Saw the maddest thing at a bar - smartphone destruction contest.

KatanaDV20 · 22 May 2012 at 23:48

Now I'll confess...I dont drink and hate bars but last weekend I let myself be dragged into bar-hopping by a close friend since it was her birthday and she really wanted me to come.

So I sat there watching her and her mates get sloshed, I enjoy her company but man being in those places is h.ell for me....

...not this time. I had some entertainment in the table next to ours. I kept hearing a WHACK noise and then loud cheering so I looked over.

It was a long table and had about 10 people on each side, a big group of guys & gals. And yeap...they all were holding out their smartphones...and taking turns smashing each others screens! :confused:

The people seated on one side would hold out their cells and the people across from them would use the corner of THEIR phones to try and smash the screens of their mates phones.

Obviously this lot were smashed beyond reason on who knows what. But it was phone carnage and I was just shocked. I saw iPhones, Xperias, hi-end HTCs, Motorolas, Samsung Galaxy..etc...all get smashed up. This one guy just blasted this other dudes screen in.

Huge cheers all around. No one else was phased lol...only me cuz it was 4:00am and I was most likely the only sober person in there.

Kicking myself for not gettin it on video now..I was thinkin about it but didnt wanna risk it...those lot looked pretty out of it lol.

Crazy world! Dont ask me how many hundreds and hundreds of ££££ were binned that night.

Raymond Lin · 22 May 2012 at 23:50

Another reason not going out drinking with your phone eh?

kh85 · 22 May 2012 at 23:53

Nothing like a bit of phone bashing!

Surveyor · 22 May 2012 at 23:54

KatanaDV20 said:
Dont ask me how many hundreds and hundreds of ££££ were binned that night.

Or how many hundreds of ££££ of insurance claims were made on Monday.

KatanaDV20 · 22 May 2012 at 23:59

Surveyor said:
Or how many hundreds of ££££ of insurance claims were made on Monday.

Didnt think of that aspect lol...

I guess they will inspect the phone though...and any of us on here would tell in a millisecond how the damage came about. I know smartphones are fragile but that Gorilla glass is tough and DOES need quite a bash to smash through it.....wonder how many of them managed to wangle a claim through.

Raymond Lin · 23 May 2012 at 00:01

Surveyor said:
Or how many hundreds of ££££ of insurance claims were made on Monday.

That came to my mind too but I bet that won't be what they are thinking on the night.

Nitefly · 23 May 2012 at 00:03

I have to say, that is bizarre!

Surveyor · 23 May 2012 at 00:10

Raymond Lin said:
That came to my mind too but I bet that won't be what they are thinking on the night.

No doubt.

But I bet they thought about it the next morning.

Raymond Lin · 23 May 2012 at 00:11

KatanaDV20 said:
Didnt think of that aspect lol...

I guess they will inspect the phone though...and any of us on here would tell in a millisecond how the damage came about. I know smartphones are fragile but that Gorilla glass is tough and DOES need quite a bash to smash through it.....wonder how many of them managed to wangle a claim through.

They'll just say

"I dropped it and my friend accidentally stepped on it whilst wearing high heels.....multiple times."

King Damager · 23 May 2012 at 00:11

Oddly, I almost feel like the people using the corners of their phones screens should smash first xD

kd

KatanaDV20 · 23 May 2012 at 00:16

Raymond Lin said:
They'll just say

"I dropped it and my friend accidentally stepped on it whilst wearing high heels.....multiple times."

Lol

Wouldnt put that past em seeing the state they were in.

Even as a non-drinker I dont mind happy drunks, they can be funny...but this kinda thing...bleh. Funny how alki affects different people in so many different ways.

'Harry · 23 May 2012 at 00:18

Sounds like fun.

Everyday I resist the temptation to smash mine.

Rroff · 23 May 2012 at 00:23

Nitefly said:
I have to say, that is bizarre!

Not that bizarre, seen drunk crowds of early ~20 year olds do just as silly stuff they are gonna regret the next morning on a not irregular basis.

You inevitably get one person whos none to bright, very drunk and has some completely mad idea and encourages the rest into it "coz its going to be fun" and the rest all want to look like part of the crowd so eventually get drawn into it helped by the alcohol.

KatanaDV20 · 23 May 2012 at 21:17

Rroff said:
Not that bizarre, seen drunk crowds of early ~20 year olds do just as silly stuff they are gonna regret the next morning on a not irregular basis.

You inevitably get one person whos none to bright, very drunk and has some completely mad idea and encourages the rest into it "coz its going to be fun" and the rest all want to look like part of the crowd so eventually get drawn into it helped by the alcohol.

This most likely what happened. What struck me was how keen everyone else was (guess that was the alki effect lol). Gimme the phone if youre gonna smash it up! I was visibly cringing as that nice Galaxy was given the good news.

Sefirosu · 23 May 2012 at 21:18

Obscene waste of money tbh.

James_N · 23 May 2012 at 21:47

My phone would have survived the bashing! Old skool nokia 2730

Whoever said insurance was probably right though, i dont know about other phones but all my mates have their iphones insured.

dowie · 23 May 2012 at 21:52

KatanaDV20 said:
I guess they will inspect the phone though...and any of us on here would tell in a millisecond how the damage came about.

???

Please explain how you could tell that a damaged screen was damaged via someone smashing another smart phone into it in a pub as opposed to by some other means?

What tell tale signs would you be able to spot within a 'millisecond'?

RomanNose · 23 May 2012 at 21:54

gropingmantis · 23 May 2012 at 21:57

I want to play that with my phone!

The ultimate phone conkers phone.

KatanaDV20 · 23 May 2012 at 22:03

dowie said:
???

Please explain how you could tell that a damaged screen was damaged via someone smashing another smart phone into it in a pub as opposed to by some other means?

What tell tale signs would you be able to spot within a 'millisecond'?

Im quite sure people in the business could tell! Ive dropped so many cells and had them stomped on by people on dancefloors. The glass on those cells is pretty tough. You would need considerable and *deliberate* force to bash thru the glass, into the LCD panel and crack the PCB/chips etc behind that. Although they could say the gf trashed it with her heels lol.

But I guess those lot would say they dropped it from an apartment 10 floors up or something!

Now I doubt they will go THAT far for over a cellphone but I came across this:

On the frontline, trained claims handlers can spot potentially fraudulent claims. “When a policyholder phones in, the claims handler will listen to detect all sorts of behavioural issues as well as inconsistencies in the story,” says Baden Smith, head of assurance services at Legal & General. As an example, if a policyholder is aggressive in this initial call it could indicate that they are trying to hide something.

Insurers also use computer programmes such as voice stress analysis and predictive analytics to identify possible cases of fraud.

Where claims do arouse suspicion, they will be referred to fraud specialists, who further investigate the case, checking other details about the policyholder and bringing in other specialists where necessary.

Insurers are sharing information more too. Through databases such as CIFAS, an insurer can check a policyholder’s details to find out whether they have a history of fraud.

http://www.moneywise.co.uk/insurance/other-insurance/the-white-lies-could-cost-you-dearly