Killing an iPhone to Send a Message to Apple

Posted by | 08/14/2009 | 6 Comments

Some people, including our own Warner Crocker, are pretty upset about Apple pulling Google Voice from the app store. Then there’s this guy…

In what is his iPhone’s last note, the iPhone owner writes that he is tired of Apple’s “dictatorship” and the Google Voice fiasco was the last straw. He then proceeds to shoot and burn his own iPhone 3G. I worry about what steps he’s going to take to get out of his AT&T contract…

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Xavier Lanier is the publisher of Gotta Be Moible and Notebooks.com. He's a mobile technology geek that uses an iPhone 4S, iPad 2, Galaxy Nexus and Kindle Fire on a daily basis. He's an expert photographer that shoots primarily with Nikon DSLRs. You can follow Xavier on Twitter @xavierlanier and Google+
  • http://sumocat.blogspot.com Sumocat

    I suppose this guy won’t want to read my instructions on how to make Google Voice calls straight from the iPhone contacts. :P

  • Oliver

    Nicely done.

  • brook

    In the end, a sad death for a device crippled by the carrier and Apple, so much potential, but too little to late, well at least he was able to cut and paste before he killed his phone.

  • Tomas Antila

    I think it’s amazing though how the iphone survived three shots whitout tearing apart.

  • Warner Crocker

    And I thought I was angry. My goodness.

  • http://www.josheinstein.com Josh Einstein

    Now there’s a compelling argument for 2nd amendment rights! I think I’m gonna go buy a gun just so I can do this to mine.

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