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A Paris man who was talking on the phone when a bomb went off says the Samsung device saved his life
Business Insider ^
| November 14, 2015
Posted on 11/17/2015 10:36:29 PM PST by beaversmom
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I searched. Didn’t see this story posted, but maybe it already has been.
To: beaversmom
Wow. It just wasn’t his time.
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posted on
11/17/2015 10:40:18 PM PST
by
azishot
(Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
To: beaversmom
If that’s the phone, wouldn’t it be more damaged on the other side?
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posted on
11/17/2015 10:51:22 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: SaveFerris
The other side:
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:06:32 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: SaveFerris
I meant to add that it seems the shrapnel hit the phone from the back and it is the screen-side that trapped the shrapnel based on the side view.
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:07:32 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: spetznaz
It doesn’t show that kind of damage on the back, which should be worse.
Odd
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:09:36 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:10:55 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: SaveFerris
I think this is some cheesy Korean propaganda from Samsung. I’d like to see the back of the phone. I and most other people I know tend to talk on the phone with the screen (and microphone) on the side of my face. It would appear the phone took a hit on the side, not the back according to the photos. But the screen crack pattern would make it looks like it got hit from the front on the back. I vote for Samsung shenanigans by one of their operatives in Paris.
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:11:39 PM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: SaveFerris
It’s like a tiny piece went in the back-side I guess, and then impacted the screen.
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:12:14 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: beaversmom
Yeah but if it was an iPhone, it would have IMPROVED his health....
To: lefty-lie-spy
Pretty small hole on the back. I suppose it’s possible, even though the front side looks like it was hit with a hammer.
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:13:44 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: SaveFerris
That photo makes it more plausible now. Thanks. I still would’t call him a “survivor” though. “lucky passerby” maybe.
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:15:10 PM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: beaversmom
I’m glad he’s okay, but I’m a little skeptical; Samsungs aren’t bulletproof; i.e., it’s pretty hard to say the phone actually saved his life or that the shrapnel had enough energy to really kill him if he hadn’t been using the phone.
To: beaversmom
If the piece of shrapnel that did that had been capable of killing him it would have destroyed that phone and the head it was attached to.
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:49:03 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Tagline pending.)
To: beaversmom
Applecare still won’t cover that.
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posted on
11/17/2015 11:55:37 PM PST
by
Read Write Repeat
(Not one convinced me they want the job yet)
To: beaversmom
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posted on
11/18/2015 12:49:03 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
To: SaveFerris
and, who hangs up their phone while it is still against your head? He might have been inside the blast pressure wave and killed the phone when he was knocked down.
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posted on
11/18/2015 1:46:07 AM PST
by
mazda77
To: beaversmom
Imagine if he had an iPhone.
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posted on
11/18/2015 2:32:44 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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posted on
11/18/2015 2:51:02 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are AmeriCANs. We CAN learn, and learn from history, if we choose.)
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