Video: iPhone backlash officially begins
posted at 10:58 am on July 1, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Michelle, Allah needs his iPhone now.
ColtsFan on July 1, 2007 at 11:06 AM
Is it true that both of these guys turned down Michelle’s offer of $5.00 before they destroyed their iPhones?
RedWinged Blackbird on July 1, 2007 at 11:07 AM
Allahpundit
You know that those guys in the first video only did that because they knew you would be watching right AP?
doriangrey on July 1, 2007 at 11:07 AM
AP- Just say No to Steve Jobs’ New World Order!
heh.
harrison on July 1, 2007 at 11:11 AM
I dunno , what kind of person buys a $500 toy just to break it?
In the driveway no less.
bbz123 on July 1, 2007 at 11:14 AM
iPhone + Hammer; congratulations on flushing down a few hundred dollars. That’ll make your wife (had a ring) happy. And I feel better knowing the future of America is in capable hands.
Spirit of 1776 on July 1, 2007 at 11:15 AM
AP, did you ever look at the link I left you the other day where they disassemble the iPhone? Here it is again.
TheBigOldDog on July 1, 2007 at 11:15 AM
One who lifted it off someone else… and isn’t going to have to pay for the contract…
Romeo13 on July 1, 2007 at 11:17 AM
I’m sure they just “found” it.
WisCon on July 1, 2007 at 11:21 AM
My guess is that iphone was stolen
Gwillie on July 1, 2007 at 11:23 AM
BOY is Mom and Dad going to be peeved that these punks wasted their $500 like that… on second thought, these useless sacks of human flesh don’t seem like the type that have parents that care a whit about anything they do. Bet they are from California, too.
Warner Todd Huston on July 1, 2007 at 11:24 AM
Tragic.
I feel for the person they stole that iPhone from.
rosewaning on July 1, 2007 at 11:26 AM
Very cool in a geeky kind of way
Gwillie on July 1, 2007 at 11:31 AM
Check out the slow motion remix.
Limited kudos to the branding elves at Apple for making this PHONE seem like the Second Coming. The one thing they can’t control is the equal and opposite media storm that will be created by consumers. Maybe that is precisely their evil genius scheme.
I expect a wave of crimes, sex tapes, and emergency room anecdotes involving iPhone’s. Instant surreality. Just ad water.
Oh yeah. Nice Twilight Zone reference. I think that episode is called “The Last Man on Earth.”
(offtopic)
Michael Chertoff looks like a kabuki dancer this morning on Fox News Sunday.
The Race Card on July 1, 2007 at 11:36 AM
Part 2: what’s inside
part 3: Why we did it
Of coarse the loser could have just gone to the link I provided above to learn how to properly disassemble and what what the parts were. Oh well…
TheBigOldDog on July 1, 2007 at 11:36 AM
I posted it Friday in another thread in hopes of driving AP to drink, but I think he never saw it – Good thing too cause we really need him around Saturday – a badly hungover AP would have been of little use – LOL!
TheBigOldDog on July 1, 2007 at 11:40 AM
I am fairly certain that will void the warranty.
AndrewsDad on July 1, 2007 at 11:43 AM
From the cryptic explanation, it sounds like he was paid to get a phone and id the chip makers.
TheBigOldDog on July 1, 2007 at 11:46 AM
Note to self: Edit your blog comments before clicking the submit button.
(self scold): Errant apostrophe in iPhones. Ad water?
Apparently bong water. Ugh. Must go flog myself now.
The Race Card on July 1, 2007 at 11:52 AM
What retards. Must be nice that $500 means absolutely nothing to you.
Mr. Bingley on July 1, 2007 at 12:03 PM
Allah, you mean to tell us that you are paid so little that you can’t stop thinking about getting a $500 item, an item you can’t acquire unless MM buys it for you? Have you thought about asking your parents for a $500 loan? Do you have any collateral, like a bicycle, or an Xbox?
jihadwatcher on July 1, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Beware of the $499 spring loaded box!
0.o
SilverStar830 on July 1, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Like the Terrorists, proving that any fool can destroy something.
The genius and the beauty is in the creation. A disgusting display. These idiots are everything that is wrong with today’s world.
For all you Anti-Apple folks, I am just heading out to buy my iPhone. Sold my Treos to raise funds. Most people hate Steve Jobs because he makes great products. It reminds me of other irrational liberal hatred and jealousy. Why not celebrate the achievement instead of participating in the destruction like these fools? If you read around the web, you will find that the MS geared MSM are on an iPhone bashing crusade, but it is actually an incredible product, and quite a bargain when you consider all that you get for the price. Most Americans have been cowed into believing that their cell phones should be free, just like they are cowed into other garbage they read in the MSM. Try it out if you need an email phone. You just might find it is a step up.
Allah, I hope you get yours soon. Michelle should buy you one for all the hard work.
Thanks.
JeffB. on July 1, 2007 at 12:30 PM
I am inspired. I am going to go out and buy a $450 Callaway FT-5 driver. Then instead of going to the golf course, I am going to come home and smash the hell out of the head to see what is inside of it. I might even saw the shaft in two to see what is in that. Then I’ll make a video justifying my seemingly irrational actions, as soon as I can figure out how I could possibly justify such irrational actions.
Mallard T. Drake on July 1, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Allah, you are welcome to borrow mine:
http://www.eyecreated.com/digitalintrigue/iphone_hotair.jpg
digitalintrigue on July 1, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Anti-iPhone people are just jealous that their Windoze-based devices never have any kind of buzz or insanely long lines when they are released.
Dells are being sold in WALMART now, and no one was waiting in line to get one “in person” instead of ordering online and waiting for it to arrive in a few days – ’nuff said.
Neo on July 1, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Dumb and Dumberer.
Freelancer on July 1, 2007 at 12:51 PM
That was almost as fun as watching a would-be terrorist burn to death. I love watching the complete disrespect of modern day yuppie techno-geekiness.
No offense to AP.
csdeven on July 1, 2007 at 12:55 PM
I had a lump in my throat watching that. Or maybe it was just lunch.
vcferlita on July 1, 2007 at 1:05 PM
A rich socialist college kid (whose parent are paying for it), who constantly complains that American’s are too “materialistic”…..
Tim Burton on July 1, 2007 at 1:25 PM
The commentator on that second video sounds like Carl from Aqua Teen.
PBoilermaker on July 1, 2007 at 1:33 PM
Could that phone have been stolen?
I wish I could hate the iphone, But it is just too sweet.
Perfect? No.
Awesome? Yes.
I’ll stick with my bb 8700g for a while.
TheSitRep on July 1, 2007 at 1:33 PM
“I never thought that you’d lose that light in your eyes”
dingoatemebaby on July 1, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Typical, I am sure they stole it. Gotta love people who can only destroy and never create. I am sure Hillary will have their vote.
OrthodoxRobert on July 1, 2007 at 1:49 PM
So is there any word on the quality of phone calls with the iphone? When I put that touchpad against my cheek to talk, does it start flipping through mp3s? I’ve noticed that the quality of the original purpose of phones just keeps degrading.
Apple never did solve the screen scratching problem with the ipod. Now that you’re actually supposed to slide your finger all around on the screen, I wonder what the result will be.
frost on July 1, 2007 at 2:08 PM
I have a slider phone and the screen is scratched to heck already and it isn’t a touch screen. I can’t imagine paying $500 for a phone and have it all scratched up in 4 months.
csdeven on July 1, 2007 at 2:22 PM
And here I am registering iPhone domain names (the few good ones left) and I forgot two:
iPhoneAnarchist(s).com
The singular and plural are still available for enterprizing entrepreneurs.
(I’m looking for catchier .com fish.)
Only if these clowns sell their video for $501 does this make any sense.
profitsbeard on July 1, 2007 at 2:39 PM
A comprehensive review of the iPhone.
Waste. Can’t even use it with apple products.
Oh? And the dumbarses smashing the iPhone? You are out $600.00, and accomplished NOTHING.
Mazztek on July 1, 2007 at 3:17 PM
The iPhone is for newbies. There are way too many limitations and flaws to mention here. Smartphone veterans see it as a toy. If it was $149 or less with a 2-year plan, it wouldn’t come out of “toy” status, but it would at least make sense in some way.
nottakingsides on July 1, 2007 at 3:18 PM
iPhone = lame
smashing an iPhone that you could have sold = the lamest
RightWinged on July 1, 2007 at 3:43 PM
I did that. Fixed my slice.
AP. Put a Paypal button on the thread. We’ll all chip in a couple of bucks to get your phone for you.
Speak truth to power!! On an IPhone!
BacaDog on July 1, 2007 at 4:06 PM
Heh. I remember that one. All those books to read, and broke his glasses.
Whatever happened to that show?
BacaDog on July 1, 2007 at 4:09 PM
I was hoping that idiot would slice his wrist open and bleed to death.
infidel4life on July 1, 2007 at 4:40 PM
This is actually pretty interesting. If Apple had taken technology from another phone, like an HTC Touch or O2 xda, and given it to their Chinese factory to knock off, that would explain why they couldn’t find any branded chips on the main board inside the device.
This also illustrates the impossibility to change providers, and apparently batteries.
liquidflorian on July 1, 2007 at 4:41 PM
Watching a couple of guys smashing an overpriced gadget — ho hum…
Watching iTards go positively ballistic with indignation that a Most Holy Object of the Almighty Jobs got desecrated, on the other hand — PRICELESS!
Misha I on July 1, 2007 at 5:56 PM
To the average corporate serf, smashing an iPhone is like carelessly letting a bit of gruel spill from your cup while other starving people look on. To a player, it’s just the quickest way to find out which devices on on there so you can make serious money by being the first to write unauthorized software to get around Apple’s ridiculous restrictions. That clip will launch that guys career in geekdom like the video of Paris’s hotel room romp did for her perfume, jewelry, and show biz career.
pedestrian on July 1, 2007 at 6:47 PM
O/T
Do any of you computer wiz’s know how I can find out if my neighbors are piggy backing my wireless signal?
csdeven on July 1, 2007 at 8:25 PM
Check your router logs. And put security on your wireless.
On/T
Well somebody had $600 to flush.
Iblis on July 1, 2007 at 8:47 PM
thanks!
csdeven on July 1, 2007 at 9:50 PM
Still wanna buy a $600 plastic phone now that you know it’s filled with tinfoil and air?
Coronagold on July 1, 2007 at 10:41 PM
Like Iblis said. Also, disable SSID broadcast and enable WEP.
BacaDog on July 1, 2007 at 11:00 PM
Ooh, WEP is old school and easily broken. You’re router probably does something better, go with that. If it doesn’t, download an update and it will. On the other hand, your neighbors probably aren’t hackers, just cheap, and if you can’t tell that they’re using your line, then it probably doesn’t matter if they are. :)
frost on July 2, 2007 at 12:39 AM
Meanwhile, Steve Jobs is laughing all the way to Fort Knox
NewsWonk on July 2, 2007 at 12:59 AM
I’m guessing that Allah has a wife who’ll chew his head off if he dares dunk $500 into this toy. Hence Michelle has to be the one to buy it for him. ;-)
AP, chill! It’s only a phone! Okay, some I-Tunes & Web browsing capability, but what’s there that ain’t already there on your laptop?
infidelpride on July 2, 2007 at 2:58 AM
Yeah, disable SSID broadcast, give yourself a 128-bit key (go to your browser and type 192.158.2.1), click on ‘Security’ under the wireless section, select 128-bit WEP and give yourself a password that long. Then on your laptop, or i-phone (if you’ve gone for that), enter that key wherever it’s asked for, and keep it permanent. That way, your laptop accesses only your network that ain’t getting broadcast, while your neighbors don’t get to see your network.
infidelpride on July 2, 2007 at 3:03 AM
Oops, make that 192.168.2.1
infidelpride on July 2, 2007 at 3:04 AM
why would any one pay 500 to 600 for a POS phone that locks you into AT&T?
American8298 on July 2, 2007 at 3:18 AM
It’s not just an anti-Apple thing, so put your self-righteous indignation back on the shelf. People did the same with the X-Box 360 and the PS3 when they came out, too. Where these guys went wrong was not doing it in front of the crowds still waiting in line for theirs, as has become the tradition.
Side note…I heard on the radio this morning that my prediction was accurate. iPhone owners are calling each other to pat each other on the back for being so hip and trendy. Meanwhile, my sweet new LG phone came with a hefty military discount, plus a discount on all my monthly bills. Thanks, Verizon!
James on July 2, 2007 at 7:54 AM
Reminds me of all the other things that are so “hip”. In six months you’ll be able to buy it for 1/2, another six months and it will be a $99 special incentive. You’ll pull out your iPhone and your buddy pulls out the new iTurboPhone.
right2bright on July 2, 2007 at 8:36 AM
I did …at first.
Then I was amazed out how much abuse they had to inflict, even necessitating the use of two people, to deliver a blow that actually broke it!
And might I suggest getting something like a Dremmel tool with a cutting disk next time to cut it open? There are much better ways if the goal is to see what’s inside and how its made. But then given the “skill” with which they weilded the tools they were using, maybe that isn’t such a good idea.
taznar on July 2, 2007 at 9:23 AM
THe same kind of people who spend $2500 for a PS3, instead of waiting six months to buy one from a pawn shop for $250.
Sensei Ern on July 2, 2007 at 2:41 PM
Captain Scarlet on July 2, 2007 at 3:50 PM
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