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Title: bullet-proof smartphone app ...
Post by: RD on 30/10/2013 12:05:51
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2478572/Saved-cell-phone-Store-clerk-unhurt-robber-shot-abdomen-smartphone-took-bullet.html

Maybe there should be a new rating system for smartphones indicating what calibre of bullet it can withstand. [:)]
Title: Re: bullet-proof smartphone app ...
Post by: CliffordK on 30/10/2013 21:29:26
Unfortunately dialing 911 Emergency may have been thwarted by the malfunctioning phone.
Title: Re: bullet-proof smartphone app ...
Post by: RD on 30/10/2013 21:32:56
The manufacturer's warranty has certainly been voided [:)]
Title: Re: bullet-proof smartphone app ...
Post by: CliffordK on 31/10/2013 00:33:52
Quote from: RD on 30/10/2013 21:32:56
The manufacturer's warranty has certainly been voided [:)]
Yes,
He should have bought the "SELF-HEALING" that is linked to within that article.  Then would it be "covered"?
Title: Re: bullet-proof smartphone app ...
Post by: bizerl on 31/10/2013 02:27:46
I wonder if he'd been viewing a bible app at the time?  [;D]
Title: Re: bullet-proof smartphone app ...
Post by: demografx on 03/12/2013 04:21:15
That theory is full of holes.
Title: Re: bullet-proof smartphone app ...
Post by: Don_1 on 03/12/2013 10:49:02
Quote from: demografx on 03/12/2013 04:21:15
That theory is full of holes.

Might have guessed this story would trigger a pun or two, especially with members of Demo's calibre.