Here's a whole bunch of ideas and excuses on how to handle this. Don't carry your phone anywhere. Or, your smartphone doesn't work anymore after you dropped it, and you need a new one but can't afford it because of the lockdown. My phone just ran out of power - I don't know why. I forgot to charge the phone last night. My girlfriend has my phone and I have hers, I don't know how that happened. I ran over my phone this morning with the car. I was drinking last night and lost my phone and haven't found it yet. I was at a party and I left the phone there I guess. There must have been a hole in my pocket yesterday. OMFG, somebody stole my phone! I can't afford a smartphone after I lost mine (or it was stolen) - will the government buy me a new Apple Iphone 12 to replace it? I turned texting off because I was getting too much spam. I only answer phone numbers that are in my address book. Something was wrong with my display - I need a new phone. Etc., etc., etc.