Saturday
Feb162008
I Inherited An iPhone That Was Run Over By A Car (Updated)
Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 18:03 | baratunde | tagged San Francisco in Pop Culture, Technological
Update (Saturday 18:00 PT): I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY UNLOCKED MY JOINT! Oh this ups my geek ego a notch. Photos to come later
I successfully avoided iPhone hype for many months. I have several beefs with the device, including its exclusive attachment to NSA Telecom (aka Deathstar Telecom (aka AT&T)). After using the iPod touch, I've softened on my hate and like the interface and smooth Mac syncing. I've often said I'd get an iPhone if it was free.
Lo and behold, on my visit (appropriately enough) to San Francisco, a co-worker dropper her iPhone out of her car, and it was subsequently run over by another car! And despite looking like it survived Fallujah, the damn thing works perfectly. I paid her a modest fee for the device and am now going about the business of liberating it from AT&T. Will let you know how it goes later.
Meanwhile, check out this video I made at the office featuring the phone, a temp and the original owner, Kim Bach Le.
I successfully avoided iPhone hype for many months. I have several beefs with the device, including its exclusive attachment to NSA Telecom (aka Deathstar Telecom (aka AT&T)). After using the iPod touch, I've softened on my hate and like the interface and smooth Mac syncing. I've often said I'd get an iPhone if it was free.
Lo and behold, on my visit (appropriately enough) to San Francisco, a co-worker dropper her iPhone out of her car, and it was subsequently run over by another car! And despite looking like it survived Fallujah, the damn thing works perfectly. I paid her a modest fee for the device and am now going about the business of liberating it from AT&T. Will let you know how it goes later.
Meanwhile, check out this video I made at the office featuring the phone, a temp and the original owner, Kim Bach Le.
Reader Comments (6)
wow i didn't think that they were that robust... nice one! :)
haha. Welcome BACK to the team. My is unlocked also. It makes traveling abroad a lot less expensive. Just get a local SIM and good to go.
Did you take the cover off the iPhone? It looks like only the case is cracked.
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Does the IPhone work 100% when unlocked??
yes it does work.
the one thing that doesn't is visual voicemail
what a tough little phone!! Glad it survived!