My Fairphone Survived a Fall of 2 Metres

[Jonnydark]

I dropped my Fairphone down a flight of stairs onto a hardwood floor. About a 2 metre drop speed up because I tried to catch it. I had a moment of absolute panic… but when I picked it up it didn’t have a scratch and was working fine. In fact, I received a text mid-flight and everything worked okay.

Lets see an iPhone do that!

[paulakreuzer]

Let’s see an iPhone do this:

Lost and found in Dubai desert

Four months ago, in december, I was competing in the World Air Games in Dubai. I am a member of the Swedish National Skydiving team, competing in Speed Skydiving. In one of my jumps I hade my FP1 in my leg pocket (stupis, I know) and of course the zipper opened and the phone was lost in the desert. Dropped from somewhere around 2000 meters i guess. After I lost it I was able to call it but not locate it. Somehow I was baffled that it was still working. Last night however, I got an email from m…

[eralaek]

@paulakreuzer http://www.op.se/jamtland/ostersund/jamte-hoppade-fallskarm-i-oknen-tappade-mobilen-fick-tillbaka-den-efter-fyra-manader

[Soprano]

I think most of the problems of “modern” smartphones is the missing protection on the corners, which causes most of the screen cracks (if the phone falls right on one of the four corners). FP is probably less sexy, but much more protected.

[urs_lesse]

Now that’s what I call a true “Unboxing video”

[Jonnydark]

@paulakreuzer I have to say I’ve been upstaged. lol. That’s amazing though! That has to be a record for cellphone’s dropping and surviving!