Stupid Accident

[dotinthesky]

Broken iPhone, a photo by michaelallenclark on Flickr.

I was leaving the office this evening - carrying two bags of groceries while trying to slide on my headphones - when my iPhone escaped my fingers and ran down the staircase.

"Oh fuck!" I shouted.

"Oops," said one of my co-workers, on his way to the kitchen.

The thing still works so I'm OK for now. I pay insurance to O2 - really hope they cover most of the cost of a new phone, if not the whole thing.

I woke up at 2.30am this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. Have felt knackered and irritated all day.

Comments

[petercampbell.livejournal.com]

One of my friends did exactly the same thing recently. He'd no insurance, but it "only" cost £50 to repair it locally. If 02 are willing to do it though, so much the better...

[leicesterstreet.livejournal.com]

There are many reasons why I refuse to buy an iphone or other expensive iphones (unethical purchase for starters), but other reason is what you described, if you break it awfully expensive to fix/replace.

[waywardgaze.livejournal.com]

Oh fuck indeed! I hate seeing people's phones and cameras fall, that crunch that makes everyone nearby wince...

[rockingthemike.livejournal.com]

i can't stop laughing at that animation!

[standardfeature.livejournal.com]

Aw your phone story makes me sad. Hopefully you can get it fixed.

[norabird.livejournal.com]

If its just the screen, a replacement glass piece should only run you...twenty pounds? Maybe? It's about 35 USD to swap them out.

It's a drag though.

[stevek.livejournal.com]

Contact Alexander, he broke his phone last year and managed to find a place that repaired it at a reasonable cost.

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about your phone. I can sympathise to an extent as I dropped mine in the bath a couple of weeks ago. After a couple of days it made a miraculous recovery luckily, but I do understand that sudden "Oh fuck!" moment.

That gif is amazing though - what's it from?