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06-04-2012, 02:48 PM | #1 |
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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. |
06-05-2012, 04:09 AM | #2 |
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Why was it even left there in the first place?
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06-05-2012, 05:31 AM | #3 |
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Why you shouldn't leave your iPhone in a blender
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06-05-2012, 02:15 PM | #4 |
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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. |
06-06-2012, 02:22 AM | #5 |
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3 year contract.. Eeeek!!
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06-06-2012, 05:51 AM | #6 |
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06-06-2012, 05:01 PM | #7 |
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I agree with Harry. We've been with the same company since we started using cellphones.
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06-06-2012, 11:01 PM | #8 |
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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. |
06-07-2012, 07:46 AM | #9 | |
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Here in Denmark the companies are only allowed to bind people for 6 months, to combat that. |
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