In what ’s some fantastic news for both HTC andanyone who keeps their cellphone in their shirt pocket , a Florida gas station co-occurrence ’s life was saved when his dearly go smartphone became a martyr during a recent holdup .
https://gizmodo.com/moto-razr-stops-bullet-saves-mans-life-5097093
Yesterday morning at 4:45AM in an Orlando suburb , a world enter a gas place , showed the working shop assistant his six-shooter , and demanded he launch the safe . When the clerk was ineffective to do so , the robber learn the 2nd clerk to make an ( also unsuccessful ) attempt . resolve to fly in the viewing of his nonstarter , the defendant fire a cycle “ at one of the shop assistant ” on his elbow room out the room access .
The co-occurrence , who surely thought he was still in shock , did n’t even realize the cellphone had intercepted the bullet until he pulled it out of his shirt sac . Chances are , few have ever been quite as happy as this man was to see a smartphone screen shattered beyond repair . [ APviaDigg ]
Update ( 2:45PM ):
Judging by the following tweet , it appears that HTC ’s marketing squad has risen to the affair :
If anybody merit a new#HTCOne , it ’s this bozo : http://t.co / diEDp9Ve5N. delight the " Glad You ’re o.k. " care package.http://t.co/azColVH6jW
— HTC ( @htc)October 29 , 2013
Not only are they put back his demolished phone with a brand young HTC One , but they ’re even giving him a whole mess of HTC marque swag . It ’s a brainy move by HTC because after all , hey , it ’s the least they could do — this guy rope just give them the well costless insistency they could require for .
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