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Ultimate iPhone Review — Will It Blend?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everything-blends-in-a-blendtec dept.

I've been enjoying the Will it Blend videos forever. There's something about a labcoat clad crazy man putting things like marbles and soda cans into a blender and after reducing them to powder, warning you not to breathe in the particles. Well today they ask the ultimate question of the latest over-hyped internet sensation Will the iPhone Blend? Fans of these videos can probably guess the answer... and this story made my morning. I've been waiting for an excuse to link these forever. If you haven't seen these, you're in for a real treat.

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  1. Oh its not so bad by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been breathing that stuff for a while and nothing has ha *THUD*

    (he wouldn't just type thud, would he?)
    (maybe he was dictating)
    (oh shut up)

    1. Re:Oh its not so bad by dsginter · · Score: 5, Funny

      (he wouldn't just type thud, would he?)

      It is generally accepted that computer crashes, dropped connections and death is represented by the "NO CARRIER" stamp (line noise optional). For example:

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    2. Re:Oh its not so bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      Truly dedicated /.ers have their browsers hooked up to a dead man's switch, so that if they are incapacitated, they automatically submit whatever is currently in the "Post Comment" field. A sort of "L4st Psot!!1!!," if you will. Here, let me demonstr1-0$%#$I)%^%)#%

      NO CARRIER

  2. Re:As funny as the videos are.... by shoptroll · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's the entire point. It's supposed to be an advertisement. But it's a lot better than most of the adverts you see on tv these days.

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  3. Re:As funny as the videos are....DUH by g051051 · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not "like an advertisement", it's nothing BUT an advertisement. And it's sure nice to see a company advertising it's products in a funny, entertaining way that also nicely shows off the products' capabilities, without fluff.

  4. Sell it on eBay... by Choad+Namath · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Assuming this is real, he wasn't just joking at the end.

  5. Re:As funny as the videos are.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course it's an advertisement! But hardly a "waste" of a good product -- links on digg, slashdot, and all the mac sites to boot for under a grand is the cheapest ad campaign ever.

    If you're looking for wasteful advertising, try the Olympics.

  6. The iPhone is pretty tough by PorkNutz · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Notice how long the screen kept going. Even after the blender had started shredding the phone... the screen was still working. Impressive.

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  7. Re:As funny as the videos are.... by Ngarrang · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They kind of piss me off, too. It's always a waste of a good device/product. How is that? I thought it was an excellent use of a blender. The blender survived just fine.
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  8. Not that great by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 5, Funny

    My kids and I spent nearly an hour looking at all of these last night. Sam kept exclaiming "That's totally awesome!" Even four year-old Emma enjoyed the blending of the Barbies. You do realise you're going to have to keep your blender under lock and key for the next 12 years right?
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  9. Re:It always seems to by Hotawa+Hawk-eye · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go look at eBay item number 170129995323. You get the iPhone remnants, a blender, a DVD, and an autographed T-shirt. Not bad, if you're in the market for a blender or are into pulverized electronics.

  10. Re:It always seems to by jimstapleton · · Score: 5, Funny

    As well as being fun, its an amazing ad for the company, everything they but into their blenders ends up as toxic dust!!!

    Yes, because I really want my spaghetti sauce to become toxic dust. I think I'll take a blender that doesn't make everything toxic.

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  11. Re:As funny as the videos are.... by cyphercell · · Score: 5, Funny

    After recently purchasing a $85 blender that bit the dust on a box of frozen strawberries, this is just the kind of advertising I appreciate right now.

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  12. Re:the real Ultimate Review by Bazman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well that's as maybe, but its the ultimate review for *that* particular iPhone!

    1913 Webster definition of ultimate is rather apropos:

    3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further
                division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an
                ultimate particle; an ultimate constituent of matter.
                [1913 Webster]

  13. Re:It always seems to by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can they blend one of their own blenders? Wow, meta headrush.

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  14. Re:It always seems to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amazingly, the dust still had to be sent to Apple to get the battery out.

  15. Re:Fun? by flooey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To me, it's a terrible waste of money and technology. My parents would have gone mad if I had ever deliberately broken something as expensive as that.

    Rich kids with too much free money to spend...

    You do realize this is an advertisement, right? He's spending $500 on an iPhone, plus production costs, in order to sell what's likely to be thousands (possibly tens of thousands) of dollars in blenders. Not exactly a waste.

  16. Re:It always seems to by Ambidisastrous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Minor clarification: The fully assembled skyscraper would also be harmful if you inhaled it.