Try that trick with an iPhone.
My mobile phone is a squat, gently rectangular Nokia that is older than my nieces and nephew (two of whom are school-age), which means that I get guffaws and/or looks of pity whenever I'm seen with it. Still, I adore that phone -- it does the two things I want it to do, which are making calls and receiving calls. Also, I once accidently backed over my current phone with my Volvo 940 sedan, which is not a light car, and the only damage it sustained was a bit of scratching to the screen! I don't have the best vision so a fancy phone with a screen smaller than an index card is almost unusable for me and I see no reason for 'upgrading' to the ability to be bombarded with emails and Twits and status updates and the like when all I want to do is make a call. It seems that if you can access all forms of communication at all times, then you're expected to put aside whatever it is you're doing at the moment and respond to the technological summons. Me, I prefer to just enjoy my holiday or film or trip to the grocery store or whatever. Besides, my friends don't laugh so much at my phone when it's the only one around not dropping calls or losing reception!
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:04, 2 replies)

Nokias' are built tough...
...I once picked up an electrician in my ambulance who had received a nasty electric shock. The electricity entered through his thumb and exited out of his big toe. The Nokia he had been holding had a melted screen and was smoking. Thankfully he survived, albeit with a few burns and after I handed him over to A&E his phone started ringing. Despite the damage he was still able to talk to and hear his wife on the other end.
He's kept the phone a souvenir!
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 16:50, closed)

Holy crap!
That's pretty amazing. Lucky he was all right as well!
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 22:42, closed)