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Stress-Testing the Verizon G'zOne Cellphone

Posted by kdawson on from the extreme-abuse dept.

abkaiser writes "You can dunk it under water. Put it in the oven and crank up the heat. Drop it, smack it, treat it like the hunk of plastic that it is. And yet this is a cellphone. I got my hands on the Verizon G'zOne (pronounced 'G-Z-One'), a phone designed for high-abuse environments. Come for the test methodology, stay for the photo of a cellphone cooking in an oven."

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  1. High abuse environments... by patio11 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... seems to describe the marketing staff's relationship to controlled substances. "G'zOne" is not an electronic device, it is a name for a freaking Klingon. Come back when you have given up the faux hipsterism. Even *authentic* hipsterism isn't an endearing trait.

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  2. Clearly the most ridiculous name for a phone yet by John+Nowak · · Score: 3, Funny

    A gzone sounds like an italian sort food filled with cheese... with an environmentally-concious twist... for Gnome... err

  3. Who needs it? by weinrich · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate my company cell phone so I abuse it every chance I get, yet the damned thing keeps on going like some undead zombie from a B-rate horror film. Why pay extra for a feature that's already built into sucky phones like mine?

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  4. Yet another user for... by LaTechTech · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...the "EuroStyle" vibrating massager. Also, another "G-zone to use it on."

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  5. Re:I wonder how resistant the LCD is to cracking by Intron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's the link to what you need.

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  6. Any relation by edmicman · · Score: 2, Funny

    to the Pizza Hut P'ZONE?

  7. Oblig. ATHF by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    "G'zOne" is not an electronic device, it is a name for a freaking Klingon.

    Hip College-Age Guy on TV Commercial: Dude, you're getting an OoGhiJ MIQtxxXA!

  8. Pronounciation by AJWM · · Score: 2, Funny

    (pronounced 'G-Z-One')

    That's "gee-zed-one", right?

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  9. Re:Why? by indigest · · Score: 2, Funny

    Verizon phones are perfect for /.ers! You have to hack them, void your warranty, and risk bricking them in order to get them to work the way you want!