using another phone to text your lost phone with a message offering a reward for the device, and you can always try calling it as well.
The Find my iPhone function, which lets you see your lost phone on a map, is being adapted for Macs too, so you can find your lost MacBook Pro.
As part of the study, Lookout is debuting Mobile Lost & Found, a site for people to discover the places where phones are most often lost, the likelihood of losing a phone by region, and the financial impact of lost phones.
