[Larry Lucido]

Did Siri sound like she had a splitting headache?

[MUDDOG]

Twilight Zone episode.

[catbertz]

Cool story! Sometimes tech helps by being ever present, sometimes it will hurt.

[Swordmaker]

Smashed iPhone still worked sufficiently for Siri to initiate an emergency phone call home from the Emergency Room after an automobile accident. The iPhone did not even have a screen attached, but it still worked enough to allow a son to call his father to let him know where he was. — PING!

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[lee martell]

I’m glad the phone still allowed contact, but I was more interested in how the boy’s accident happened and if anyone else was injured. If Apple didn’t mind being savaged on Twitter for tastelessness, they could make a good commerical using this story. Names and dates changed to protect privacy.

[Swordmaker]

Our mobile devices are wonderful for many things, but the cripple us when they fail. This kid could not remember ANY phone numbers to be able to call home in an emergency because he relied so much on his memory crutch of his mobile device to remember them for him. That is something we should ALL learn from this tale. The Moral of this story is DON’T rely on your iPhone or other mobile phone to remember your Emergency Contact Information. . . It just may not be there when you most need it! That phone may be smashed, lost, burned or otherwise just not available to make that call for you.

[Clay Moore]

Stitches in the face typically means not wearing a seatbelt. My guess is his knee is what crushed the phone.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

From the damage to the phone I would guess the accident victim was texting or talking on the phone when the accident occurred.

[Secret Agent Man]

Now there is Apple’s potentially best commercial in a long time.

Use the real folks in the commercial too.

[armydawg505]

Technology at its best.

[Talisker]

Write your emergency contact info on a sticker on the back of your drivers license.

[bgill]

IOW, Dad raised an idiot who had no bleepin’ idea what his home number was. Another one who has his entire life inside a bit of plastic.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Pleasantly surprised. Seeing the picture I thought the title was sarcasm to the nth degree.

I don't use Siri (aka b!tch in a box) because I find ‘her’ more annoying than helpful. Maybe I should reconsider......Nah. The annoyance factor is too great to overcome. I am glad to have the option, though.