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iPhone 4 Survives Fall From Skydiver's Pocket

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @02:32AM from the indestructible-object dept.

tripleevenfall sent in a link with a story that is sure to be the basis for the next iPhone 4 commercial. From the article: "Jarrod McKinney's iPhone 4 — a notoriously fragile device — cracked when his 2-year-old knocked it off a bathroom shelf. So it's easy to see why McKinney, a 37-year-old in Minnesota, would be 'just absolutely shocked' when that same phone survived a fall from his pocket — while he was skydiving from 13,500 feet."

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I loathe the smell of marketing in the morning. by suso · 2011-07-19 02:32 · Score: 5, Informative

I've heard of dropped calls, but this is ridiculous.
Sponsored by Apple by dokc · 2011-07-19 02:37 · Score: 5, Informative

"Sponsored by Apple" is missing at the end of the article.

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Deja vu by xnpu · 2011-07-19 02:43 · Score: 4, Informative

Didn't we have a similar story not too long ago?
Anyway, I think the consensus at the time was that there's a difference between falling on a rock hard bathroom floor versus a bush or even grassland.