You can classify iPhone users as snotty Weezer-addicted geeks, but the smiles on the faces of insurance assessors have started to fade already. There is also a catch. The Insurance assessors have noticed that there is a trend amongst them to file false insurance claims.

Telling Sky News, an insurance assessor said that in order to upgrade to the latest model, iPhone owners are deliberately destroying their mobiles and making up fake insurance claims.

Carmi Korine, director of Supercover Insurance, stated, “While most customers take out insurance because they value their iPhone, we started to notice increases in claims as new and upgraded iPhones were launched. For short periods around new model or upgrade launches, claims for lost, stolen or damaged iPhones go through the roof”, Korine noted.

“A significant number of iPhone users are simply resorting to these extreme measures in order grab the next-generation “must-have spec” smartphone”, said Korine.

According to Korine, the issue appears to be that most Apple fanbois can only go for so long with the knowledge that they're a generation behind the latest must-have smartphone.

The obsession for the iPhone’s latest model goes to such an extent that users choose to pummel their model with hammer blows, or even drive their car over it, claims the insurance group.