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#130691 24-Sep-2013 11:47
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I thought this must be an April Fool but no, there really are stupid people out there (and they own smartphones, go figure!)

http://news.sky.com/story/1145439/waterproof-iphone-advert-owners-fooled

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  #901997 24-Sep-2013 17:07
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All I can say is I hope the tweeters didn't ruin a perfectly good glass of water in finding out ios7 didn't make their phone waterproof.




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  #902000 24-Sep-2013 17:10
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Noooooooo way

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  #902004 24-Sep-2013 17:29
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too funny I love it




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  #902703 25-Sep-2013 20:29
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Ha ha fantastic!!

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  #902711 25-Sep-2013 20:52
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A bit more information:

it was based on a 4Chan post:



which lead into a frenzy of adverts:



And people were stupid enough to drop their phones in water to "test" this theory out, I laugh at this world.




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  #902718 25-Sep-2013 21:38
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Will this be in Kit Kat as well or is it patented?

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