Who here has never dropped their cellphone?

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DVad3r

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Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
Never on the floor but yes in the urinal. Don't talk while I pee anymore.

Yea I play BrickBreaker when on the can at work and have almost dropped it into the bowl, thankfully it hit the floor inches away :)
 

sdifox

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Sep 30, 2005
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Originally posted by: Imp
How do the droppers (all of you) live with yourselves anyways... I go paranoid whenever I drop anything electronic, even cheapo mice and game controllers. By the boasting, most of you have $200+ phones...

I have a Moto V300. You work out what year it's from. Only reason I am using this is because my T72 died and my wife retired her V300 (to go to an RAZR)

Just check battery and it was made in April 2004 so I imagine the phone is in that neighbourhood too. So this phone is 5 year old.
 

AmdEmAll

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Just remembered the best one. I was wearing a hoodie and had my blackberry pearl in its pocket. Somehow it dropped out into the toilet while I was taking a leak. Phone still works!
 

IEC

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Jun 10, 2004
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Dropped it yesterday, no harm done. Rubberized coating FTW
 

roid450

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Ive dropped my Blackjack smartphone at least 10 times outside the house, stepped on it 2 times I think and once it fell as as it fel lit hit the front of my boot and flew another 5 feet. It still workes perfectly to my dismay :(
 

SirChadwick

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I used to drop my cheap phones all the time... They'd scratch and crack, but always worked just fine afterwards.

Now that I have a Motorola Q, I'm cautious as hell and haven't dropped it once in a year. My wife knocked it off the dresser the other day though and it hit face first.

*DOH!* I held in my thoughts though... not worth it.
 

The Green Bean

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Jul 27, 2003
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Originally posted by: magreen
Originally posted by: DT4K
I had my last LG fall out of my pocket while upside down on a roller coaster about 80 ft in the air.
That's the only time a drop has ever actually damaged my phone.
I drop by BB all the time. Usually, the battery case and battery go flying off. Unfortunately, I can't seem to permanently damage the piece of s hit.

How'd you know it was damaged? Are you the guy who dropped something from a roller coaster and was stupid enough to go into the restricted area underneath to retrieve it, and got his head chopped off?

OMG that reminds me. A friend of mine was kicking pebbles at an amusement park and had lose shoes. The flew into the log ride and another friend went at got that! we were 10.
 

shortylickens

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Jul 15, 2003
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Never intentionally.
When I got an i580 I smacked it around the house on purpose for about an hour.
Also dunked it and layed it out in the sun for a day.

Tought little ah heck. Too bad it wasnt a better quality phone.
Next time I'll go with the Tundra.
 

D1gger

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Oct 3, 2004
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I haven't dropped my Blackberry Storm yet ... but I've only had it about two weeks.
 

BoomerD

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Feb 26, 2006
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I dropped one of mine into SF Bay...and threw 2 of the company's phones and 3 walkie-talkies in as well on one job...:D

"Ah shit boss...I bent over to grab a line and it fell out of the pocket in my life jacket." :roll:
 

TwiceOver

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Dec 20, 2002
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Yes. When I was getting out of the car, then I accidentally kicked it under the car next to mine. The face is all fucked up now. Still works fine.
 

hiromizu

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all da time man, all da time. i wunce dropped it when i was practicin my walk dip lolz
 

Cheesetogo

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I never dropped my POS free phone. Then I bought an iphone, which I've dropped more times than I can count. Luckily I didn't pay much for it and it was dinged up pretty good to start with, but it's dented to hell now. Still works fine though.
 

BlackTigers

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I've dropped my phone probably 50 times at least, in combination of opened and closed.

How it still works, I have no idea.
 

DT4K

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Originally posted by: magreen
Originally posted by: DT4K
I had my last LG fall out of my pocket while upside down on a roller coaster about 80 ft in the air.
That's the only time a drop has ever actually damaged my phone.
I drop by BB all the time. Usually, the battery case and battery go flying off. Unfortunately, I can't seem to permanently damage the piece of s hit.

How'd you know it was damaged? Are you the guy who dropped something from a roller coaster and was stupid enough to go into the restricted area underneath to retrieve it, and got his head chopped off?

Yeah, I got my head chopped off, but the doctors sewed it back on and I'm ok now.

Call me crazy, but from 80ft, I'm just going to assume it was damaged. It had to have hit either concrete or water. Either way, it's dead.
 

eplebnista

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Dec 3, 2001
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I have dropped mine a handful of times and even managed to have it fall out my pants pocket a few times.
 

ShOcKwAvE827

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dropped it about 1000 times, thrown it across the room at a door in anger, still works. I love my phone.