BlackBerrys are generally durable devices. I had a BlackBerry 7130e for almost three years until my son gave it a bath in a cup of ginger ale. This dad’s BlackBerry somehow survived a trip into a hot oven. It needed a new case afterwards, but it still works alright.
Couple of weeks ago, like a good dad, I was baking with my 10 year old daughter. I couldn’t find my Blackberry afterwards and was looking everywhere. Tried calling my number etc. When the cookies were done, I opened the oven and found my BlackBerry on the cookie tray: well cooked!!!
The plastic casing was warped, very soft and burning hot. After a cool down, to my immense surprise, when I switched it on, it worked…!
The keys were sticking a bit and the camera has lost some of its sharpness but otherwise, all is well. I have now picked up a new casing and it looks quite new again. They keys are OK again.
I quite liked the grunchy look but have to admit that it is easier to use in its original version.
Anyone have else have tales of incredibly tough cell phones?
This involves an LG Venus. So a couple weeks ago I received a Dev G1 phone in the mail, activated it, and started playing around with it. I also have the Venus on Verizon with 8 months left on my contract….so I’ve been carrying two devices around.
After about two weeks of having (and loving the G1), I had a few beverages one night and decided it would be a good idea to test the toughness of my Venus. At one point towards the end of the night I decided to throw it across the street and into a chain link fence, causing the display to go blank. This is where the story gets really interesting.
The next morning I awoke to find the display once again working, however the display was **this is no Joke** upside down AND mirrored. It stayed this way for about a week. Then on the night game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, my beloved Penguins won the Cup. My best friend sent be a text message and BOOM, the display was back to normal.
LG and their devices, though not high on my list for usability now have a dear place in my heart when it comes to toughness.
alright i had a fake razor exept it was from sprint
so i was getting a new phone and it was pointless
to have so i threw it on the ground and started stomping on it for about three minutes and it started back up so i started up my truck which weighs three tons and backed over and over it
and it still turned on
so this was game for me and my phone i called yoda my great dane and let him chew on my phone for the day after it had scraches but still worked so after 40 firecrackers and a mortar it blew up yay for me
hadoken