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A Semi Ran Over my iPhone

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Mike Beauchamp  Pro User  says:

No joke! Pictures of it added to the pool. I left it on the back of my car at a gas station and after getting about 5 miles, I realized my stupid mistake. Turned around and found it about 1/4 mile from the gas station still in the middle of the highway. While I was waiting on traffic to go by so I could get it, a semi ran over it... still works just fine. The glass covering the LCD doesn't have a scratch on it, but some of the pixels in the actual LCD are damaged. Lost the black covering for the bottom of the phone, so I'm going to put a patch of duct tape over it and continue using it - its a true testament to the iPhone's durability.

Apple +1
Semi 0





Posted at 10:25PM, 23 January 2008 PDT (permalink)

Brett Caven [deleted] says:

Apple's products are always durable and long-lasting :)
Posted 53 months ago. (permalink)

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bobby__emm  Pro User  says:

i always seem to wash my phones. not too many have made it out of that.
Posted 53 months ago. (permalink)

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Rustybuckets  Pro User  says:

Haha that's too funny. I stepped on my iPod, and broke the whole lcd. That meaning I'm more harmful to Apple products then a semi? Lmao.
Posted 53 months ago. (permalink)

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rolleijoe  Pro User  says:

That's a great recommendation for one. But I still won't switch till I can use my T-Mobile with it.
Posted 53 months ago. (permalink)

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Mike Beauchamp  Pro User  says:

If you would have jumped on it sooner, you could use an iPhone on T-Mob. Mine is actually unlocked to do that, so at any time, I can drop a T-Mob SIM card in and use it off of AT&T. The new phones have firmware that hasn't been cracked yet (that I know of), so you'd have to find a phone with older firmware. Here's my phone on T-Mob:


Posted 53 months ago. (permalink)

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Mike Beauchamp  Pro User  says:

And to clarify --

I don't use T-Mob any longer. I'm completely on AT&T. This picture was from back in September. I found that there really wasn't any difference in the service I got using either of them - changing out the SIM card doesn't change how the GSM radio inside the phone works. If you don't get coverage in one spot with T-Mob, you won't get coverage in that same spot just by using an AT&T SIM card.

I never saw any difference and it was just easier to use on AT&T.
Posted 53 months ago. (permalink)

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kewalost says:

Im gonna just duct tape my iphone now to make sure that it is safe forever :)
Posted 52 months ago. (permalink)

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rolleijoe  Pro User  says:

ATT in this area sucks, constant dropouts. We've been with T-Mobile for almost 10 years (back when they were called the other name).

We get more minutes for less $$, no restrictions, and even when driving around the country, T-Mobile has an agreement to use other carrier's towers at no extra charge to the customer.

That little T-Mobile image makes me smile! Now just have to wait.
Posted 52 months ago. (permalink)

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souvenir_kattunge  Pro User  says:

That's awesome that it survived! It's also a pretty impressive story to tell people when they ask why your iphone is all crapped up.
Posted 52 months ago. (permalink)

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SuperHumanL0v3r says:

OMG...I just got really sick to my stomach. I dropped my iPhone once and it put a small mark on the screen and I almost threw up...Did you cry after seeing this?
Posted 52 months ago. (permalink)

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n.chr says:

Excuse my ignorance, but what in the world is a "semi"?
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Jay Prospero  Pro User  says:

Ouch! reminds me of a blog I once saw when the first iPod Nano came out and these guys threw it in the air as high as they could, dropped it from great heights ran it over with trucks and all sorts, it looked as scratched up as your iPhone but was still working.
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Jay Prospero edited this topic 52 months ago.

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ıʇʇǝʌןɐɔ ɥsoɾ says:

FishFingers- Here's a Semi

People always start saying, "Apple is soo much more expensive than other computers. Why should I buy Apple's stuff over Dell's?"

Here my friend is the reason: Apple is durable. Dell can break if you look at it funny.
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ıʇʇǝʌןɐɔ ɥsoɾ edited this topic 51 months ago.

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pichado photography says:

I wonder if the camera got scratched - can you still take photos (well, 'viewable' photos) with it?!

I need to get one of those. Especially after seeing that they're going to get Spore ported to it!!!!
Posted 51 months ago. (permalink)

Brett Caven [deleted] says:

@ FishFingers:
I believe he means a semi truck as in, a truck that consists of a large cab unit and a trailer, usually around 50 ft long.
Posted 51 months ago. (permalink)

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Mike Beauchamp  Pro User  says:

The camera has all kinds of scratches and a big dent right below it, but because it is actually a bit recessed into the case, it wasn't damaged. I've taken tons of photos with it.

And yes, a semi truck as in a tractor-trailor / 18-wheeler / cab and trailer / lori / etc. I know they're called different things in different parts of the world. All you need to know is that it was a big freaking truck.

And no, k.stefanick, it didn't really upset me too bad. I was most upset because I thought I lost it. When I recovered it, I was quite pleased. It has character now... it has a story.. and it always gives me something to talk about when people see it. I honestly thought about getting another perfectly brand new scratch-free phone to replace it, but then I thought... why the hell would I want to do that? This one works just fine and aside from the cosmetic "imperfections" there's nothing wrong with it!
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