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langers1972

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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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