When you picked up your phone, did Siri admonish you about forgetting your responsibilities and then give you a website where you can find out how to be a better and more responsible owner?
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Left iPhone on roof of car
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When you picked up your phone, did Siri admonish you about forgetting your responsibilities and then give you a website where you can find out how to be a better and more responsible owner?
I'd rather spend $200 on a new phone because I concentrated more on making sure my daughter was in her carseat than if something ever were to happen to her because I was more worried about a stupid phone....in the end...it's just a phone.
Good point....a lot of people on here should be saying "Touché".
Its good to hear some real world success/failure of these products we trust.
i did it too
unfortunately i did the same with my iphone 3gs put it on the roof while i got my keys out i also had a defender on the phone but it got trashed you were really lucky
unfortunately i did the same with my iphone 3gs put it on the roof while i got my keys out i also had a defender on the phone but it got trashed you were really lucky
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Glad that your phone is ok because otherwise you would have to come up with a reason to somehow blame your wife.
Believe what you want...but...how would suggesting you go to e-bay to buy an Otterbox instead of paying the insane amounts they charge for their cases be any evidence that I work for them? lol...
You seriously think someone would take the time to create and entire blog....a blog that my wife writes for "mom stuff"....for the purprose of promoting a product that the company doesn't even make anymore?
I left my 2 week old white Macbook on top of my Suburban. It was in a marware sleve and it hit pavement at about 45 mph. It still works. The battery bay is messed up so you can only run it plugged in. The screen has a small defect in the bottom left corner so that the colors are all distorted there. When the aluminum macbooks came out I bought one and put the white one in a drawer. I recently brought it out and my 5 year old uses it to play kids games.
My wife now complains that it takes me a long time to back the car out of the driveway. I make sure that everything I brought with me is inside the car and nothing is on the roof.
My wife now complains that it takes me a long time to back the car out of the driveway. I make sure that everything I brought with me is inside the car and nothing is on the roof.
Either buy solid case or Android phone (less prone to breaking than iPhone)
I swear by Otterbox cases. I have a Defender on my Gen3 Touch, a Commuter on my decomissioned BB Storm and a Commuter for my 4s. I only put it on the 4s when I think there's potential for a ruckus (like partying or tailgating).
I agree and take it one step further. When phone is in pocket, it's always in my right pocket. Jacket and pants.
The small size of the scratch is irrelevant to the focal issue: it "wouldn't even focus on it" because you were holding the object too close.
FYI.
That's nothing. My friend left his buddy's son on the roof of his car in his car seat. But they were robbing the feed store at the time so...
I bought my first Thinkpad about a year ago and they are not that durable or reliable. They claim military spec etc, etc, but that doesn't matter if the thing doesn't boot.
Just sayin.
Don't let the juvenile nonsense get to you. Around here the intellectually weak argument of "oh you must work for #####" is the first line of defense (offense?). Just laugh at the naiveté.... I do!
Mike
Which model did you get? some of the much newer introduced models aren't very strong compared to the other models, but some of the longerlasting models are amazing.
Damn that Otterbox and not being known for their products at all. I hope they become a successful company that has a household name for their durable phone cases.
I know! If I hadn't heard the employee's story here I wouldn't even know who Otterbox was.
I am sure the 8 hours he spent creating this fake story, and the backstory, generated at least 2 sales. I am in AWE of that marketing program!
Michael
Great that it survived the tumble.
I'm just a little surprised it didn't make it into the car with you at all though. I'm pretty adamant about not sharing my phone, but it's pretty hard for us to get into a vehicle without at least my wife's iPhone magically turning up in the hands of a car-seat occupant...it would be rare for us to go anywhere without both the phones, since I always ask if she has hers and the kids do too. CONSTANTLY....
I'm just a little surprised it didn't make it into the car with you at all though. I'm pretty adamant about not sharing my phone, but it's pretty hard for us to get into a vehicle without at least my wife's iPhone magically turning up in the hands of a car-seat occupant...it would be rare for us to go anywhere without both the phones, since I always ask if she has hers and the kids do too. CONSTANTLY....
I top that.
Had the Otterbox case on, left it on my sisters car when we were playing basketball. She drove off and I hunted for it and found it in the middle of a small intersection, screen facing the pavement, and it was run over by several cars due to the dents and edges on the plastic part. But it was fine and its been running strong since (with an Oakley case).
Thanks Otterbox!
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Really excited dude who had to tell the world
Had the Otterbox case on, left it on my sisters car when we were playing basketball. She drove off and I hunted for it and found it in the middle of a small intersection, screen facing the pavement, and it was run over by several cars due to the dents and edges on the plastic part. But it was fine and its been running strong since (with an Oakley case).
Thanks Otterbox!
From,
Really excited dude who had to tell the world
I remembered mine, an IBM Thinkpad T42, it was great. I dropped it for something like, 5 FT, and it survived. I even spilled water on it while it's on. Still alive. Not a single repair I gave for that monster.
Exactly. In the end it is just a phone, that is what I say. I will almost always put real life stuff ahead of a phone. It's just a phone it can be replaced, your daughter can't be.
Next time tuck the iPhone in real nice and leave your daughter on the roof of the car.
Yes, remove the Otterbox and the glass and metal would have survived no problem at a 50 mph drop... let alone from a 2 foot drop lol
I'm sorry, but what car do you drive that's only 2 foot high?
Disgusting....why would anyone EVER set their phone down on top of a urinal. Are these the same people that dont wash their hands?
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If you put the phone in you pocket you have no worries.