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Shock absorber? In any case, I'd like to see higher drop tests. Wonder if it would have helped a week ago, when I dropped my phone while rock climbing and it sh
by starpilot 8y ago
Shock absorber? In any case, I'd like to see higher drop tests. Wonder if it would have helped a week ago, when I dropped my phone while rock climbing and it shattered on a slab ~150 ft below.
- social_quotient 8y ago“In any case” Haha I see what you did there
- joosters 8y agoMaybe you should have attached a parachute?
- annabellish 8y agoThat doesn't capture the intent here, though, which is that they "deploy" in response to a "crash".
- Piskvorrr 8y agoThat's probably not a very common occurence - wouldn't a lanyard do a better job there? (instead of "I dropped it and it landed somewhere in a 100 ft radius, probably in multiple pieces" it would be "I dropped it and now it hangs right there, 1 ft away")
- anjc 8y ago> That's probably not a very common occurence - wouldn't a lanyard do a better job there? Nope, little plastic arms
- Piskvorrr 8y agoI'm not replying to what you think I'm replying. To summarize: little plastic arms are not useful against dropping a phone from 150 ft. Because: 1. they are not made to absorb a shock that large, 2. even if, the phone would bounce, 3. even then, you're looking for a phone in a fairly large area. Easier not to drop it all of 150 ft in the first place; most people dropping phones do so from human-comparable heights, and that's where the little plastic arms are useful. Clearer now?
- starpilot 8y agoThe tricky thing with a lanyard or tether is then keeping the phone in my pocket while climbing and not having a trip hazard. If there was a way to attach the tether to the inside of the pocket then that would work.
- Piskvorrr 8y agoAha, that is indeed one thing I haven't thought of (amongst many others, I'm sure).