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BBC Reporter breaks ‘unbreakable’ mobile phone at CES

11th January 2010 by Zee

via news.bbc.co.uk

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  1. Tony Jansen said on January 11, 2010:
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    Cudos to the CEO for not panicking and taking it with humor :)

  2. Stuart Shields said on January 11, 2010:
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    Haha! Atleast the CEO was nice about it, but honestly who in there right mind is going to “attempt” to break the screen on a mobile phone?

  3. Liz said on January 11, 2010:
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    I guess they didn’t whack the phone on something hard while they were working on the prototype. Seems like something that should’ve occurred to them.

  4. Janne said on January 11, 2010:
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    I still want one…

  5. rezon said on January 11, 2010:
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    they didnt think someone would whack the screen

    • Harri said on January 11, 2010:
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      That video is quality!! Although you hear loads of claims about rugged mobile phones, this guy shot his with a shotgun?! http://www.isitrugged.co.uk

  6. @tom_1986 said on January 11, 2010:
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    That’s brilliant. The CEO should have just handed him his free (and broken) phone right there.

    • kvweber said on January 15, 2010:
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      I was rather wondering why he didn’t…

  7. Andy Shield said on January 11, 2010:
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    One USP – it had one USP…

  8. G-man said on January 11, 2010:
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    FAIL

  9. Patrick de Laive said on January 11, 2010:
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    Last year in Barcelona I went to their booth, but I was interested in a different thing than their ‘unbreakable’ phone…

    imate

    • Zee said on January 11, 2010:
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      LOL. :)

  10. Simon said on January 11, 2010:
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    I saw the same demo on TWiT.TV and they hammered the crap out of it, and it didn’t break – funny to see though

  11. Regina said on January 12, 2010:
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    That was awesome. He broke the unbreakable phone. I guess that means he gets a new one!

  12. Aimee A. said on February 17, 2010:
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    During PEPCOM at the Mobile World Congress, eight tech reporters put Sonim's newest phone, the Spirit XP2, through a torture test. We worked with them to produce videos of the tests. Here's a link http://www.sonimtech.com/video.

  13. paulinabrusca said on February 17, 2010:
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    During PEPCOM at the Mobile World Congress, eight tech reporters put Sonim's newest phone, the Spirit XP2, through a torture test. We worked with them to produce video's of the tests. Here's a link: http://www.sonimtech.com/video

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