Comments on: iPhone Survives Car

By: Gadapoop

Gadapoop — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:36:00 +0000

My Ti-84 fell out of my backpack into the mud and was run over by a truck, and then was left out in the rain/mud for a couple days. Besides a pea sized dark spot on the screen, no problems.
My Sansa 6gb MP3 has been dropped countless times, had water spill on it, buttons have popped off, but still it works great. I bought it for $40 as a refurbished product over 4 years ago.

By: HP

HP — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:41:00 +0000

Had an old Sony Ericsson T28 survive a dunk in a bucket of muddy water and run over by a concrete truck only to expire 2 years later just sitting on a desk.

By: HP

HP — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:41:00 +0000

Had an old Sony Ericsson T28 survive a dunk in a bucket of muddy water and run over by a concrete truck only to expire 2 years later just sitting on a desk.

By: Michael the Dumb Tec

Michael the Dumb Tec — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:00:00 +0000

I'm a very klutzy person. I've dropped my Palm Centro (no case or protection) on concrete and other surfaces over 10x now and it keeps on ticking. Granted I haven't run a car over it or bashed the screen directly onto anything. Mostly I'm saying that any product that can't survive a drop or two should be a free giveaway (or never sold), because every phone gets abused eventually.

By: Michael the Dumb Tech Geek

Michael the Dumb Tech Geek — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:00:00 +0000

I’m a very klutzy person. I’ve dropped my Palm Centro (no case or protection) on concrete and other surfaces over 10x now and it keeps on ticking. Granted I haven’t run a car over it or bashed the screen directly onto anything. Mostly I’m saying that any product that can’t survive a drop or two should be a free giveaway (or never sold), because every phone gets abused eventually.

By: John Lister

John Lister — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:10:00 +0000

My dad built a portable TV set with a 7 inch screen in the early 70s which not only survived a car wreck in Libya where the car was a write off, but was still working over 30 years later. It also had a manual tuning dial which somehow managed to unscramble encrypted channels on analog cable in the mid 90s!

I also had a cellphone which was in my pocket when I slipped on heavy ice. Of course, the phone was obliterated, but it almost certainly prevented me breaking my hip, so at least it died for a good cause.

By: John Lister

John Lister — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:10:00 +0000

By: Nicole B

Nicole B — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:31:00 +0000

Someone I know dropped theirs in the bath and it still worked fine.

By: Nicole B

Nicole B — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:31:00 +0000

Someone I know dropped theirs in the bath and it still worked fine.

By: crystalsinger

crystalsinger — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:43:00 +0000

Yup, I dropped my iPhone 3G on its face onto concrete and the touch panel cracked quite severely. (I'm pretty sure it stayed intact largely due to the ClearArmor skin I had on it.)

But the most impressive part was that the LCD wasn't damaged, and continued to work fine. As did the touch panel. (Yes, I ~did~ replace the touch panel though – not fond of looking at everything through a cracked screen!)

By: crystalsinger

crystalsinger — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:43:00 +0000

Yup, I dropped my iPhone 3G on its face onto concrete and the touch panel cracked quite severely. (I’m pretty sure it stayed intact largely due to the ClearArmor skin I had on it.)

But the most impressive part was that the LCD wasn’t damaged, and continued to work fine. As did the touch panel. (Yes, I ~did~ replace the touch panel though – not fond of looking at everything through a cracked screen!)