Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Shoot me, not my phone

Oh, I love this one - a bulletproof iPhone case. No, really. A Japanese company advertises it thus -

The hardest, heaviest, strongest iPhone case in the entire world. Designed to withstand a direct hit from a 50 calibre (12.7mm) shell, so you can rest assured knowing your iPhone is safe.

It is unclear to me why someone would want to shoot my phone instead of me. Is the iPhone that bad? Either this product is targeted at toughies/high-profile people who have terribly incompetent marksmen enemies out to get them, or at teenagers who risk being parted from their beloved perpetually-glued-to-the-ear phone in a rather dramatic fashion by their irate parents.

The manufacturers do not mince their words about the cumbersome nature of this case either. They warn you -

This case is the heaviest iPhone case in the world. Hold it in both hands when talking on the phone.
This case is so hard it will probably scratch any table you set it on. Carry a small cloth with you and set the case on top of that.

I was considering buying an iPhone and then buying this case for my iPhone. Until I read the last line in the advertisement -

We don’t intend this product for actual use. Any claims regarding difficulty of use will ignored.

Aw...Christmas this year will not be magical. Oh, wait. Maybe it will. Why don't I go and buy those brilliant Bic pens for women? Finally someone understood the needs of the modern woman - pens in pink and purple, "Designed to fit comfortably in a woman's hand," as they advertise it. God bless them. At last women everywhere can start writing. This will be the start of a new revolution, mark my words.

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