Video: Here are 5 things that are cleaner than your phone

We bring our phones everywhere with us these days, and rarely spare a thought for how truly filthy they actually are

By Adrian Collins

We use our phones every day, putting it to our face and mouth or putting our hands all over it without thinking about how much bacteria it gathers in the process.

The good lads at Mashable decided to put this little video together to show us exactly how dirty your average phone is, and a couple of other things that you'd think twice about touching that actually have a lower bacterial count than your phone.

Yeah, that's right, a toilet seat. You're not very likely to stick the lid of the toilet to your ear, are you?