We heard some impressive claims about LG's
Renoir earlier this month at CES courtesy of a
rather desperate spokesman, but nothing compares to the torture test the phone recently underwent and, unlike
Nokia's 5800, survived. The handset was left in the freezer at -20C (-4F) for 12 hours, dropped to the floor, stepped on, thrown in a clothes drier for 15 minutes, caked in dust, dunked in wine, and run over by a Ford Focus. After all that it functioned just fine, suffering only a few scratches on the screen inflicted by the pavement -- a small price to pay if you're clumsy enough to drive over your own phone. Curiously soothing videos of the abuse after the break.
posted Jan 28th 2009 9:04AM
whoa damn...and i thought panasonic made tough electronics
die stavoli!
so how did it survive all of that?
but can it withstand a bullet
"...Caked in dust, dunked in wine..."
Just like the spokesperson at their CES booth.
I soooooo want on of these
Makes me feel even better about my last phone, which got a "red dot" and died from being within 20ft of the bathroom when I took a shower.
That dam red strip has ruined many a phone....
Hmmm, maybe, but will it blend?
I hope you blend.
I'm going to use the top gear blender on you.
Ahhh, I remember when I was 18, too.
Right, because clearly by rehashing the same stupid dead fad over and over again you are so much more mature.
Watch it shred!
Thats pretty impressive. Don't get me wrong I don't plan on doing those things to my phone but It's impressive none the less.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IlP4QGEJKg4
Just in case you were wondering what the top gear blender was. A V8 engine hooked up to blender. This will blend Chris McDonald and the Renoir (Probably).
Do you work for Top Gear you never shut up about it.
Jeremy sent him his $0.65.
I've never said anything about top gear before so get over yourselves.
does LG phones have good OS? just asking. planning to buy one, looks good.
There's not much to say about this OS.
I have a KF600 (just came back from a 20-day reparation...) and the OS works just fine. if you are familiar to SE phones, LGs will be a piece of cake to handle.
mp3 player sucks as hell.
IM NOT SPEEK ENGLISH
No one said you are.
DISRESPECT FAMIRY
Finally MAYBE a nice phone that looks good and won't break after 1 or 2 years?! Could it be? I'm getting sick of these asshole wireless companies putting out sweet phones that break very easily. Planned obsolescence is a bitch for those of us that don't want to upgrade to the latest/greatest. Cell phones, many many years ago, used to be super strong, albeit heavy, and they lasted. Now, sadly, we've gone for the eye candy while the candy man who sells it to us laughs all the way to bank. I'll take one of these please.
Renowhaa?!
Focus fails, should have used German Engineering.
Actually it was a Volkswagen Beetle. Just look at it, it's not a Focus. So it is German genius.
In related news, the Ford Focus broke down and was taken in for expensive repairs.
NOW WHY THE FART CANT THE FARTIN IPHON BE LIKE THAT..... I DROPPED MINE FROM 2 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND IT EXPLODED INTO 10,000,000 PIECES!!!!!
Renior ?
5 Stars NCAP ?
Only -4 F for 12 Hours?? No offense, but here in the upper midwest you'll need it to handle temps a LOT colder than that.
Try -40 F for 48 Hrs. Then we'll be talking.
-45F is lethal to humans, the water in the air freezes in your lungs and you drown in your own blood. -4F is pretty acceptable. Why would you spend that much time outside in such cold weather? would you really be outside for 48 Hours in -40F?
What the hell? Do you leave your phone on the deck in the middle of winter? Get a clue. it'll be in your POCKET! If its minus 20 next to your skin... you have WAYYYY more pressing issues to deal with that your phone.
-45F is lethal to humans, eh? Uh... Although I can't understand anyone being in that kind of weather for extended periods of time, I can tell you from experience that it is far from "lethal". You make it sound as though being in -50F weather will instantly kill you, when in reality you could survive for quite some time were you wearing proper clothing.
If anyone can post the links of the videos, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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Anyone have a source on the soundtrack? It sounds like Squarepusher...
Yeah, I had the same question I thought Funkstorung but now-a-days it could be anyone.
Just in case anyone was wondering - a Samsung Blackjack II will not survive a "Driven over by Dodge Charger" test. I know first-hand.
Samsung makes flashy, useful phones. They just don't last. It takes far less than a charger. I had a friend break one in half leaning against a counter with his in his jeans pocket.
Scratches? Call LG, maybe you can whine and bitch and complain yourself into 25 bucks.
My sister ran over my mom's Samsung Beat. It got cracked pretty bad and the back cover was completely destroyed. It still worked though... For a few days...
It still looks better than a 1st gen iPod nano.
If only apple would put a camera of this quality on the iphone :(
As a Russian I for the first time see that my fellow sitizens do such awfull things with a cellular telephone! Obama-Mama!
What's the point of putting it in the dryer if you aren't going to put it in the washing machine first?
the phone was still wet from being in the freezer. gotta dry it up somehow.
Talk about clumsy enough to drive over a phone...my cousin did it twice to his LG enV!!! The amazing thing is that it still worked!!! The outer screen broke, but every other function worked...I guess you could say that LG is "BUILT FORD TOUGH!"...lol
Heh, well, this beats the Motorola Krzr (Krazr?), my younger brother got one and it snapped in half in his jeans pocket just because he's a big guy (6'4", 300lbs) and when he went to sit in the car it just bent against the side of his leg and *crack*. I think he needs bigger pants, but even so... phones shouldn't snap that easily.
I remember working for a cell phone support call center many moons ago when the StarTac first came out. We torture tested some of the "test" phones that Motorola sent us, including hucking it down the hallway and dropping it from the top of the 3 story building we were in. All that ever happened was the battery would pop off. Put it back on, thing worked fine. They just don't build them like that anymore... until now?
That must have been the best job ever