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iPhone 5C unveiled, introduces pre-shattered display feature [video]

by on December 19, 2012 9:31 pm
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Apparently Apple has unexpectedly unveiled a new iPhone model a lot earlier than anticipated. Dubbed the iPhone 5C – and not iPhone 5S as some people may have expected the seventh-generation model to be called – the handset targets primarily college-aged girls that tend to shatter the display of the device in various scenarios.

In order to prevent the screen from cracking, Apple has come up with a pre-shattered display, a front panel that looks and behaves exactly like broken glass, making your smartphone experience all that much harder. In Apple’s words, the iPhone 5C is “the best new iPhone since you broke your last iPhone.”

Reporting for The Onion, Nina Shankar details the features of the new product that comes with a proper tagline – “The phone you love, broken.” – and explains what iPhone 5C models will be available to the public. Have a look, and make sure you check out all the details, from Tim Cook’s statements to Apple’s website:

By now you will have realized we’re talking about a great Onion spoof, which makes fun of the iPhone’s tendency to break when dropped against a solid surface. In all fairness though, and considering that we have done several drop tests ourselves, the spoof is better suited for older iPhone models with both the front and back made of glass, as the iPhone 5 does very well when accidentally dropped.

Maybe the most hilarious part of the video is the ending, in which The Onion details Apple’s next iPhone, a model that will target dads, not that we’re going to spoil it for you.

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Comments
  • Arsenal™

    not surprised

  • MasterMuffin

    I saw someone comment this on G+ and I have to comment it here: resistance is futile :D

  • willkin

    more proper question is “what Apple and Microsoft do so far?”

    well, they have been busy attacking Google & android manufacturer, and collecting patents.. that will continue for next 2-3 years :)

  • bob

    what can apple do? sell pieces of crap smartphones for 99 dollars unsubsidised? like android ;)

    android is a gateway into the smartphone world, just like marijuana is to the drug world. you start with something cheap and crappy then go to the real thing, and android aint the real thing.

    android growth will look like the gaussian function. when everybody passes the ‘first smartphone which i use like a feature phone’ phase. look at all the usage statistics. that alone is enough to paint a picture like this. no hard feelings, just my two cents

  • disk Latvia

    Actually 99.9% of smart phones are powered by battery’s

    • http://www.garysims.co.uk garysims

      :-)

  • symbolset

    They can do nothing. If there was anything they could do to change their destiny, Andy Rubin would not have moved on to his Next Big Thing, leaving Android in control of a maintenance manager.

  • Andries Spies

    If Microsoft wants to lure me away they have to bring out an SDK & IDE which runs under linux, otherwise I will be doing android.

  • flamencoguy

    What else? They will resort to suing more.

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