Apple fires iPhone X engineer after idiot "LOOK @ME!" daughter'shands-on video goes viral

On Nov 6, 2017, nospam wrote
(in ) :

In iganews.com,
Savageduck wrote:

I like the Youtube videos where they shoot iPhones with .50 caliber rifles.

A .50 BMG hitting any phone, iPhone or Android is without question, going to
destroy it.

unless you have one of these:

https://newatlas.com/bulletproof-iphone-case-marudai/22195/
The armored case features an inch of solid steel embedded in the
back, which is what gives the phone cover its bulletproof ability. To
attach the case, the phone has to literally be bolted in using an
Allen wrench. Marudai also claim that a bullet hitting one of the
bolts will still leave your iPhone undamaged. But while the back of
the case is solidly protected, the front screen is still completely
uncovered so the phone's touchscreen can still be used.

The first question is; why would anybody carry a 4.5 Lb phone?

The second is: why wouldn’t you shoot at the screen side of that case?

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Nov 6, 2017, android wrote
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In ,
nospam wrote:

In iganews.com,
Savageduck wrote:

I like the Youtube videos where they shoot iPhones with .50 caliber
rifles.

A .50 BMG hitting any phone, iPhone or Android is without question, going
to
destroy it.

unless you have one of these:

https://newatlas.com/bulletproof-iphone-case-marudai/22195/
The armored case features an inch of solid steel embedded in the
back, which is what gives the phone cover its bulletproof ability. To
attach the case, the phone has to literally be bolted in using an
Allen wrench. Marudai also claim that a bullet hitting one of the
bolts will still leave your iPhone undamaged. But while the back of
the case is solidly protected, the front screen is still completely
uncovered so the phone's touchscreen can still be used.

make sure to keep the back side out then... wouldn't the b p west
protect it?

Not from a .50 BMG, even if you had it behind a ceramic impact plate. Those
are pretty good for protection against most .30 cal ammo.

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Regards,
Savageduck

In article .com,
Savageduck wrote:

On Nov 6, 2017, android wrote
(in ):

In ,
nospam wrote:

In iganews.com,
Savageduck wrote:

I like the Youtube videos where they shoot iPhones with .50 caliber
rifles.

A .50 BMG hitting any phone, iPhone or Android is without question,
going
to
destroy it.

unless you have one of these:

https://newatlas.com/bulletproof-iphone-case-marudai/22195/
The armored case features an inch of solid steel embedded in the
back, which is what gives the phone cover its bulletproof ability. To
attach the case, the phone has to literally be bolted in using an
Allen wrench. Marudai also claim that a bullet hitting one of the
bolts will still leave your iPhone undamaged. But while the back of
the case is solidly protected, the front screen is still completely
uncovered so the phone's touchscreen can still be used.

make sure to keep the back side out then... wouldn't the b p west
protect it?

Not from a .50 BMG, even if you had it behind a ceramic impact plate. Those
are pretty good for protection against most .30 cal ammo.

Not much use for a phone if you're dead. I was thinking more of gear
protection in general. It, the phone could protect a tad if an assassin
is aiming at your temple though...
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teleportation kills

In article ,
Whisky-dave wrote:

On Tuesday, 7 November 2017 09:13:50 UTC, android wrote:
In article .com,
Savageduck wrote:

On Nov 6, 2017, android wrote
(in ):

In ,
nospam wrote:

In iganews.com,
Savageduck wrote:

I like the Youtube videos where they shoot iPhones with .50
caliber
rifles.

A .50 BMG hitting any phone, iPhone or Android is without question,
going
to
destroy it.

unless you have one of these:

https://newatlas.com/bulletproof-iphone-case-marudai/22195/
The armored case features an inch of solid steel embedded in the
back, which is what gives the phone cover its bulletproof ability. To
attach the case, the phone has to literally be bolted in using an
Allen wrench. Marudai also claim that a bullet hitting one of the
bolts will still leave your iPhone undamaged. But while the back of
the case is solidly protected, the front screen is still completely
uncovered so the phone's touchscreen can still be used.

make sure to keep the back side out then... wouldn't the b p west
protect it?

Not from a .50 BMG, even if you had it behind a ceramic impact plate.
Those
are pretty good for protection against most .30 cal ammo.

Not much use for a phone if you're dead. I was thinking more of gear
protection in general. It, the phone could protect a tad if an assassin
is aiming at your temple though...
--
teleportation kills

You wouldn't be a very good assassin if you aimed at the phone.
That's one mistake Lee Harvey Oswald didn't make ;-)

You use facetime all the time right? :-ppp
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teleportation kills

In article ,
Whisky-dave wrote:

You use facetime all the time right? :-ppp

I've used it once and that was it, I've used skype less than 10 times in
total I don;t likke video calls and aviod them when I can.

Most phones and services allow video calls without any third party
servers involved. Most 3G phones can handle them out of the box...
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teleportation kills

In article ,
Whisky-dave wrote:

You wouldn't be a very good assassin if you aimed at the phone.
That's one mistake Lee Harvey Oswald didn't make ;-)

he had help.

In article .com,
Savageduck wrote:

I like the Youtube videos where they shoot iPhones with .50 caliber
rifles.

A .50 BMG hitting any phone, iPhone or Android is without question, going
to destroy it.

unless you have one of these:

https://newatlas.com/bulletproof-iphone-case-marudai/22195/
The armored case features an inch of solid steel embedded in the
back, which is what gives the phone cover its bulletproof ability. To
attach the case, the phone has to literally be bolted in using an
Allen wrench. Marudai also claim that a bullet hitting one of the
bolts will still leave your iPhone undamaged. But while the back of
the case is solidly protected, the front screen is still completely
uncovered so the phone's touchscreen can still be used.

The first question is; why would anybody carry a 4.5 Lb phone?

to protect against bullets. obviously.

and it wasn't all that long ago when phones weighed more than that, and
without being able to stop a bullet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Bag_Phone

The second is: why wouldn¹t you shoot at the screen side of that case?

because the display would be facing inward when the phone is in the
person's pocket.

On Nov 7, 2017, Whisky-dave wrote
(in ):

On Tuesday, 7 November 2017 10:54:44 UTC, android wrote:

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You use facetime all the time right? :-ppp

I've used it once and that was it, I've used skype less than 10 times in
total I don;t likke video calls and aviod them when I can.

Both Facetime, and Skype, using either video, and/or audio only calls can be
useful, and a valuable tool.

I use Facetime, and/or Skype everyday. I have a daily, 20 minute to an hour
+, Facetime video call with my 94 year old father. Most of my other calls are
are not video, just audio.

I have a good friend who lives in Nashville, and is in the music business, he
also uses FT and Skype, depending on where he is, and what he might be using,
we will speak once or twice a week via FT, or Skype audio call. He uses the
Skype ’screen sharing’ feature for business between Nashville and NYC, or
Europe.

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Nov 7, 2017, nospam wrote
(in ) :

In iganews.com,
Savageduck wrote:

I like the Youtube videos where they shoot iPhones with .50 caliber
rifles.

A .50 BMG hitting any phone, iPhone or Android is without question, going
to destroy it.

unless you have one of these:

https://newatlas.com/bulletproof-iphone-case-marudai/22195/
The armored case features an inch of solid steel embedded in the
back, which is what gives the phone cover its bulletproof ability. To
attach the case, the phone has to literally be bolted in using an
Allen wrench. Marudai also claim that a bullet hitting one of the
bolts will still leave your iPhone undamaged. But while the back of
the case is solidly protected, the front screen is still completely
uncovered so the phone's touchscreen can still be used.

The first question is; why would anybody carry a 4.5 Lb phone?

to protect against bullets. obviously.

Other than in a tactical situation, I just never thought of a phone of any
type, as a primary target for a shooter using any caliber weapon.

and it wasn't all that long ago when phones weighed more than that, and
without being able to stop a bullet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Bag_Phone

Yup! My old Nokia brick wasn’t exactly a lightweight.

The second is: why wouldn¹t you shoot at the screen side of that case?

because the display would be facing inward when the phone is in the
person's pocket.

The likelihood of a targeted individual gaining any protection from an
armored phone is very small. There also exists the possibility that a .50 BMG
hitting the body of a targeted individual, and hitting the screen side of the
armored phone as it traverses the body. It is not likely to save the
targetted individual.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/21w9l2lb766x55g/Target-Aw.jpg

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Regards,
Savageduck

On 11/06/2017 08:03 AM, Bradley K. Sperman wrote:

We’ve seen similar dismissals in the past. A Microsoft employee
was dismissed after his son posted pictures of the Xbox 360
before its release. The Apple engineer in question had worked at
the company for around four years, building the iPhone RF and
wireless circuit design. The Verge reached out to Apple to
confirm the dismissal, but the company has not yet responded to
a request for comment.

How STUPID can you be?

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/28/...pple-engineer-
iphone-x-youtube-video


https://youtu.be/KYqnmyV1N-w?t=14s