iPhone survives being run over by a truck
January 31, 2008 by David
Some people are extremely lucky, and such streak of luck happened to a man from Kansas. He seamlessly forgot his iPhone on the boot of his car after filling it up at a gas station. After he drove off, he noticed that it is missing.
So he drove 15 miles to the next exit from freeway and returned to the same station. After searching the parking lot with no results, and even asking workers if someone might have returned it, he drove off in disbelieve. But once he drove into freeway he noticed a glimmering light in between the lanes. He then quickly stopped and went to the place to retrieve it. He had to wait until the cars would pass, and during that moment a truck going at 120km/h drove over his iPhone!
“As I sped past the object, I knew it was my phone — still alive and working! I slammed on the brakes and pulled over, waiting for the passing cars and trucks to go by so I could run across two lanes of 75 mile-per-hour traffic to retrieve my poor phone,” he recalls
“As the last pair of headlights approached, the semi got over to the far outside lane because he saw me standing on the side of the road. I knew this was trouble. As I watched helplessly from the shoulder, the semi ploughed my phone at full speed, throwing it to the ditch on the other side of the highway.”
He then retrieved his device in disbelieve that it is dead but to his astonishment iPhone was still working! And not just working, it was fully functional.
“I know that approximately one hour went by between the time I knew I lost it and the time I recovered it — who knows what else happened to it during that time. When the semi ran over it, the phone was sitting dead in the middle of one of the lanes — it wouldn’t be too hard to imagine it getting hit more than the one time I witnessed!”
“I’ve banged this phone up many times since I bought it the day they were released last June,” he said. “I’ve dropped it down a flight of concrete stairs, slid it across a parking lot, dropped it on cement, and even partially submerged it in water and this little phone just keeps truckin!”
According to the man, even Apple customer’s relations expressed the interest in it to use for iPhone commercial.
“This iPhone has been put through more hell than any crash test could put it through — and with the exception of the obvious scratches on the back on the small dead spots on the screen, it’s amazing! None of the damage actually effects the functionality or performance of the phone.”
That is just one impressive feat by the iPhone.
Thanks: ipodnn
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iPhone survives being run over by a truck
Article by David
David Geguzinskis is a Torontonian who enjoys technology and likes his iPhone His hobbies are photography, nature and sports. He likes to ride his bike in the winter.
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