iPhone Why you shouldn't leave your iphone on the bumper of a pickup truck

frozennorth · 06-04-2012, 02:48 PM

No it's not my phone. This phone travelled about a mile on the bumper before it fell off and then got run over I don't know how many times. It was on the roadway for over 2 hours.

Amazingly we were able to turn it on and do a sync and backup. It would even ring but because the touchscreen is wrecked you can't answer a call. It's in an Otterbox Defender case. I bet without it there would have been only tiny pieces left.

David Munch · 06-05-2012, 04:09 AM

Why was it even left there in the first place?

tubemonkey · 06-05-2012, 05:31 AM

Why you shouldn't leave your iPhone in a blender

frozennorth · 06-05-2012, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Munch

Why was it even left there in the first place?

They were working on the brakes of the truck. It's a nice old 1970 chevy. I guess he just put it down for a minute and forgot about it.

He got lucky though. He had 18 months left on the contract but he didn't have to pay a penalty. Apparently he had loyalty credit. He just had to pay the normal cost of the phone for the new 3 year contract he signed. Now he's got the iphone 4s.

David Munch · 06-06-2012, 02:22 AM

3 year contract.. Eeeek!!

HarryT · 06-06-2012, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Munch

3 year contract.. Eeeek!!

What's wrong with a 3 year contract? I've had two phones in the last 10 years.

frozennorth · 06-06-2012, 05:01 PM

I agree with Harry. We've been with the same company since we started using cellphones.

ilovejedd · 06-06-2012, 11:01 PM

Wonder how well "rugged" phones would handle similar abuse.

I reckon the following still isn't quite the same level of abuse as that iPhone saw.

David Munch · 06-07-2012, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

What's wrong with a 3 year contract? I've had two phones in the last 10 years.

Its a looong time. If you are the kind of person who has any foresight then it is fine, but *many* people don't have that and might get lured into a plan they can't use.

Here in Denmark the companies are only allowed to bind people for 6 months, to combat that.

06-04-2012, 02:48 PM	#1
frozennorth Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 18772 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: Onyx Boox RIP, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo Libra	Why you shouldn't leave your iphone on the bumper of a pickup truck No it's not my phone. This phone travelled about a mile on the bumper before it fell off and then got run over I don't know how many times. It was on the roadway for over 2 hours. Amazingly we were able to turn it on and do a sync and backup. It would even ring but because the touchscreen is wrecked you can't answer a call. It's in an Otterbox Defender case. I bet without it there would have been only tiny pieces left.

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06-06-2012, 02:22 AM	#5
David Munch Scholar Posts: 1,008 Karma: 3999312 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo Libra H2O + iPad Air 4	3 year contract.. Eeeek!!

06-06-2012, 05:01 PM	#7
frozennorth Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 18772 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: Onyx Boox RIP, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo Libra	I agree with Harry. We've been with the same company since we started using cellphones.

06-06-2012, 11:01 PM	#8
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Wonder how well "rugged" phones would handle similar abuse. I reckon the following still isn't quite the same level of abuse as that iPhone saw.