Colin Furze (the crazy British inventor dude) launched a bunch of phones into the stratosphere while

[lexus04]

[video=youtube;vbymuO3mRQ8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbymuO3mRQ8[/video]

[video=youtube;iyKU1UwUAqQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyKU1UwUAqQ[/video]

[video=youtube;YvzMpet3648]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzMpet3648[/video]

[Aphtonites]

Now that's how you do product placement right :v:

[FPtje]

That's one hell of a drop test.

[Hamsteronfire]

i'm in disbelief that he actually pulled this off

[Pilotguy]

[QUOTE=FPtje;46817377]That's one hell of a drop test.[/QUOTE]

I can confirm that HTC phones are strong as fuck.

I've dropped mine face-down while running on tiles multiple times (it even skidded for a bit once) and the only damage it had was a millimeter-long chip on one of the corners.

[nytol_]

just watched this with my little sister - we both thought it was a great experiment!

[alexojm]

Best thing is with each one of these videos he does for a company the more likely it is other companies are gonna send him stuff to make awesome videos with.

[Nutcake]

[QUOTE=alexojm;46817861]Best thing is with each one of these videos he does for a company the more likely it is other companies are gonna send him stuff to make awesome videos with.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, Ubisoft sponsored the Far Cry one with the tuk-tuk, so I wonder if there are going to be any more like these soon.
I sure as hell enjoy em.

[LoneWolf_Recon]

Colin Furze is one of those DIYers who has alot of charm to draw people into the craft. Hell of alot of fun to watch and pretty interesting builds.

[Complifused]

This guy does some cool stuff, but he's rather annoying to listen to

[ScottyWired]

[QUOTE=Pilotguy97;46817774]I can confirm that HTC phones are strong as fuck.

I've dropped mine face-down while running on tiles multiple times (it even skidded for a bit once) and the only damage it had was a millimeter-long chip on one of the corners.[/QUOTE]

Hold up bud, one big exception is the HTC Desire 816. HTC low-end is made of metal, HTC high-end is made of metal, but their midrange phone is a big flat piece of plastic. I put mine in my pocket, and leaning over a counter was enough to crack the screen horizontally. (It still survives every corner drop though)

Now compare that with the abuse that my old HTC went through:
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/111996868/2014-2/general/phoneabuse.JPG[/t]

[Impact1986]

I dont know what people are doing with their smartphones. I never dropped it in the 2 years of usage, and even if it did, I put it into a rubbery hull for extra grip and protection.

[343N]

can I ask, this might be a really dumb question with a really obvious answer, but how do they find the phone when it comes down to retrieve the footage?

[Big D Duchovny]

[QUOTE=343N;46821840]can I ask, this might be a really dumb question with a really obvious answer, but how do they find the phone when it comes down to retrieve the footage?[/QUOTE]

Says so at the end of part 3, gps chips.