iPhone takes on commercial truck, iPhone wins!

I knew the iPhone was rugged, but? I drove over an Verizon LG phone
with just a semi tractor and the only working part left was the
lithium battery!

iPhone takes on commercial truck, iPhone wins!
Posted by Will on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pm under
iPhone, Apple
Tagged: 18 wheeler, big rig, iphone, survives and truck

Well the iPhone didn't really win, it just sorta walked away with its
life. Here's a quick little "How (NOT) To" guide for taking care of
your iPhone:

Don't place iPhone on trunk of car on cold, windy, day in Kansas
Don't drive off with iPhone still sitting on said trunk - especially
onto a highway
Don't stand on side of highway, waiting to retrieve fallen iPhone,
causing a big-rig truck to run over iPhone
But, should you forget the above helpful tips, you'll be glad to know
that your iPhone can survive a run-in with an 18-wheeler and still
work perfectly - albeit a bit scuffed up.

Mike Beauchamp, Kansas resident, apparently found out the hard way
(or, really, the only way) that an iPhone can be run over by a multi-
ton truck and still work.

As I watched helplessly from the shoulder, the semi plowed my phone at
full speed, throwing it to the ditch on the other side of the highway.
At this point, I figured I'd retrieve it just for the purpose of
seeing the crushed iPhone in disarray, mangled and crunched lifeless
in the grass...Much to my surprise, as I approached, I heard the
familiar sound of my ringtone -- the iPhone was alive and ringing! As I
picked it up and cradled it gently in my hands, I saw the screen
displaying my caller ID -- the screen still worked! I slid my finger
gently over the answer slide and paused as I held the tattered and
torn device to my ear -- my heart must have skipped a beat when I heard
my mom's voice at the other end of the phone -- the phone still worked!
I ran back to my car and sat on the side of the road for about 15
minutes inspecting it, testing it, and looking it over -- how in the
hell had it survived being trounced by an 18-wheeler at 70mph?!?"

Who knew the iPhone was a ruggedized handset?

http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/31/iphone-takes-on-commercial-truck-...one-win

"4phun" <vic.healey RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
news:bd698af9-1236-46cd-82af-ce8ca4b7e2ff@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>I knew the iPhone was rugged, but? I drove over an Verizon LG phone
> with just a semi tractor and the only working part left was the
> lithium battery!
>
> iPhone takes on commercial truck, iPhone wins!
> Posted by Will on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pm under
> iPhone, Apple
> Tagged: 18 wheeler, big rig, iphone, survives and truck
>
> Well the iPhone didn't really win, it just sorta walked away with its
> life. Here's a quick little "How (NOT) To" guide for taking care of
> your iPhone:
>
> Don't place iPhone on trunk of car on cold, windy, day in Kansas
> Don't drive off with iPhone still sitting on said trunk - especially
> onto a highway
> Don't stand on side of highway, waiting to retrieve fallen iPhone,
> causing a big-rig truck to run over iPhone
> But, should you forget the above helpful tips, you'll be glad to know
> that your iPhone can survive a run-in with an 18-wheeler and still
> work perfectly - albeit a bit scuffed up.
>
> Mike Beauchamp, Kansas resident, apparently found out the hard way
> (or, really, the only way) that an iPhone can be run over by a multi-
> ton truck and still work.
>
> As I watched helplessly from the shoulder, the semi plowed my phone at
> full speed, throwing it to the ditch on the other side of the highway.
> At this point, I figured I'd retrieve it just for the purpose of
> seeing the crushed iPhone in disarray, mangled and crunched lifeless
> in the grass...Much to my surprise, as I approached, I heard the
> familiar sound of my ringtone -- the iPhone was alive and ringing! As I
> picked it up and cradled it gently in my hands, I saw the screen
> displaying my caller ID -- the screen still worked! I slid my finger
> gently over the answer slide and paused as I held the tattered and
> torn device to my ear -- my heart must have skipped a beat when I heard
> my mom's voice at the other end of the phone -- the phone still worked!
> I ran back to my car and sat on the side of the road for about 15
> minutes inspecting it, testing it, and looking it over -- how in the
> hell had it survived being trounced by an 18-wheeler at 70mph?!?"
>
> Who knew the iPhone was a ruggedized handset?
>
> http://www.intomobile.com/2008/01/31/iphone-takes-on-commercial-truck-...one-win

Funny. Was in the apple store just the other day. Lady bought one, Opened it
up so the genius could help her configure her email for her, It fell and
broke the screen.

Don't know what became of that. But the iPhone being tough ?
NOT!