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BBC Reporter Smashes 'Unbreakable' Cell Phone During CES 2010
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Submitted 2 years ago
lukasgrew says,
Hahahaha! what a ridiculous claim for the manufacturer to make in the first place...
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Article excerpt from switched.com — "If you're going to market a cell phone as "unbreakable," you better make darn sure that it is, in fact, unbreakable. Otherwise, it's like painting a bull's-eye on your back and walking around town telling folks you're Superman. During a CES 2010 demonstration, BBC News reporter Dan Simmons called one manufacturer's bluff, and felled its...

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Posted 2 years ago
There is always someone out there that will call your bluff.
 
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Posted 2 years ago
I remember when Nextel came out with their extremely durable cell phone. We put it thru hell before it finally broke.
 
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Posted 2 years ago
everything should be built tuff, but then no one would have to replace 'em, and they wouldn't make 'any' money. it's sad how greedy it's gotten these days.
 
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Posted 2 years ago
A little off topic, but how can something be new and improved?
 
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Posted 2 years ago
good point. that is a very good point.
 
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