Win a Ballistic Hard Core iPhone Case
The good people at Ballistic think that at some point, everyone will drop their phone. We couldn’t agree more. Ballistic says, “Just Drop It!” — as long as you are using a Ballistic case. “Ballistic cases are Designed to Survive Life!” We are giving away five Ballistic HC iPhone 4 protective cases.
Apparently sometimes surviving life means running over your iPhone with a car, dropping an iPhone from the top of a building, or having a two-year-old throw your phone as hard as they can from the couch. Check out this video, hilarity ensues:
Here’s the details of this survive-all case:
• Ballistic HC (Hard Core) design comprised of five dependable layers of protection for your mobile device
• Includes an interchangeable outer gel skin layer, front facing inward holster and built in screen protector
• Advanced rugged case engineered to ensure long-term survival against drops and scratches
• Advanced shock absorption material isolated vibrations to protect your device
• Sleek, edgy appearance adds a fashionable and unique appeal
• Compatible with both the AT&T and Verizon iPhone 4
To win, tell us about a time when you smashed something in the comments below. Did you break your electronics or iPhone? Was it an accident or on-purpose? Did you smash your guitar against an amp, throw a vase against the way, or drop your iPhone from a tower? Five winners will be selected at random from the comments below.
Contest closes August 28th.
Sorry, U.S. citizens only.
Please provide a legitimate email address so we can contact you.
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“Win a Ballistic Hard Core iPhone Case”
12:39 pm on August 23rd, 2011
I dropped my phone into an open manhole…. even if it survived i don’t think i could of let in touch my face ever again!
12:45 pm on August 23rd, 2011
I was headed to Mexico for a bachelor party. In order to maximize my time at the swim up bar, I booked a flight at 4:30AM. Because it was so early, I decided that I might as well go out and drink excessively the night before and go essentially from the bar to the airport. Being the forward thinker that I am, I set my iphone alarm for 2:30 before going out, just in case, knowing that I would forget to do so after drinking.
Too many shots, beers, and car bombs at Durkin’s later, my iPhone had a run-in with the bottom of a toilet. After bravely retrieving it, I noticed that it still happened to work. It was my lucky day. I arrived back home just after 2AM and decided to “rest my eyes for a bit.” Four hours later I woke up and realized that I had missed my flight.
As it turned out, the iPhone screen still worked, but the audio was completely shot. At that point I did what any rational human being would do and threw my phone at the wall as hard as I could. I’m no Justin Verlander, but needless to say the phone, with what little functionality it had, didn’t survive the impact.
I did manage to make it to Mexico, but it ended up being my most expensive bar night ever once I had to buy a new phone and plane ticket.
1:02 pm on August 23rd, 2011
Parkour is cool. Jumping over concrete barriers is fun. Doing so on a moderately busy road is exhilarating.
Doing so with your iPhone in your breast pocket to fly out and hit a concrete barrier then get run over by a car is stupid.
2:06 pm on August 23rd, 2011
I accidently broke my iphone one day when i was playing basketball. I put on cell phone on the bench. When the game was almnost over, I shot a half court shot and it bounces and knock the phone down. so it broke.
7:30 am on August 24th, 2011
I was once on a lunch break and dropped my phone in a puddle. It was a nice phone, too, and it immediately stopped working.
The worst part? It was a lunch break from serving on JURY DUTY. Not my best week.
11:52 am on August 24th, 2011
i was on the phone and had it to my left ear when i hit a pot hole that i didnt see, the phone bounced out of my hand hit the road and one of the next cars behind me ran it over so it got smashed twice, shitty day for me cause i was talking to a girl i was trying to get with when that happened so not only did i lose my phone but the girl too
3:44 pm on August 24th, 2011
Not real proud of myself but one time I couldn’t get my laptop to work right. I was pressed for time and really needed to get a task done. No matter what I did the laptop wouldn’t work. In frustration I punched the screen. Needless to say it didn’t work any worse after I punched it then before I punched it. Got up, dropped it in the garbage and drove to the store to buy a new laptop. Problem solved.
7:37 am on August 25th, 2011
iPhone #1 slipped out of the case after leaving the gym hitting the concrete, bashing the power switch in.
iPhone #2 was stolen out of my iPhone case while at work. My wallet was cleaned out, my iPhone case still attached to my bag, charger still plugged into the wall… but NO iPhone.
iPhone #3 is still mine and has dropped here and there in this same case. A corner of my iPhone’s screen is permanently blacked out. My case is all worn out at the corners and on it’s last legs. I think it’s time for a new case.
8:38 am on August 25th, 2011
I was living in Irving, TX at the time and Irving is a dry city which I didn’t discover until I walked into a 7-eleven looking for beer. So, I had to change tact and learn the logisitcs of driving to the dallas city limit and buying my weekend refreshments. One trip, I bought a bunch of German beer and one half litre of some very good bock brew. As I left my car and walked to my apartment, the bag started tearing and in slow motion, I could see the half litre falling and i treid to catch it, but alas, it shattered on the ground with my outstrethched hand just shy of the target. I stood there for a moment in shock, staring at the foam and glass while realizing I was an alcohol abuser although not by choice. I had to wait until the next week for my next booze run.
2:31 pm on August 25th, 2011
I once had the joy of throwing a bowling ball at a glasss table. Seeing it explode in pieces was awesome. The clean up, not so much ha!
3:40 pm on August 25th, 2011
I accidentally dropped my iphone when I was getting in my car and didn’t know it… and when I started to drive I ran over my own phone. sucked!
5:12 pm on August 25th, 2011
There was a real bad windstorm at work and I was running between buildings and my phone fell out of my pocket and was smashed by a forklift driving by
7:52 am on August 26th, 2011
I work as a nightclub promoter and during one pf our promotions we had a ky wrestling night. I was videotaping the whole event when one of the girls tried to brace herself against me as she fell dragging me and the camera in with her
12:58 pm on August 26th, 2011
My story isn’t about a phone but I do have one. My buddy & I were sitting beside a lake in our hometown (Huntsville Ont. Can) smokin a little weed out of the Bong. I set the Bong down for just a few seconds (O.K. a minuet or Two) in that time We decided to go get coffee at Tim Horton’s so I closed my door & Yep heard a horrible crunch one completely shattered Bong all over the ground It Sucked A**!!! (took 15- 20 min to clean up & my buddy just sat there Laughing his butt off at how dumb I had been)
Now the phone one is about a co-worker who had been asked Not to use his phone at work (By the Owner) He did all the time anyway so one night my boss asked to see the phone & promptly dropped it in the Deep-Fryer on purpose then told the kid to retrieve his phone & clean the Fryer the kid never brought another phone to work again.
10:29 pm on August 26th, 2011
I’ve never dropped my phone because dropping it would mean I’d have to get a job, and that can’t happen.
1:51 am on August 31st, 2011
I have my i phone in a otter box case and i have dropped my phone several times. The otter box inner shell is missing 3 corners and the whole bottom of the plastic is missing and my outer shell will not stay on inner shell. It looks bad. Need a case that can hang tough with me
2:20 am on June 15th, 2012
I accidentally dropped my iTouch on a roller coaster in Taiwan. So I decided to get myself an iPhone 4S.