WARNING: iPhone can seriously damage your physical integrity
by moose
So it happened this afternoon that I had my iPhone in my jeans front pocket and dug in to take it out.
OUCH!
I took out my hand and one of my fingers had a really nice and bloody crescent-shaped cut. It was actually bleedin quite a lot, not like great spurts of blood but still.
So, what went wrong? Well, my iPhone was in my pocket vertically and when I went for it the tip of my finger went straight in the audio connector. And if you look closely, this connector is recessed and surrounded by sharp metal. So I cut my fingertip…
Lesson learned? Always put your iPhone in your pocket UPSIDE DOWN.
P.S.: at least, the blood did not trigger the iPhone’s humidity detector which ils located at the bottom of said audio connector ;-)
P.P.S.: do you think I should sue Apple? Everybody seems to be doing it, so maybe…
March 22nd, 2008 at 15:35 CET
In order to sympathise but more importantly, empathise with you I,ve just tried to stick my finger in the audio connecter and/or try to cut myself but to no avail. Try as hard as I could, I couldn’t do it.
I must therefore conclude that: you have the fingers of a three year old AND that your phone was not properly finished off and has sharp edges — in that case, you should definitely sue Apple.
Alternatively, buy a Belkin full leather clad skin which prevents you from injuring yourself.
Get well soon.
March 25th, 2008 at 21:05 CET
Well, my fingers are regular-sized thank you very much ;-)
Actually, the headphone jack hole DOES have quite sharp edges, so maybe it’s a manufacturing defect, I’ll check if I happen to put my hands on another iPhone…
March 27th, 2008 at 19:51 CET
I would ask Apple what to do, and if they had a better idea than to sue them. I´m sure that will provocate an interesting answer… ;-)