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Bernard Chelin

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So just after midnight on NYE as I was taking photos of the fireworks from the Story Bridge in Brisbane.....tragedy....My phone swan dives over the railing falling 74 meters to the concrete below.

Amazingly the photos I had just taken had already uploaded to skydrive via 4G so I still have the last few snaps of the countdown with my friends.

To my surprise though as I looked on in horror the screen was still on. By the time I got down there though it was off..

For such a big fall it fared pretty well though.. the outer casing shot off to one side and the front screen is smashed but all the pieces are still there.

To say I am devastated is an under statement.

My advice. Don't drop your phone off a bridge.
 

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MDak280

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Oh man that sucks D: And it's a yellow one, too! I'm really sorry, that's terrible. Especially since you still have a while to go before you can upgrade again :(
 

mythra

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start buying parts and fix it yourself using the dis-assembly video.

please also list out the swear words you used when the phone fell out of your hands. :)
 

rtotheich

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Have you tried powering on or anything to feel for vibration? Maybe I'm just being too optomistic but it's somewhat possible that just the screen was destroyed. Screen might be $100 or so to fix..
 

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Sorry for your loss mate.

Suggestion: Buy insurance, keep it for a month and claim it got run over by a thief getting away...might just work.
 

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Have you tried powering on or anything to feel for vibration? Maybe I'm just being too optomistic but it's somewhat possible that just the screen was destroyed. Screen might be $100 or so to fix..
If the phone dived 74 meters on concrete I fear there might be absolutely nothing working on it anymore :'(

Anyway, feel sorry for this guy. Hope he gets a new one somehow.
 

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