HTC EVO 3D saves a man

[Cindytan]

Those working in security life or have many "enemies" you can now consider to switch your phone to HTC

 

http://www.androidauthority.com/htc-evo-3d-bullet-312088/

 

Today’s smartphones are more than just a piece of electronic equipment, they often are an all-in-one tool for business, entertainment and so much more. In rare occasions, they can even prove to be lifesavers.

Today a news report arrived by way of CNN about a gas station clerk in Orange County, Florida who survived an attempted robbery thanks to his HTC Evo 3D. According to the report, the suspect fired off one bullet while leaving the crime scene after the clerk unsuccessfully attempted to unlock the store’s safe at the command of the would-be thief.

 

After the suspect took off, emergency services arrived and the clerk complained of chest pain – unaware that the stray bullet had actually hit him in the chest!

 

Lucky, the only damage received by the clerk seems to be some bruising from the impact of the bullet hitting the phone in his shirt pocket. As you can see in the picture above, the phone wasn’t so lucky and was completely destroyed due to the bullet’s impact.

 

This is far from the first time we’ve heard of a phone saving someone’s life, with reports of flip-phones doing a similar deed going back years. What’s most interesting though is that this is the second known report involving an HTC handset – with the first being an incident in 2011 where a Droid Incredible resting a shirt pocket saved a valet’s life.

 

[Shull]

Gorilla glass FTW...

[Itali4must4ng]

wow the build quality of the phone not bad!

[Ender]

Gorilla glass FTW...

Really? My Samsung S3, drop from table height, the screen also cracked as bad as the picture.. If I'm not wrong S3 also uses gorilla..

[Shull]

Really? My Samsung S3, drop from table height, the screen also cracked as bad as the picture.. If I'm not wrong S3 also uses gorilla..

 

S2, S3, S4, ip4, ip4s, ip5, ip5s all use Gorilla glass..

 

How well the glass survive falls depends on the angle of impact. It seems like the glass is quite good at taking point load applied perpendicularly to the surface, but if the force is parallel to the surface of the glass, the force needed to break the glass is much lower.

[Vulcann]

In certain parts of the world the screen of this HTC EVO 3D has been used as a hammer apparently...

 

 

 

But the bullet test is obviously stretching it....

 

 

But it's the gun-crazy Yankees who will do the ultimate: testing the structural integrity of the iPad mini by .50 rounds...

 

(watch from 0:50 onwards)

 

[Nicholas]

Really? My Samsung S3, drop from table height, the screen also cracked as bad as the picture.. If I'm not wrong S3 also uses gorilla..

 

The harder something is, the more brittle it is. The weakest points of the screen are the four corners.