World's Thinnest Smartphone is as Tough as a Hammer?!

[freggo]

[citation][nom]rapidcolor[/nom]Why can't we get this in america. At www.xyzcom we have sales people breaking phone screens left and right.[/citation]

Nothing but a disguised spam.
Why don't you go and BLEEP yourself !

 

[southernshark]

If they add a bottle opener to it, I'll buy one.

 

[dauntekong]

Showed this to my friend and said to him, "This is what Android can do." and he boasted, "Apple can do that do." My bet to him was a new G.S. III. His bet to me was the upcoming iPhone 5.

So I bang his iPhone 4s on a nail to a 2x4 and WALLA! thousands of pieces EVERYWHERE!

Yeah! I got myself a new Euro G.S. III Quad core! XD

Apple just got owned

 

[AndrewMD]

I am familiar with this phone company in China, it is actually a really nice phone. It is also one of the most expensive phones you can buy in China not counting the iPhones. Some of the phones are made of exotic materials. That is really nice to know it is that strong, it just means it can or might survive a fall or drop better than any other phone.

As for all the smartphone comments relating to some other manufacture, who cares? We are focusing on this phone.

 

[back_by_demand]

Very nice, probably very expensive but worth it I suppose to avoid screen replacement costs, I have friends that have replaced iPhone screens several times - at $50+ a pop that really racks up - with something like this you would drop any kind of accidental damage insurance too

 

[g00ey]

Buuut, will it blend?

 

[CaedenV]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]If you're in a pinch and need a hammer and don't own one...well hey, whack it with your Smartphone![/citation]
I prefer to use my friend's smartphones for my hammering needs

 

[Guest]

I thought the video would show someone hammering a nail into a piece of wood.

Too bad it only shows someone tacking a nail in a piece of wood. Completely different...

I'm still somewhat impressed. But, i would have been amazed if it was actually hammered all the way in.

 

[del35]

Obviously it ain't an iCrap prison. Impressed indeed.

 

[zomow]

"surprisingly enough it wasn't Apple or Samsung that dethroned it"
LOl at Apple making a tough device.

 

[deksman]

[citation][nom]DroKing[/nom]How is this possible...[/citation]

Its possible because for once, they used quality materials.
You may not know this, but we had a capacity for a very long time to create materials that are light, durable, extremely strong, etc... however, we live in a world of planned obsolescence (which is necessary in order to keep the money flowing), hence, most of the time you see sub par equipment.
Even the equipment which is 'most expensive' is questionable... because technical efficiency is the enemy of profits in the long run.

 

[shardey]

I have seen a video of the HTC One X doing the same thing, except it was recorded months before this. It's called gorilla glass and taking 4000 strikes to hammer a nail. I could hammer this nail in faster with a tshirt and my hand.

 

[PTNLemay]

This would be really cool if it was real, but... I think this could be faked without too much trouble. The device that does all the beating could have been a solid plastic prop of some sort, with the same exact shape as the actual phone. Then right before he turns the screen on they switch the plastic dummy with the real one.

I would have bought it if there hadn't been a scene-cut between the hammering and the screen activation. Or even better, if he had hammered it with the screen on. I hate to be pessimistic, but... I'm calling bulls**t on this one.

 

[livebriand]

[citation][nom]redemptionse[/nom]Thats the thinnest and widest 2x4 ive ever seen[/citation]
I think there was an IKEA label on it...

 

[cj_online]

$500 MSRP.. yea no.