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iPhone 4 Survives Fall From Skydiver's Pocket

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. I loathe the smell of marketing in the morning. by suso · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've heard of dropped calls, but this is ridiculous.

  2. Sponsored by Apple by dokc · · Score: 5, Informative

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

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  3. Launched from a Cannon by VortexCortex · · Score: 5, Funny

    My commanding officer's iPhone4 accidentally fell down the loaded barrel of an M1-Abrams Tank. He didn't find it until AFTER it was fired from the barrel -- It smashed through a brick wall, decapitated 42 terrorists, then ricocheted off of a Nexus-S and a Kin (destroying them both). We found it embedded in a granite counter-top with bits of skull and a congressional medal of honor on it.

    It was fine.

    1. Re:Launched from a Cannon by teh+kurisu · · Score: 5, Funny

      Obviously false. Nobody bought a Kin.