Comments on: iPhone Survives 2 Months of Being Frozen

By: Oskar

Oskar — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:34:21 +0000

I have had my brand new Android G1 for one week, when I visited Stockholm last year.

While walking to my hotel, I stood over a bridge with a very nice light in the sky, but my camera was tucked deeply in the rucksack, so I decided to take a shot with the phone.

Not expert at handling it (by the way G1 isn’t very handy for taking quick shots due to its keyboard, which is great makes iPhone and later Android users look like losers whenever they type an email… but I digress).

It fell out of my hand and dropped almost in the river below. Fortunately, it stopped 1/2 inch short from the edge of the bridge. It has a nice “scar” in one of its corners now, as a Stockholm souvenir.

By: awraynor

awraynor — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:46:06 +0000

Accidentally immersed my VX6800 in a glass of sweet tea. Still working 3 years later.

By: John Greenwood.

John Greenwood. — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:18:20 +0000

During a boat trip with a friend I dived overboard for a swim forgetting I had my Nokia 6310i phone in my pocket. After swimming for about 15 minutes in the sea I realised I had my phone in my pocket. Later after removing the battery and washing it in in clean tap water and leaving it to dry it once again worked and has done now for at least 4 years after that event.

By: ksenia

ksenia — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:17:20 +0000

I had Nokia 6250 in 2002. It was a rubber coated, magnesium protected, water and shockproof version of old 6210. It was the last phone build to military spec from major manufacturer. 8 years later you can still buy one on ebay – factory refurbished, like new – for the small price of 150 USD. Wow.

By: Jim Hutto

Jim Hutto — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:51:00 +0000

I have worked with cell phones Sept 3rd 2001 and I have had a bunch of phones since then. I also am a avid water sportsman. In 2003 I had a Nokia 3390 and I wasn’t thinking when I decided to go wave running for a few hours. As a rule I never took my phone with me if I went wave running. But this day I forgot my board shorts so I just jumped on, I put my wallet and keys in the front compartment and went. After being on the water for the better part of 3 hours I call it a day pull my wave runner on my dock and go home. I got home and start to change and felt this lump in my pocket. Lo and behold it was my Nokia. Wetter then a skunk in a rain storm. I dry it out by putting it in the hot Florida sun in the hopes it would still work. After 6 hours drying and put a spare battery in and viola! It still worked. And in 2005 I went to Nextel and got the i580, Absolutely the best phone I have ever bought, water resistant, virtually bullet proof solid. This phone has gone through hell and back. It has been ran over, dropped 12 stories been drowned, and even fell off the roof of my truck going 50 MPH. The only casualty is the rubber that is around the shell and 1 battery door. I love this phone

By: GSYoungblood

GSYoungblood — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:51:48 +0000

A long time ago I had a friend that left his Motorola 8000 (?) brick on the bumper of his truck. He was driving down the freeway and looked in his mirror in time to see the phone bouncing down the highway. He stopped and went back to find the phone. The phone had been run over, there was a tire track on the side, lots and lots of dings and scratches, and the battery had been crushed and in pieces. He didn’t think it would work, but he grabbed his spare battery and voila! It powered on and worked just fine. Only casualty was the battery.

Another friend left his NEC P900 on his car and drove off. By the time he found it was in pieces, the case was cracked, screen was cracked, and battery gone. He put a new battery in and it acted like it turned on, but he couldn’t tell on the screen. The keyboard was broken so most of the keys didn’t work, but he got a call and was able to answer it.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:38:03 +0000

I too had an old Nokia phone that fell out of my back pocket while I was rock climbing once. I was also at least 200 feet up and my phone fell on to some rocks making the casing fall to bits. It all went back together okay though! Does this happen to lots of people?

By: Alyson

Alyson — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:46:40 +0000

I had an old nokia phone that fell out of my pocket while I was climbing. I was up at least 200 feet so my first thought was “Well add going to the phone store on my to-do list. However when I got down, the phone had been saved by a wayward bush and it was still fully working….it must have had a heck of a ride down though.

By: Ash

Ash — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:59:48 +0000

I have dropped my Nokia N70 in a pool of muddy slushy water, I once dropped it next to a fireplace by mistake and also left it in the rain once after having a cup of coffee on the porch.. but this cute little bugger hasnt left my side since ages and it works awesome!!.

By: Jamus

Jamus — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:38:15 +0000

My Nokia phone has survived being dropped repeatedly, but yours definitely has gone through much harsher conditions!